Applied Social and Community Psychology Program

Degrees Offered: Doctorate

Website: https://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/ASCP/

At A Glance

Full-time Faculty: 7

Full-time Faculty Identifying as Community Psychologists: 3

# of Students Admitted Each Year: 6

Available Student Assistantships: Teaching and/or research assistantships

The Program

Program Alumni Information

The program focuses on training researchers. Graduates from the program are typically employed in government, education, consulting and/or the nonprofit sector. 

RadioActive Episodes:

Making Empirically Based Knowledge Cool Again #MEBKCA - Candalyn Rade

Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests

• African American youth and identity development 
• Community development and intervention
• Criminal justice involvement
• Ecological programming
• Gender equity
• Culturally-based programming
• Mental illness
• Substance abuse
• HIV/AIDS prevention; 
• Stigma; 
• Interpersonal violence
• Domestic violence
• Obesity prevention
• Social inequality

Living Community Psychology Features:

Craig Kwesi Brookins