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    Psychology at UGA

    The UGA Department of Psychology, within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is a nationally recognized department with award-winning professors who are dedicated to providing the highest quality education possible to our students.

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Welcome to the Department of Psychology

The UGA Department of Psychology, within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is a nationally recognized department with award-winning professors who are dedicated to providing the highest quality education possible to our students. The UGA Psychology Department is committed to fostering a safe, welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment for all students, faculty and staff.

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Congratulations to our Summer 2025 graduate degree recipients

UGA Psychology proudly recognizes the graduate students who have earned their doctoral and master's degrees this Summer 2025.

Please click here to view the list.

UGA Clinical Psychology Graduate Students Receive National Recognition

Nate Phillips and Leigha Rose Waikel holding their award certificates

Psychology graduate students Leigha Rose Waikel and Nate Phillips were recently honored with Emerging Scholar Awards at the 2025 Association for Research in Personality (ARP) Conference, held June 26 to 28 in Evanston, Illinois. 

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Image: Nate Phillips (left) and Leigha Waikel (right) at the Emerging Scholars Symposium

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New research from the University of Georgia and Brigham Young University, led by Richard Slatcher and Julianne Holt-Lunstad, finds that attending live, in-person events, especially with friends and on a recurring basis, boosts social connection and helps combat loneliness.
Assistant Professor Brian Bauer is one of seven University of Georgia faculty members selected to join the Innovation Fellows Program in its inaugural faculty cohort:

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