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The Social-Personality Program is one of ten areas of doctoral training in psychology at the CUNY, one of the three subprograms housed at the Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue. The program provides strong preparation in the theoretical foundations of social and personality psychology, and it couples this training with an emphasis on the application of psychology to social issues and policy. The goal of the program is to prepare social and personality psychologists who will contribute to the development of psychology and whose research will aid our understanding of human behavior and the solution of social problems. The program is committed to developing teachers, researchers, and scholars broadly prepared to conduct both basic and applied research. Students therefore have numerous opportunities to conduct research and to develop skills in various methodologies. The program trains and encourages students to address issues of contemporary urban life in their research, with particular emphasis on the study of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social injustice, personal and social identity, stress and coping, |
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mental and physical health, human motivation, and programs designed to promote individual and social change. The research interests of Social-Personality faculty span numerous theoretical problems and applied issues. They range from studies of attitudes, dishonesty, social identity, and stress, to studies of coping with illness, computer-assisted learning, medical decision-making, and school drop-outs. Doctoral students become involved in all phases of faculty research and are encouraged to develop their own research foci. Given the program's focus on both basic and applied research, students are encouraged to work with several faculty members to obtain multiple research experiences. Doctoral students are offered an integrated program of studies in both social psychology and personality. First-year doctoral training in the program involves an integrated course in social and personality psychology along with statistics and research methods courses. Coursework beyond the first year is designed to encourage and supplement student research interests and to offer training in multiple research methodologies. Program requirements include examinations in methodology, the breadth of social and personality psychology, and an elective area of speciality within the discipline. Students also complete a second-year research project and a comprehensive literature review prior to their work on the dissertation thesis. Our philosophy is that broad preparation in psychology and social science methodology is essential to Ph.D. training, because the problems that social and personality psychologists will study in the coming decades will differ from those currently researched. Toward this end, students have the opportunity to take courses in the nine other Ph.D. areas of psychology and to concentrate in areas of application such as health psychology. Students may also supplement their training through courses offered by other doctoral programs at the Graduate Center. We believe this exposure to diverse approaches enhances students' ability to become scholarly leaders. The program has expanded substantially in the last three years through the addition of new faculty members and a growing student body. Our current faculty and students are a compelling mix, diverse in geography, racial and ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, and research interests. The Ph.D. Program in Social-Personality Psychology prepares students to become influential scholars who will work as university faculty and researchers, and whose contributions will be relevant to policy makers. Their training is recognized throughout the country as unique and effective. |
| The Social-Personality Program is based at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Nearly a dozen Social-Personality faculty are in residence at the Graduate Center, and additional faculty from other CUNY campuses (including Hunter, Queens, and Brooklyn) also participate as teachers and research supervisors for Ph.D. students. In addition to the Social-Personality Program, Developmental and Environmental Psychology Ph.D. training programs are based at the Graduate School. There is considerable interaction among student and faculty from all three psychology sub-programs. Social-Personality Psychology at the CUNY Graduate School offers students a wide range of professional opportunities for teaching and research, as well as personal support. The Social-Personality Psychology Program is home to the Health Psychology Concentration. Teaching-Assistant and Adjunct positions are available to advanced students at many of CUNY's branch campuses. Doctoral candidates at the CUNY Graduate Center can gain certification in Women's Studies and Advanced Social Science Methods, and can participate in the Center for Social Research, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), the Center of African American and Caribbean Diaspora, and the African, Latino, Asian, Native American Student Organization (ALANA). All doctoral students in the Social-Personality Program receive their own mail-box and their own office space. In addition, Program provides its own computers (with the latest versions of Word Perfect, Word, and SPSS for Windows), printers, telephones, a student lounge and journal library, and other research amenities, all of which are available to students. The Graduate Center provides a unique educational environment for Ph.D. studies, because its faculty are solely concerned with doctoral training. With more than 4000 graduate students enrolled within 32 doctoral programs, the Graduate School provides a diverse community of faculty, students, disciplines, and research centers. Doctoral training at the Graduate School is offered in the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, liberal arts, business, criminal justice, and engineering, among many other disciplines. The Graduate School enjoys all the vitality of being located in the "center" of New York City -- at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, across from The Empire State Building, within walking distance of the New York Public Library and convenient public transportation. The facilities at the Graduate School include a library, classrooms and seminar rooms, a computer center, an auditorium, dining commons, and lounges. Of special interest to Social-Personality Psychology students are rooms for individual testing and interviewing and small group observation rooms. In addition, research equipment such as computers, audio and video equipment, physiological and psychophysical recorders, and an extensive personality test file are available for students. Fellowship aid, as well as support through research and teaching assistantships, is available on a competitive basis. Merit is the principal consideration, although some funds are also provided based on financial need. Inquiries are welcomed regarding fellowships for minority students and for particular grants, such as the Leonard S. Kogan fellowship, offered annually to an incoming student with a strong background and interest in quantitative methods. Eligible students may also apply for partial tuition grants (New York State Tuition Assistance Program), college work study funds, and various loan programs. For students whose tuition is not supported by a fellowship or other grant, tuition costs depend on credits toward the Ph.D. degree completed and the number of credits being carried. At the beginning of one's course of study tuition for New York State residents is $2175 per semester; tuition for out-of-state students is $3800 per semester. Tuition decreases further as students advance through their doctoral training. Tuition and fees are subject to change by action of the City University Board of Trustees. |