Psychology
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The Psychology Department offers two programs leading to a bachelor's degree.
Departmental Honors in Psychology
A candidate for departmental honors in Psychology will have demonstrated ability in Psychology, will have maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 overall and in Psychology by the end of the junior year, and will maintain these averages until graduation. The candidate can be enrolled in either the BS or BA degree plan in Psychology. The main requirement for Departmental Honors is the satisfactory completion of the Honors Thesis that will be judged by the thesis-research director in conjunction with the Honors Committee.
The candidate for departmental honors should request approval of candidacy during the second semester of the junior year. The Department of Psychology reserves the right to accept or not accept a qualified student, taking into consideration the number of applications, the number of available faculty, and the competence of an individual student. The accepted honors candidate will enroll in PSYC 4353 during at least one semester of the senior year and will have accumulated a total of six (6) hours of PSYC 4352/PSYC 4353 credit upon completion of the honors program. Other regulations, procedures, and important dates for honors candidates are available from the Chairperson, Department of Psychology.
Chair
Wendy Francis
Contact Information: wfrancis@utep.edu; 915-747-8956
Education: BA, University of Texas at Austin; MS, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph D, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor
Edward Castañeda
Contact Information: ecastaneda9@utep.edu; 915-747-6558
Education: Ph D, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Lawrence Cohn
Contact Information: lcohn@utep.edu; 915-747-6567
Education: BA, Boston University; Ph D, Washington University
Stephen Crites
Contact Information: scrites@utep.edu; 915-747-6571
Education: BS, The Ohio State University; MA, The Ohio State University; Ph D, The Ohio State University
Craig Field
Contact Information: cfield@utep.edu; 915-747-8539
Education: Ph D, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Wendy Francis
Contact Information: wfrancis@utep.edu; 915-747-8956
Education: BA, University of Texas at Austin; MS, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph D, University of California, Los Angeles
Sergio Iñiguez
Contact Information: sdiniguez@utep.edu; 915-747-5769
Education: Ph D, Florida State University
Osvaldo Morera
Contact Information: omorera@utep.edu; 915-747-5417
Education: BS, The Ohio State University; MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph D, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Laura O'Dell
Contact Information: lodell@utep.edu; 915-747-6557
Education: BS, Texas A&M University; MS, Arizona State University; Ph D, Arizona State University
Ana Schwartz
Contact Information: aischwartz@utep.edu; 915-747-7365
Education: BA, Rutgers University; MS, Penn State University; Ph D, Penn State University
John Wiebe
Contact Information: jwiebe@utep.edu; 915-747-7611
Education: Ph D, The University of Iowa
Michael Zarate
Contact Information: mzarate@utep.edu; 915-747-6569
Education: BA, University of California, Santa Barbara; MS, Purdue University; Ph D, Purdue University
Associate Professor
Ashley Bangert
Contact Information: asbangert2@utep.edu; 915-747-8987
Education: BA, Trinity University; MA, University of Michigan; Ph D, University of Michigan
Theodore Cooper
Contact Information: tvcooper@utep.edu; 915-747-6270
Education: BA, New York University; MS, The University of Memphis; Ph D, The University of Memphis; Post Doctoral, University of Mississippi
Jennifer Eno Louden
Contact Information: jlenolouden@utep.edu; 915-747-5517
Education: BA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; MA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph D, University of California, Irvine
Iva Ivanova
Contact Information: imivanova@utep.edu;
Education: BA, Sofia University; MA, Universitat de Barcelona; Ph D, University of Barcelona; Ph D, Universitat de Barcelona
Katherine Serafine
Contact Information: kmserafine2@utep.edu; 915-747-6566
Education: BA, Norwich University; MA, American University; Ph D, American University
Assistant Professor
Kelly Burke
Contact Information: kcburke@utep.edu; 915-747-8579
Education: MA, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph D, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mitchell Kirwan
Contact Information: mekirwan@utep.edu; 915-747-6558
Education: Ph D, Oakland University; Ph D, Oakland University
Christine Potter
Contact Information: cepotter2@utep.edu; 915-747-6563
Education: Ph D, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Krystia Reed
Contact Information: kmreed2@utep.edu;
Education: BA, Claremont McKenna College; MA, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; JD, University of Nebraska - Lincoln/Nebraska College of Law; Ph D, University of Nebraska
April Thomas
Contact Information: athomas5@utep.edu; 915-747-6572
Education: BS, Wichita State University; MS, Colorado State University; Ph D, University of California, Irvine
Christopher Tschumi
Contact Information: cwtschumi@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Hannah Volpert-Esmond
Contact Information: hivolpertes@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, University of Missouri-Columbia
Professor of Instruction
Anthony Blum
Contact Information: ajblum@utep.edu; 915-747-5313
Education: Ph D, Ohio State University
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Psychology
Psychology Building , Room 112
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915.747.5551
Email: psychology@utep.edu