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Mission
Our mission is to transform students into outstanding practitioners and scholars of psychology. We work to create a community that celebrates diversity and creativity, and that values learning, scholarship, and service to others.
News and Announcements:
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Immediately following the Virginia Tech shootings, Lennie Echterling and Anne Stewart developed three handouts that focus on promoting psychological resilience: “What Educators Can Do,” “What Parents Can Do,” and “How You Can Help.” Other institutions across the country have used this material following catastrophic events. Please feel free to download this information, which is not copyrighted, to create educational material that is relevant to your specific circumstances.
- 6/12/09 - 6/13/09 The 13th Annual Conference of the Virginia Association for Play Therapy at JMU.
- 4/13/09 Graduate Student Award Winners Announced
- Our School Psychology program receives its THIRD School Psychologist of the Year Award!
- New Director of Counseling Spring 2009 Dr Renee Staton is the new Director of Counseling Psychology beginning spring semester 2009. Welcome Renee! And thank you Dr Lennie Echterling for serving in this role for 13 years!
- 1/30/09 Position available: Alvin V. Baird Jr. Centennial Chair of Psychology and Baird Center Director (PDF)
- 11/4/08 Dr. Anne Stewart is the recipient of TWO awards – one national and one regional Read More
- 10/9/08 Dr Bob Harmison, Kibler Professor of Sport Psychology, in the news. Read the article from the Daily News Record
- 9/25/08 Chi Sigma Iota (the Counseling Psychology honor society) contributed to the Special Olympics "Day with the Dukes" event co-sponsored by Psychology Peer Advising, Graduate Psychology's Chi Sigma Iota chapter, and JMU Athletics. It was a great day for everyone involved! Virginia Special Olympics tells us this is their best event all year! There were about 50 Special Olympic athletes at JMU on Saturday, September 6. The event was hosted by 34 Psychology Peer Advisors, 12 counseling psychology graduate students, 20 JMU athletes from various sports, the entire football team and both women's and men's basketball teams. This exceptional event is described in the Breeze article available at http://www.thebreeze.org/2008/09-08/news1.html
Contact the Department
Department of Graduate Psychology
James Madison University - MSC 7401
800 S. Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Phone: 540-568-2556
Fax: 540-568-4747Admissions: Contact Ms Tara Cullers
Email cullertl@jmu.edu
Phone 540-568-6439
