Human Services Psychology program

Degrees Offered: Doctorate

Program Tracks:

• Community Psychology
• Clinical/Community Psychology
• Child Clinical/Community Psychology
• Community Psychology/Behavioral Medicine

Website: https://psychology.umbc.edu/ph-d-in-human-services-psychology-behavioral-clinical-community/

At A Glance

Full-time Faculty: 33

Full-time Faculty Identifying as Community Psychologists: 5

Grad School Package: All students are guaranteed tuition waivers, fees, health insurance and a stipend for five years of funding.

Program Alumni Information

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

The Community Psychology Faculty and Research Interests

Faculty research interests include, but are not limited to:

• psychosocial and environmental impacts on cardiovascular health, such as poverty and racism; 
• resiliency and risk within diverse communities; 
• intersectional approaches to research; 
• re-entry and community reintegration in the criminal legal system; 
• minority student achievement; 
• Baltimore City youth relation with school police; 
• gender-based violence and survivor empowerment