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Main Office Location: Biology/Psychology Building, Room 1147

Mailing Address: Department of Psychology
1147 Biology/Psychology Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Undergraduate Office: 301.405.5866
fax: 301.314.9566
Biology/Psychology Building, Room 1107
mmarinelli@psyc.umd.edu

Graduate Office: 301.405.5865
fax: 301.314.9566
Biology/Psychology Building, Room 1141
cgorham@psyc.umd.edu

Chair's Office: 301.405.5862
fax: 301.405.5915
Biology/Psychology Building, Room 1147
pbarott@psyc.umd.edu

About Us

In the Department

fMRI grant proposal funded

A grant proposal submitted by NACS faculty for a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging facility on campus has been funded by the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program. This facility will substantially enhance our ability to conduct cutting edge research in human neuroscience and cognitive science. NACS faculty members come from a variety of departments including Bioengineering, Hearing and Speech, Human Development, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Psychology, and others.

Banneker-Key Scholars

The Banneker-Key Scholarship is the most prestigious and competitive scholarship that the University offers to incoming freshmen. The top tier of awards supplies the full cost of tuition, fees and room and board coupled with a book allowance for four years. The Psychology Department has 9 Banneker-Key Scholars among the incoming freshman class. This raises the total number of Banneker-Key Scholars in the departmenr to 33, more than 1/3 of the 95 Banneker-Key Scholars in all of BSOS.

Upcoming Events

DEC 4

Research Methods Seminar

Erika Hussey, NACS

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Department of Psychology
University of Maryland
1147 Biology/Psychology Building
College Park, MD 20742