Psychology Department
Valparaiso University
Dickmeyer Hall
1001 S. Campus Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383
219-464-5440
www.valpo.edu/psych

Overview

The "Best of Both Worlds”

• Diversity & professional orientation of a comprehensive university
• Yet personal attention, teaching excellence & atmosphere of small private liberal arts colleges

• Strong Science & research orientation of faculty
• Yet values-based education in the Lutheran tradition

• Facilities that rival large research universities
• Yet research opportunities even better at VU

• Innovative masters-level graduate programs
• Yet primary orientation to the undergraduate program
  

A “Scientist-Practitioner Model” of Education

• Balance of “experimental” & “clinical” faculty
• Experimental-laboratory curriculum among the nation’s elite in depth, breadth & rigor
• Abundant practicum/field experience opportunities
• In addition to clinical/counseling psychology, many other applied areas represented
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
  • Psychology & Law
• Two Degree Options
  • BA (Bachelor of Arts)
  • BS (Bachelor of Science

Faculty

Experimental Faculty

• Dr. Daniel Arkkelin: Social; Environmental
• Dr. Kieth Carlson: Cognitive
• Dr. David Rowland: Biopsychology
• Dr. Angela Vernon: Animal behavior
• Dr. Jennifer Winquist: Social; Industrial/Organizational
  

Clinical Faculty

• Dr. Stanley Hughes: Child and adolescent clinical
• Dr. Jim Nelson: Adolescent and adult clinical
• Dr. David Simpson: Counseling
• Witness Jani: Counseling
  

Adjunct Faculty

• Dr. Stewart Cooper: VU Counseling Center Director
  

Facilities

Dickmeyer Hall

• Faculty/staff offices
• Classrooms
• Computer Lab
• Physiological Psychology Lab
• Tutoring Center
• Student Lounge

Art-Psychology Building

• State-of-the-Art Animal Teaching/Research Lab
• Psychological Assessment Clinic
• Group Therapy/Observation Clinic
• Computer Lab
• Classrooms
  

Special Opportunities

Student Life

• Psi Chi (Psychology National Honor Society)
• Psychology Club
• Fall/Spring All-Department Picnics
• Annual Career/Grad School Planning Night
• Psychology Courses Pre-registration
  

Awards

• Rudolph Waldschmidt Outstanding Student Award
• J. Melvin & Lucille Nelson Psychology & Religion Award
• Jody Esper Sexual Assault Awareness Essay Award
• “Early Entry” for Seniors to Graduate Program
  

Work-Study Opportunities

• General Experimental Lab Teaching Assistants
• General Psychology, Statistics & Methods Tutors
• Animal Lab Caretaker