Department of Psychology

George S. Robinson, Jr., Chairperson

Objectives

The objectives of the Psychology Program are as follows:

to provide the highest quality of instruction that will result in employment at the baccalaureate level, or entrance to graduate school.
to help students develop analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills in all areas of psychology.
to enhance written and oral presentation skills.
to develop research and quantitative analysis skills.
to enhance interpersonal skills that will enable students to recognize, understand and appreciate the diversity in human behavior.
to enhance the awareness for the needs of human services in the community.

Degree Offered

Psychology - Bachelor of Arts

Departmental Requirements

Psychology major - The major in psychology must complete 120 semester hours of University courses. Initial acceptance to the psychology department requires a minimum high school GPA of 2.8. Students that wish to change their major to psychology must have an overall GPA of 2.8. A minimum grade of “C” must be achieved in ALL psychology courses. Thus, psychology courses with a “C-” grade or less, must be repeated in order to count for graduation.

Career Opportunities

To function as a professional psychologist, it is necessary to complete graduate training in the discipline. However, the baccalaureate degree can lead to career and job opportunities in child care, human and social services, military services, law enforcement and criminal justice, and mental health services, to name a few.

Directory of Faculty

Roxanna Anderson; Part-Time Lecturer
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Cheree Barber-Gravely; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., North Carolina A&T State University, M.A., Virginia State University

Walter Brickhouse; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., Norfolk State University, M.A., The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Audrey Campbell; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., University of San Francisco, M.A., Ph.D., Psychological Studies Institute

Tonya C. Crockett; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., M.S., North Carolina Central University

Jennifer Dashiell-Shoffner; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., North Carolina A&T State University; M.S., Radford University; Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

Zahra Fazil-Khalaf; Assistant Professor
B.S., Shahid Beheshti University, M.S., Azad University, Ph.D., University of Malaya Malaysia

Marvin Fields; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., North Carolina A&T State University; M.S., Purdue Global University

Phyllis Ford-Booker; Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Howard University

Cassandra Germain; Assistant Professor
B.A., Hunter College; M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

Nicole Harrison-Obie; Part-Time Lecture
B.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.S., University of the Rockies

Marvin Hall; Adjunct Assistant Professor
B.A., M.S., North Carolina A&T State University, Ed.D., Western Michigan University

Jessica Hoffman; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of South Florida

Tyronne James; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., M.S., North Carolina Central University

Aloysius Jones; Part-Time Lecturer
B.S., North Carolina State University; M.A., Shaw University, M.S., Walden University

Alvin L. Keyes; Associate Professor
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Kimberly King-Bell; Assistant Professor
B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.S., Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Howard University

Anna Lee; Professor
B.A., Southern University; Ph.D., Howard University

Antoniette Maldonado-Devincci; Associate Professor
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida; Post-doctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

George S. Robinson, Jr.; Associate Professor and Chairperson
B.A., North Carolina A&T State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Post-doctoral Fellows, National Institutes of Health and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kalynda Smith; Assistant Professor
B.A., Truman State University; Ph.D., Howard University

Joseph Stephens; Professor
B.A., Indiana University, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University; Post-doctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University

Geneene Thompson; Teaching Assistant Professor
B.A., Winthrop University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yvette Williams; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., Strayer University; M.S., Ph.D., Walden University

Dennis Wilson; Part-Time Lecturer
B.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; B.A., M.S., North Carolina Central University

Steven Withrow; Part-Time Lecturer
B.A., Wingate University; M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro