{"id":215,"date":"2025-04-07T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:38:54","slug":"social-psychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/graduate-programs\/social-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. in Social Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-ph-d-in-social-psychology\">Ph.D. in Social Psychology<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation 3\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/graduate-programs\/social-psychology\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull split-background-75 has-darker-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/social-psychology-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ph.D. student intently looking at professor\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" 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to Clark\u2019s social psychology doctoral program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Rooted in Clark University\u2019s distinguished history in psychology, the department\u2019s social psychology doctoral program at the nationally-renowned Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology is dedicated to understanding the psychological processes that underlie today\u2019s most pressing local, national, and global social and political issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our program emphasizes contextualized, interdisciplinary learning and diversity in its research and pedagogy while encouraging novel theoretical work and methodological breadth. Our intimate size allows for close student-faculty relationships and collaboration while providing opportunities to work with and mentor fellow graduate students and undergraduates. Our approach prepares students for academic, research, and policy careers in social psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All full-time graduate students are guaranteed tuition remission and stipends for four years through graduate assistantships. Along with Clark\u2019s pedigree as a small urban research university where G. Stanley Hall, its first president, founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Psychological Association<\/a> in 1892, our close-knit program fosters a collegial, supportive intellectual community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-deep-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/graduate-education\/admissions\/how-to-apply-graduate-admissions-requirements\/\">How to apply<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-true-black-color has-gray-200-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gradapply.clarku.edu\/register\/?id=a0e3ebff-aa23-4ec1-8a10-12293eee1eba&amp;utm_source=website&amp;utm_campaign=as_web_inquiries&amp;utm_content=socpsychologyphd&amp;_gl=1*y6rsuh*_gcl_au*MTg0MzczOTA4OC4xNzM2NTMxMDM3*_ga*MTA1MDI0MDUzNS4xNzE4NzM2MjU0*_ga_8T1G50QTBE*MTc0NDA0NjA1NS4xNzYuMS4xNzQ0MDUyMzM0LjUyLjAuMTA3OTY5NTE0NA..\">request information<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-true-black-color has-gray-200-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/graduate\/general-requirements\/\">General requirements<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element triple-bottom-margin has-white-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/psychology-our-community.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Budwig with group of students\" class=\"wp-image-888 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/psychology-our-community.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/psychology-our-community-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/psychology-our-community-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/psychology-our-community-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-982ec413 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-community\">Our community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many different methodological approaches are represented, and it\u2019s common for graduate students across the three specializations represented in our department (social, developmental, and clinical) to share ideas in the classroom, research groups, and laboratories. Our department is collaborative by design and intentionally structures classes, practicum experiences, and research activities to support collaboration among peers, rather than competition. The clinical program is committed to the inclusion of marginalized populations and to enhancing diversity within the field of clinical psychology as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/psychology\/people\/faculty\/\">Meet our faculty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group triple-bottom-margin is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-areas-of-study-and-training\">Areas of study and training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark\u2019s social psychology doctoral program examines the interaction of individual differences and social structures in producing and reflecting social and political attitudes, behavior, and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate students in our program take several rigorous research methods and statistics courses, and have the option of receiving training in advanced statistical methods and\/or advanced qualitative methods. Additionally, we offer several graduate and capstone seminars in topics related to the social psychology of social issues (e.g, Prejudice; Stigma; Intersectionality; Collective Violence and its Aftermath), and students can take courses in other graduate programs at Clark as well. A core component of our training is the Social Forum in which all graduate students and faculty participate each semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Our expertise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Faculty interests include intergroup relations, collective and interpersonal violence, the aftermath of violent conflict, health disparities, and commitment to social change, including collective action and intervention, among others.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Our emphasis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">We pay particular attention to how human experience \u2014 thought, behavior, feelings \u2014 is shaped by history and intersectionality of group memberships, and how social structure reinforces power relations.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Our connections<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">We view Worcester and neighboring communities as learning environments as well, and have partnerships with organizations like the YWCA and the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why apply to Clark\u2019s social psychology doctoral program? 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