We would like to keep the experimental emphasis but do a better job in showing the connections to the problems that face society. By moving to embrace the aspects of psychology that are applicable to the community, especially to the medical field. This would shift focus from being exclusively academic to being more community-focused. The shift in perspective should being in more grant monies and make us more visible. In a very few cases, grant monies can sustain researchers, but in recent years, the department has had less success with grants.
Graduate students are essential for faculty members to carry on important research.
They help ease the teaching load by teaching undergraduate classes and help mentor undergraduate research efforts. This does not include hours that are spent with graduate students, directing dissertations, etc. Around 100-110 3. Ph.D. students go into teaching or to government agencies 4. Students are encouraged to grow by traveling abroad during their study and to choose dissertation topics that do not focus strictly on Texas-related subjects.