Duke Psychology & Neuroscience

Renate Houts wins 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Award

Friday, May 17, 2019

Congratulations to Renate Houts, one of four recipients of the 2019 Dean's Pillars of Excellence Awards from Duke's Trinity College of Arts &... read more »

Neuroscience Major Julie Uchitel Addresses Graduating Class of 2019

Monday, May 13, 2019

In high school, Julie Uchitel recalls being interested in biology and psychology. “During my AP Psychology course, we studied a unit on neuroscience... read more »

Sera Pekel Selected as Student Speaker for Psychology Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Graduating senior Sera Pekel has been selected by faculty committee as this year’s student speaker for the Department of Psychology Undergraduate... read more »

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Research

Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award

May 3, 2019

Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E. Zener Award. This... read more »

Duke Digital Health Moves to Sociology-Psychology...

February 12, 2019

The Duke Global Digital Health Science Center (Duke Digital Health), which is... read more »

Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists...

November 5, 2018

The Duke Identity and Diversity Lab... read more »

P&N Graduate Students and Postdocs Receive...

October 30, 2018

Psychology & Neuroscience is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the... read more »

Moral Reasoning: Why it's hard to change...

August 4, 2018

What makes it so difficult to change our minds about moral issues, despite new... read more »

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent...

June 25, 2018

Professor John Curry has recorded a DVD, ... read more »

2018 Summer Vertical Integration Program, May 15-...

May 16, 2018

This week P&N kicked off their summer Vertical Integration program (VIP).... read more »

The Eardrums Move When the Eyes Move

January 23, 2018

Duke Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience Jennifer Groh and a team of... read more »

Babies Understand When Words are Related

November 21, 2017

A new study by lead author Elika Bergelson is being reported in a number of... read more »

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

July 19, 2017

Sooner or later, almost everyone has an experience that could be diagnosed as a... read more »

Children understand cooperative concepts earlier...

May 25, 2017

The ability to engage in joint actions is a critical step toward becoming a... read more »

Is "Abnormal Psychology" Really all...

April 17, 2017

P&N Clinical Graduate Student Jonathan Schaefer recently wrote a blog post... read more »

Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

April 3, 2017

For P&N doctoral students, the Major Area Paper (MAP) is the first major... read more »

P&N researchers pinpoint brain structure that...

January 27, 2017

New research from the Tobias Egner Lab ... read more »

Makeba Wilbourn honored by President Obama,...

January 11, 2017

Congratulations to P&N's Makeba Wilbourn, who has received the Presidential... read more »

Tomasello Study a Top Breakthrough of 2016

December 30, 2016

Congratulations to P&N Professor Mike Tomasello and his colleagues, whose... read more »

Undergraduate News

Monday, May 13, 2019

Neuroscience Major Julie Uchitel Addresses...

In high school, Julie Uchitel recalls being interested in biology... read more »

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Sera Pekel Selected as Student Speaker for...

Graduating senior Sera Pekel has been selected by faculty... read more »

Friday, May 3, 2019

Julia Nicholas wins 2019 Zener award

Congratulations to Julia Nicholas, winner of the 2019 Karl E.... read more »

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Graduate Program

Our Graduate Training Areas

Duke’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience has five graduate training areas:

Clinical Psychology
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

Students apply to and are admitted to a specific training program. Only primary faculty (with appointments to Duke's graduate faculty) and joint graduate training faculty can admit students to the training area(s) they are affiliated with.

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Alumni

Laura Thomas

I consider the scientific communication skills I learned at Duke to be invaluable. Giving so many talks/brownbags/lectures prepared me immensely for not only job talks, but lab meetings, as well as...

Jacqueline Sperling

I am incredibly grateful for my Duke University education. The experiences I gained helped prepare me for graduate school, which was a doctorate in clinical psychology, and allowed me to continue to...

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Emily Steemers

Neuroscience gave me the scientific background to work directly with physicians in care delivery science as I am doing now. What advice would you give students in Neuroscience? Enjoy the Neuroscience...

Elizabeth Hackney Davies

My undergrad degree led me to 2 years of IO Psychology consulting in DC. During that time, I was exposed to more healthcare clients and decided to go back to graduate school for my MHA. What advice...

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Nicole White

My psychology courses at Duke helped me solidify my interest in clinical psychology. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go to graduate school for public health or clinical psychology, but classes like...

Ada Aka

Being a Duke Psychology major sparked my interest for research, helped me build a solid foundation on theoretical knowledge and allowed me to develop skills such as critical thinking and...

Lauren (Troyer) Saternus

After undergrad, I went to graduate school to become a school psychologist. The background from Duke psychology classes enabled me to be successful there. While at Duke, I also designed an...

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Rebecca Brenner

I am currently an MD-PhD candidate at Washington University in St. Louis. Duke’s Neuroscience program both helped me decide to become a physician scientist and gave me valuable tools to succeed in...

Rebecca Thurston

Duke provided an exceptional foundation for my career. I gained a very strong training in cardiovascular physiology and behavioral medicine under the mentorship of James Blumenthal and Andrew...

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Chloe DiPasquale

Psychology has given me the tools to analyze a situation and understand the actors involved. Psych allows me to have a better understanding of human behavior and motivation. What advice would you...

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Juliet Bottorff

My neuroscience classes at Duke completely opened my eyes to academic passion. I came into Duke really not sure what I wanted to major in, but when I found neuroscience, it was the perfect...

Charles Jonassaint

As the eldest child of immigrant parents, I wanted to be the first in my family to graduate from college. But I lacked direction and by my senior year of high school I had lost sight of my goals. I...

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Erin Radley

In my role as a Merchant at Abercrombie & Fitch, I work with a wide array of cross-functional partners every day. When interacting with different people, it is important to understand group...

Lisa Fazio

My training and experiences at Duke have been invaluable in preparing me for my career. Beth Marsh was an amazing mentor and gave me the tools and experience I needed to conduct independent research...

Katya Fernandez

Being a Psychology graduate from Duke played a pivotal role in shaping my professional success. As an undergraduate psych major, I was able to engage in a variety of research-related activities...

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