Department of Psychological

and Social Foundations

4202 East Fowler Avenue

EDU 105 Suite 380

Tampa, FL 33620

(813) 974-3246

Chair: Sherman Dorn, Ph.D.

Associate chair: Kathy Bradley-Klug, Ph.D.

Message from the chair:

Thank you for visiting our department web pages. The Department of Psychological and Social Foundations educates students and conducts research in student success across the life course, basic scientific and humanities research in education, child and community well-being. Our graduates become working professionals in schools, colleges, behavioral and clinical mental health services, and communities; college and university faculty; and research professionals.

These educational programs and research areas fall into five program areas for faculty:

• Counselor Education faculty educate new counseling professionals in its CACREP-accredited counselor education masters program, with concentrations in school counseling, clinical mental health counseling, and career counseling, and also offer graduate certificates in mental health counseling and school counseling. For practicing counseling professionals who seek education at an advanced level, faculty offer a counselor education doctoral program. Faculty research interests include cultural competency in mental health counseling, military counseling, mental health conditions among Hispanic adults and adolescents, and the diffusion of empirical evidence in counseling skills development.

• School Psychology educates new professionals in school psychology in the APA-accredited school psychology doctoral program (also see supplemental information about the doctoral program). School psychology faculty organize state support of services and conduct research in areas including system support for elementary and secondary student success, high achievement among adolescents, health-school professional and system collaborations, and the needs of families with children with autism and related disabilities.

• College Student Affairs educates student affairs personnel in the college student affairs masters program and also offers a graduate certificate in college student affairs. Faculty in college student affairs are active on USF’s campus and nationwide in promoting student success in college and conduct research in institutional and social factors affecting student success.

• Educational Psychology faculty teach and conduct research in psychology that contains both basic science and applied ends in education, and in fall 2012 faculty will be accepting the first students into the educational psychology doctoral program. Faculty research areas include early childhood development, adoption and psychological adaptation, language development, memory, adolescent motivation, and international support of educational psychology research.

• Social Foundations faculty teach and conduct research in humanities and social science perspectives on education. Faculty research interests include the history of national education policy, student and teacher desegregation, the history of higher education, critical race theory and social identity development, the history of special education, and high school graduation and dropping out.

For a sample of the research we conduct, please see a list of recent publications and presentations by department faculty and students.

Please explore individual program web pages and learn more about our faculty and programs!

Yours very truly,

Sherman Dorn, Professor and Chair