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Department of Psychology

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Welcome to the Department of Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University, where our faculty promote student personal and professional success by providing the best possible academic experience in and out of the classroom. Our diversely trained faculty have expertise in many different areas of psychology and welcome the opportunity to guide you through the scientific study of mind and behavior.

Our degrees include:

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Approximately 40 faculty, 18 adjuncts, and 3 full-time office staff serve our 1000+ undergraduate majors, nearly 100 graduate students, and hundreds of university students completing General Education requirements and minors.  Our class sizes are small to facilitate much student-faculty interaction. Students in our department have many opportunities outside of the classroom:


Psychology Department News

Participating in a 10-minute free-writing session as part of the “Tacos and Trauma” workshop at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn., are, clockwise from left, student Gamze Mert, University Writing Center Director James Hamby, and students Autumn McCleskey, Chelsea Barranger and group founder Hillorie McLarty. The group meets at 1 p.m. each Friday through Nov. 20 in Room 387 of James E. Walker Library. (MTSU photo by Nancy DeGennaro)

‘Tacos and Trauma’ writing workshop at MTSU’s Walker Library blends mental wellness with mealtime

Every week throughout the semester, a small group of Middle Tennessee State University students gathers in a room on the third floor of James E. Walker Library for a quiet hour of writing, reflection, craft-making — and yummy tacos.[ Read More ]

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MTSU recruiting tour targets prospective Nashville, Clarksville students with ‘quality’ programs

Before heading to Johnson City and Knoxville in East Tennessee in mid-October in the midst of the annual Middle Tennessee State University True Blue Tour to recruit prospective students, MTSU recently visited two of its nine Midstate stops — Nashville and Clarksville.[ Read More ]


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Department of Psychology
Academic Classroom Building (ACB)
Suite 240

Hours: 8:00AM - 4:30PM,
Monday-Friday

Phone: (615) 898-2706

psychology@mtsu.edu