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ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT
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STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE
Year: 2009
Area or Unit Name: PSYCHOLOGY
Area or Unit Leader: Susan Hendrick Email: s.hendrick@ttu.edu
Phone Number:
Mail Stop:
( 806 ) 742 - 3711 Ext:
224
2051
Section 1. Goals and Accomplishments
Goal 1:
Access and Diversity: Recruit, retain, and graduate a larger, more academically prepared, and
more diverse student body.
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* We continue to be the largest PhD program on campus, and one of the larger
undergraduate programs.
Sometimes our department-based PhD programs in psychology are separated for
analyses by various administrative offices, making the overall department doctoral
program look smaller than it really is. If the current doctoral students for 2009 among
our three doctoral programs--clinical psychology, counseling psychology, and
experimental psychology--are added together, then we had 112 active doctoral
students in psychology during 2009. This is the largest departmental doctoral
program on campus--by far.
We also have one of the largest undergraduate majors on campus for a single
department, and are second in A&S only to HESS, with about 800-900
undergraduate majors in 2009. This number fluctuates somewhat, daily.
We continue to attract very qualified applicants to our doctoral programs in
psychology. In the cohort of applicants for 2009-2010, and fall 2010 admission, we
had 61 applicants for the experimental PhD, 91 applicants for the counseling PhD,
and 139 applicants for the clinical PhD. Thus, we had a total of 291 applicants for
the doctoral programs in psychology during 2009-2010 (fall 2010 admission). We
successfully admitted 19 of these excellent applicants. All will receive employment
and scholarship support.
As in other recent years, the average verbal plus quantitative GRE of our admitted
PhD applicants is about 1200, and the average undergraduate GPA is about 3.7.
As in other recent years, the total number of student credit hours generated by
psychology is relatively stable.
As in other recent years, the psychology department continues to offer travel
stipends to PhD applicant finalists who travel to campus for day-long interview
meetings.
As in other recent years, the psychology department continues to offer at least
modest travel stipends to faculty, to present papers and participate in professional
conferences in other locations. This also helps with the recruitment of diverse
graduate students, including ethnic and racial minority PhD students.
The psychology department continues to grow and enhance our research
mentorship programs for gifted undergraduate majors. In any given semester we
typically have up to 100 talented undergraduate majors taking advantage of
independent study opportunities in faculty labs.
Psychology continues to offer primarily "small classes" for our undergraduate
majors, given the large-and-growing size of Texas Tech and the large number of
majors in psychology ~ 900). Most of our upper-level (3000-4000) psychology
courses range from 25 to 50 enrolled students. Most of our Writing-Intensive
sections range from 18-25 enrolled students. Thus, we are able to offer class sizes
closer to that found at large private research universities, at least in many instances,
rather than the classes of 200-600 that are common at many BIG 10, SEC, BIG 12,
and PAC 10 universities, etc.
The Psychology Department added a new faculty-administrative position this year, to
further enhance our efforts to attract and retain a diverse group of students, faculty,
and staff. Dr. Joaquin Borrego, a tenured faculty member in the clinical psychology
PhD program, was appointed to this important administrative position.
In alignment with long-standing psychology department goals, the APA Task Force
for enhancing our clinical and counseling psychology PhD programs has worked
hard to develop a broad array of recruitment, support, and retention strategies
regarding a diverse faculty, student body, and staff group. This effort has included
numerous meetings with administrators, such as VP Munoz, A&S Dean Schovanec,
Grad School Associate Dean Aycock, and Dept Chair S. Hendrick.
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Goal 2:
Our students continue to do very well. This includes our PhD students in general,
and some of our ethnic and racial minority students in particular. For example, one
of our counseling PhD minority students has recently secured a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at a major VA Hospital training center in Memphis, TN.
Academic Excellence: Attain national recognition as a top Psychology Department in a public
educational research university, including both our undergraduate and graduate programs.
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• The overall mean rating for full-time psychology faculty on the effectiveness rating
item (# 1) of the teaching evaluations is 4.50, which is above college and university
averages.
• The overall mean rating for full-time psychology faculty on the value rating item (#
11) of the teaching evaluations is 4.51, which is above college and university
averages.
• The doctoral programs in psychology are the largest on campus, with a total of 112
doctoral students currently enrolled in the clinical, counseling, and experimental
psychology Ph.D. programs.
• The undergraduate programs in psychology are among the largest on campus, with
a total of approximately 800-900 undergraduate majors currently enrolled in the
Psychology Department.
• A total of 10 psychology faculty are currently members of the TTU Teaching
Academy, which is a peer-reviewed teaching honor. About 15% of the TTU faculty
have been elected to membership in the Academy, while 37% of the current
psychology faculty are members. The current members are: Drs. Cohen, Epkins,
Garos, Hardin, Harter, S. Hendrick, Jones, Reich, Richards, and Taraban. Dr.
Taraban also served as Chair of the Teaching Academy Executive Committee for
2008-2010, and Dr. Reich served as a formal Consultant to various Academy
functions.
• Psychology faculty are active in various teaching-related committees on campus,
including the following examples: Honors College Executive Committee (Dr.
Clopton), Social and Behavioral Sciences Curriculum Committee (Dr. Hardin, chair),
Clinical Supervisors for Community Practica for doctoral students (Drs. Borrego,
Cohen, Garos, S. Hendrick, Morgan, & Robitschek), and Graduate School
Dissertation Symposia (Drs. Cohen & Richards).
• Two psychology faculty won peer-reviewed departmental teaching awards in 2009:
Dr. S. Hendrick and Dr. Reich.
• A psychology faculty member is an editor for a major educational research journal:
Dr. Taraban, Associate Editor, Journal of Educational Psychology (this journal is
published by the American Psychological Association). Seven other psychology
faculty members served as editors, associate editors, or guest editors of journals in
2009.
• Psychology faculty, staff and students worked hard in 2009 to maintain and
enhance the important accreditation of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program by the
American Psychological Association (APA). On April 14, 2010, we learned that we
had received the most positive feedback from APA that is possible: Full continued
accreditation and five years before the next scheduled accreditation site visit. All
psychology faculty participated in this effort, and the effort was organized and the
report to APA was written by a departmental APA Task Force consisting of Drs.
Cohen (chair), Borrego, and Richards, with extensive help also provided by the
current department chair, Dr. S. Hendrick.
Psychology faculty (N = 27) contribute a remarkable amount to the editing and peerreviewing of important scientific journals, with 8 journal editors, membership on 35
journal editorial boards, and participation in 19 national organization committees that
impact journals, books, scientific presentations, and research scholarhip.
Psychology faculty have become progressively more active in submitting research
grant proposals over the last few years, including 2009, with virtually every one of
the 27 full-time psychology faculty participating in this effort as a PI, Co-PI, Co-I,
Consultant, and/or pro-bono Consultant on grant proposals to various extramural
grant funding agencies. A total of 32 extramural grant proposals were submitted by
psychology faculty in 2009.
Psychology faculty continue to meet regarding the department, college, and
university strategic goals. The NEW university strategic goals have been revised
very recently, and we will continue to meet to bring our psychology department goals
and plans into close alignment with these NEW university (and college) goals.
The Counseling Psychology PhD Program continues to be fully accredted by the
American Psychological Association (APA), and the next regular on-campus site visit
by APA for the counseling program will occur in 2013.
The Clinical Psychology PhD Program continues to be fully accredited by the
American Psychological Association (APA) and the next regular on-campus site visit
of the clinical program by APA will occur in 2013.
The doctoral psychology program in Human Factors continues to be fully accredited
by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and the possibility of an oncampus site visit of the human factors program in the future is yet to be announced
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Goal 3:
Engagement: Provide scholarly outreach opportunities that contribute to students' learning
and benefit our communities, state and nation.
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Goal 4:
by the HFES.
Virtually all 27 full-time psychology faculty hold a fellowship or honorary status in a
national professional organization, or membership on a major journal editorial board,
or membership in an important committee of a national professional association.
Many of the psychology faculty can document national or international standing as
scholars, via high citation rates, fellowship status in major organizations,
membership on important journal editorial boards, publications in elite journals and
with prestigious book publishers, and so forth.
* Our Psychology Clinic continues to provide high-quality psychological services to
the university and Lubbock communities.
Many of the Psychology Clinic clients are from ethnic minority populations and
underserved populations.
Psychology Clinic serves are provided in both English and Spanish, thereby
enhancing the provision of services to some ethnic minority populations.
Psychology faculty and students provide pro-bono services in many venues,
including local, regional, and national groups and activities. Examples include local
charitable and social service organizations, regional outreach and service agencies,
and national organizations that are dedicated to the betterment of psychology in the
public interest.
The Psychology Department continues a colloquium series that is open to faculty,
students, staff, and community members. Recent speakers have talked on diversity
issues, research programs, and public service. We have attraced speakers from
nationally-regarded universities and important organizations and service agencies.
Approximately one-third of the psychology faculty have adjunct faculty appointments
at the TTU HSC, and several faculty have adjunct appointments in other
departments on the main TTU campus.
The Psychology Department web page is continuously being updated, modernized,
and improved. Most specific information is available within one or two "clicks" from
the main department web page. The web page address is:
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/
The Psychology Department advising office continues to enhance, expand, and
improve its advising services, workshops, electronic offerings, and general
attractiveness to students. For example, the advising staff offer regular workshops
on important matters such as "Applying to Graduate School."
Partnerships: Build strategic partnerships and alliances.
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* We continue to build and maintain important teaching, research, and service
collaborations with the TTU Health Sciences Center, and University Medical Center.
Psychology Department faculty members are developing and maintaining teaching
and research collaborations with colleagues from universities around the world. This
effort is enhanced by the distinguished nature of our faculty, which include two Horn
Professors (Dr. C. Hendrick and Dr. S. Hendrick, dept chair), a total of nine tenured
full professors, a total of 14 tenured associate professors, and research programs on
many important issues and problems including the following: (Next number) .
Psychology faculty and students are doing research on many important topics,
including: Human factors research on improved air safety and medical procedures;
person-computer interaction and enhancement; advanced statistical methods for the
analysis of complex data sets; cognitive research on diagnostic procedures and
errors with the psychiatric diagnostic manual (DSM-IV); cognitive research on
educational psychology and instructional methods; social psychology research on
emotion, mimicry, close relationships, and attitude change; research on
physiological psychology and drug use; (see next number) .
And research on: health psychology research on smoking, chronic pain, eating
disorders, substance use and abuse, and associated lifestyle changes; suicide
prevention efforts and research; modern and complementary psychotherapies; child
psychopathology and interventions for these disorders; community interventions;
depression research and intervention; research on depression and comorbidity with
other problems and health concerns; research on vocational issues and
employment; human sexuality research; research on central themes in close
relationships like trust and respect; multicultural research; research with correctional
and forensic populations; and research on stress, coping, and religious beliefs.
The Psychology Department continues to maintain and grow the number of graduate
student appointments, fellowships, RA positions, and practicum opportunities in the
TTU HSC and the UMC Medical Center.
The Psychology Department continues to maintain and grow community-based
practica and employment opportunities for graduate students in the County
Probation Offices (about 100K per year), the Mental Health and Mental Retardation
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Goal 5:
Human Resources: Increase and use resources to recruit and retain quality faculty and staff to
support an optimal work environment.
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Goal 6:
(MHMR) Offices, the Montford Psychiatric Prison, and other relevant community
agencies.
We have partnerships with many professional associations and relevant agencies,
via pro-bono service, membership on committees, president status in APA Divisions
(e.g., Dr. Morgan in Div 18 and Dr. DeLucia in Div 21), and extensive service to
grant, journal, and book peer-review processes. Psychology faculty have done peer
reviews on grants for NSF, NIH, and so on. In addition, psychology faculty serve on
numerous important association committees (APA, HFES, Soc of Exp Social Psy,
etc.), and are involved with or nominees for membership on major association
committees regarding psychology in the public interest, research enhancement,
clinical treatment guidelines, continuing education, scientific review, institutional
review board (IRB) topics, multicultural issues, and so forth.
The Psychology Department has extensive information available on its web site, and
this is being regularly updated and enhanced.
Dr. Roman Taraban, professor, served as a Fulbright Scholar in India during spring
2010, and he continued research collaborations with colleagues there, and he
developed some new ones. His research addresses improving the teaching methods
for STEM areas--Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This is an
important partnership, and an important issue.
* We continue to provide some travel support for faculty and doctoral students, to
present papers at regional and national conventions.
* We continue to use our modest amount of total space (total sq ft) with efficiency,
grace, and good humor.
* We continue to use our TA budget (AOF budget) efficiently and wisely, as we
provide teaching opportunities for students in the largest doctoral program on
campus, and as we provide high- quality undergraduate courses for one of the
largest majors on campus.
* We continue to use our modest M&O (operating) budget wisely and efficiently, as
we provide crucial operating support to our faculty, students, and staff.
The Psychology Department added one new faculty member this year (Dr. Klein, fall
2009) and will add one next year (Dr. Gorman, fall 2010). Their start-up packages
were strong and nationally competitive.
The Psychology Department continues to make effective and extensive use of our
Poster Printer, to prepare posters for research presentations at conventions.
Most of the classrooms that we teach in, in the Psy and English buildings, are fully
equiped with computer technology for using Power Point slides, etc.
Support for professional travel to conventions, to present research papers, etc.,
continues with at least $500 for each faculty presenter, and sometimes more.
We have continued to support graduate student travel to conventions to present
research papers, along with additional travel support from the Graduate School, etc.
Most psychology faculty received merit raises for AY10 (9/2009-5/2010), with a
majority of raises in the range of 2%-3%.
The Psychology Department and the administration made a determined and
extensive effort to make a "Strategic Hire" in psychology, regarding a senior
psychologist at another university who also has extensive grant support, but this
position offer was declined by that psychologist. Our offer included a generous startup package, and appointment to the endowed-chair Regents Professorship in health
psychology in the department.
Dr. Kelly Cukrowicz was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.
Research Productivity: Increase research productivity and funding in the department.
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* We continue to stive for excellence as a nationally and internationally wellregarded community of scholars in psychology. This includes a total of 118
publications during 2009, by 27 faculty (M = 4.37 publications per faculty member).
Many of these publications appeared in elite psychology journals published by APA,
Human Factors Society, Social Psychology Organizations, and other major
professional organizations. Moreover, several of the books published by our faculty
were published by elite scholarly publishers, such as the American Psychological
Association, Guilford Press, Routledge Press, etc. Finally, psy faculty are working on
additional books with Oxford U Press and other elite publishers. Regarding grants,
many were submitted and some were funded. And we present over 100 convention
papers per year, all over the world.
Psychology Department faculty members make a strong and remarkable
contribution to the editing and reviewing for scientific journals, with 8 faculty serving
as editors or associate editors, numerous faculty serving on a total of 35 journal
editorial boards, and many faculty also contributing to the review and production of
scientific journals through membership on relevant professional association
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committees.
Psychology Department faculty submitted 32 extramural research grant proposals in
2009. Virtually every member of the 27 psychology faculty group contributed to this
effort as a PI, Co-PI, Co-I, Consultant, or pro-bono Consultant. The total amount of
grant funding requested, across the 32 proposals, was over $5 million.
Psychology Department faculty continued their very-high rate of publication, with a
total of 118 publications for 2009. In comparison, we also had a high number in
2008, with 126 publications. Thus, the mean number of publications per faculty
member (N = 27 in 2009 & N = 28 in 2008) was 4.37 in 2009 and 4.50 in 2008. Of
the two faculty members who left the department in 2009, one of them was a verysenior researcher with a high publication rate, who left for a dean position at another
university. Overall, psychology has averaged 4-5 publications per faculty member,
per year, for several years. This is a very-high publication rate in the field of
psychology.
A total of 19 psychology faculty served on important professional association
committees or task forces, and several psychology faculty held leadership positions
such as president of an APA Division (Drs. DeLucia & Morgan).
Dr. Roman Taraban represented the university and the U.S. as a Fulbright Scholar
in India, conducting important research on educational psychology and instructional
methods for enhancing the teaching of STEM fields.
Psychology Department faculty have at least 20 NEW grant proposals in various
states of progress, for submission during the next few years.
Psychology Department faculty have at least 6 books in progress, for publication in
the next few years, with major scholarly publishers such as Oxford University Press,
Guilford Press, American Psychological Association, etc.
Psychology Department faculty have over 100 studies in progress, for future
publication in major journals during the next few years.
Of the 112 doctoral students currently in psychology, approximately one-third of
them are presently working on some phase of their empirical dissertation, and many
of these dissertation studies will later be published in refereed journals.
Dr. Joaquin P. Borrego, Jr., had 8 publications in 2009, 11 convention presentations,
and is supervising 7 doctoral students on their research. He was also awarded the
TTU President's Higher Education Community Service Honor. Dr. Borrego serves as
director of diversity for psychology, and as associate director of the clinical
psychology PhD program.
Dr. James R. Clopton had 4 publications in 2009, 1 convention presentation, 1 book
in progress, and is a volunteer for Family Promise, a regional program that helps
homeless families with children.
Dr. Rosemary Cogan had 5 publications in 2009, 8 convention presentations, and is
chair of the TTU IRB.
Dr. Lee M. Cohen had 7 publications in 2009, including a new book, 7 convention
presentations, a book in progress, supervises 7 doctoral students on research, and
is director of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program. He also serves as a faculty
supervisor at the MHMR Hospital and Clinics, and the TTUHSC.
Dr. Stephen W. Cook had 2 publications in 2009, 3 convention papers, supervised 6
doctoral students on research, is a co-editor for The Counseling Psychologist (Div
17 of APA), and serves as director of the TTU Psychology Clinic.
Dr. Kelly Cukrowicz had 8 publications in 2009, 3 convention presentations,
supervised 4 doctoral students on research, and is associate editor of two research
journals.
Dr. Patricia R. DeLucia had 9 publications in 2009, 4 convention papers, a book in
progress, supervised 4 doctoral students on research, is associate editor of the
journal Human Factors, and is president-elect of Div 21 in APA.
Dr. Kenneth DeMarree had 5 publications in 2009, 7 convention presentations,
conducted ad-hoc reviews for 8 journals, and supervises doctoral students on
research.
Dr. Catherine C. Epkins had 3 publications in 2009, 5 convention presentations,
supervised 8 doctoral students on research, and served on 2 journal editorial
boards.
Dr. Sheila Garos had 2 publications in 2009, 4 convention papers, supervised 8
doctoral students on research, and serves as director of the Counseling Psychology
PhD Program.
Dr. Erin E. Hardin had 6 publications in 2009, 2 convention presentations,
supervised 4 doctoral students on research, and is on 2 journal editorial boards and
also serves as associate editor of the Journal of Career Development. Dr. Hardin
also completed a 6-year term as director of our Introductory Psychology course (Psy
1300) in August 2009.
Dr. Stephanie Lewis Harter had 2 publications in 2009, 2 convention presentations,
supervised 6 doctoral students on research, served on 2 journal editorial boards,
and is president-elect of the Constructivist Psychology Network.
Dr. Clyde Hendrick, Horn Professor, had 9 publications in 2009, 1 convention paper,
supervised 5 doctoral students on research, serves in an administrative, teaching
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and research capacity in the TTU Institute for Pragmatism, and served on 3 journal
editorial boards.
Dr. Susan S. Hendrick, Horn Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department,
had 11 publications in 2009, 1 convention paper, supervised 6 doctoral students on
research, is a faculty supervisor at the Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research
Center (UMC & TTUHSC), and is the current chair of the Psychology Department.
Dr. Hendrick also does extensive pro-bono consulting on numerous TTU research
projects and grants.
Dr. Keith S. Jones had 4 publications in 2009, 4 convention papers, supervised 6
doctoral students on research, was program chair for the scientific meetings of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and coordinated the Human Factors PhD
Program along with Dr. DeLucia. Dr. Jones also prepared for serving as associate
chair of the department during spring 2010.
Dr. Martina Inge Klein started as an Assistant Professor at Tech in fall 2009, had 2
publications in 2009, served on several doctoral student research committees, and is
developing collaborative research with the TTUHSC and the U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Jeff T. Larsen had 4 publications in 2009, 6 convention papers, supervised 4
doctoral students on research, consulted to NSF grant panels and served on 2
journal editorial boards, and is the director of the Experimental Psychology PhD
Program.
Dr. Jessecae Marsh had 2 publications in 2009, with her publication in the
prestigious Journal of Experimental Psychology (APA) winning a distinguished
research award, 4 convention papers, supervised 3 doctoral students on research,
did grant reviews for NSF and the U.S. Army, and helped numerous faculty
members with research questions regarding complex web surveys on the Internet.
Dr. Philip H. Marshall completed 11 years of service as chair of the Department of
Political Science in August 2009, and now serves as assistant dean in the College of
Arts and Sciences, while he does his own research, supervises doctoral students in
research, and consults to several research projects.
Dr. Robert D. Morgan had 7 publications in 2009, including 2 published books, has 2
more books in progress, 10 convention presentations, supervised 7 doctoral
students in research, serves as president of APA Div 18, along with membership on
2 journal editorial boards, is a book series editor for Oxford University Press, and is
a faculty supervisor at the MHMR Hospital and Clinics, numerous forensic and
correctional settings, and the County Probation Office.
Dr. Gregory H. Mumma had 1 publication in 2009, 7 convention papers (some
international), is supervising 3 doctoral students in research, and serves on a journal
editorial board.
Dr. Darcy A. Reich had 2 publications in 2009, 5 convention papers, supervised 4
doctoral students on research, consulted to NSF and the TTU Teaching Academy,
along with numerous journals, is a widely-recognized statistical expert, and is a
regular voting member of the TTU IRB.
Dr. C. Steven Richards had 4 publications in 2009, including a published book with
APA, another book that is in progress with a major publisher, supervises 7 doctoral
students on research, was a member of 18 dissertation committees in 2009, serves
on the editorial board of the APA's Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
and assists the department and the chair as director of assessment and planning for
psychology.
Dr. Christine Robitschek had 3 publications in 2009, 2 convention papers,
supervised 5 doctoral students on research, served on 2 journal editorial boards
including the APA's Journal of Counseling Psychology, and served as a reviewer for
the scientific meetings of the APA.
Dr. Michael Serra had 2 publications in 2009, 5 convention papers, supervised 3
doctoral students on research, did ad-hoc reviews for numerous journals and several
professional organizations, and supervised doctoral students teaching our
Introductory Psychology course (Psy 1300), as the faculty director of this course
(August 2009 on).
Dr. Roman Taraban was a Fulbright Research Scholar in India during the 2009-2010
AY, collaborating on educational psychology and instructional methodology research
regarding the improved teaching of STEM areas; he has a book in progress and
numerous studies in progress regarding this research; 2 convention papers in 2009,
he serves as associate editor of the APA's Journal of Eductional Psychology, chair
of the TTU Teaching Academy (2008-2010), associate chair of the Psychology
Department, and consultant to numerous journals and NSF.
Dr. Alice McGaugh Young is serving as an Asst. VP / Visiting Scholar in the Office of
the Vice President for Research at TTU, has 6 publications in 2009, 1 convention
paper, supervised 4 doctoral students on research, serves on several university and
HSC administrative research committees, consults to NIH and APA, is a member of
5 journal editorial boards, and is associate editor of the Journal of Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics.
Dr. Borrego completed his work as Co-I on a $1.48M grant with TTU and TTUHSC
colleagues in 2009, and he is working on new grant proposals.
Dr. Cogan completed her work as PI on a 5K grant in 2008, and she is working on
new grant proposals.
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Dr. Cohen worked on a funded 253K grant in 2009 as Co-I, and submitted 3 new
grant proposals in 2009 and 2010.
Dr. Cukrowicz continued work on 72K and 20K funded grants in 2009 as PI,
submitted 2 new grants as PI, and has more grant proposals in progress.
Dr. DeLucia continued work as PI or Co-PI on 3 grant proposals submitted in 2009,
and is working on several other grant proposals.
Dr. DeMarree submitted 2 grants in 2009 and 2010 as PI or Co-PI, and is working on
other grant proposals.
Dr. Garos continued work as Co-I on a funded 10K grant with HSC colleagues, and
submitted a new grant proposal in 2009.
Dr. Hardin continued work as PI on a 34K REF grant, and submitted 2 new grants as
PI in 2009, while working on future grant proposals.
Dr. Harter continued work as a Consultant on a 19K grant with HSC colleagues,
while also consulting on a 1.1M new grant proposal in 2009.
Dr. C. Hendrick consults to numerous colleagues re methodology, scholarly content
in papers, grants, publication strategies, etc.
Dr. S. Hendrick continues her work as PI on a 50K grant with TTUHSC/UMC
colleagues, and she submitted 2 grant proposals in 2009 and early 2010 as PI or
Co-PI.
Dr. Klein submitted 1 new grant as PI in 2009, and is working on several other grant
proposals.
Dr. Larsen continued work as PI on a 3K REF grant, and he is Co-PI on a grant
submitted in 2009, while working on some grants in progress.
Dr. Marsh is PI on 2 grants submitted in 2009, continues work on a 1K REF grant,
and is working on some grants in progress.
Dr. Marshall consults to numerous colleagues about methodology, publication, grant
proposals, etc., in his administrative and faculty roles.
Dr. Morgan continues his PI work on 2 funded grants for 186K and 31K, submitted 3
grant proposals in 2009 as PI or CoPI, and has other grant proposals in progress.
Dr. Reich submitted 2 grants as PI or Co-I in 2009 and 2010, and continues work on
other grant proposals.
Dr. Richards consulted on 4 grant proposals submitted in 2009 by TTU colleagues,
and he continues consulting on other grant proposals.
Dr. Robitschek submitted 1 grant proposal as PI in 2009, and she is continuing work
on further grant proposals for 2010.
Dr. Serra is preparing a grant proposal as PI, for 2010 submission, along with work
on other grant proposals.
Dr. Taraban is continuing work as a Co-I on 2 funded grants for 83K and 124K in
2009, submitted 2 new grant proposals in 2009, and is working on other grant
proposals.
Dr. Young is continuing work as a PI, Co-PI, or Co-I on 6 funded grants in 2009, for
250K, 10K, 64K, 35K, 253K, and 30K. She is also a PI or Co-PI on 4 grant proposals
submitted in 2009, and several more grant proposals that will be submitted in 2010
on.
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Section 2. Universal Quantitative Data
Fall Semester
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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810
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6
106
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963
924
916
935
886
906
1108
495
624
1092
521
645
1132
538
639
1090
535
595
1096
556
652
1095
537
639
10079
278
667
9379
341
574
9201
275
674
8886
303
647
8487
283
597
9250
49
884
11024
10294
10150
9836
9367
10183
Student Information
Headcount
Undergraduate
Masters
Doctoral
Law
Total
Entry Scores
SAT
GRE-verbal
GRE-math
Semester Credit Hours
Undergraduate
Masters
Doctoral
Law
Total
Number of Lecture Classes
Taught & Avg Class Size
Lower Division
Upper Division
All Undergraduate
Graduate
All Students
#
41
42
83
8
91
Avg.
43
35
39
11
36
#
35
40
75
8
83
Avg.
44
37
40
10
37
#
37
46
83
8
91
Avg.
37
34
35
9
33
#
37
40
77
7
84
Avg.
37
37
37
10
35
#
37
38
75
8
83
Avg.
36
36
36
10
34
#
37
42
79
6
85
Avg.
40
36
38
12
36
Faculty Information
FTE
Professor-Lecturer
Graduate Asst. Teaching
Total
25.37
19.55
44.92
25.67
26.75
52.42
27.09
33.66
60.75
26.6
31.5
58.1
26.56
33.92
60.48
27.93
24.76
52.69
27
1
27
1
29
1
28
1
27
1
30
1
27
17
27
19
28
20
27
22
26
21
26
22
Teaching Load
SCH/FTE for total faculty
245
196
167
169
155
193
Student Faculty Ratio
17:1
13:1
11:1
12:1
11:1
13:1
Headcount
Professor-Lecturer
Total
Minority
Tenured/Tenure Track
Total
Tenured
Faculty Salaries vs Peer
(Full-time Faculty - 9 Mo.)
Professor
Assoc
Asst
81767 94029
55043 60869
50869 51611
84393 98766
57155 63729
52104 54020
87807 103385
58013 66766
53472 56544
88664 107912
60072 69155
55741 58794
89493 111561
61459 72942
55003 61080
95932 116730
64663 74641
56893 64168
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Fiscal Year
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
Undergraduate
Masters
Doctoral
Law
137
14
5
0
197
6
16
0
208
19
12
0
209
17
15
0
233
15
9
0
211
11
13
0
Total
156
219
239
241
257
235
3
22
4
18
3
20
3
18
3
20
3
20
Teaching Salaries
Dept. Op. Expenses
2171798
215909
2195029
164877
2306389
163919
2542272
178297
2613204
198684
***
***
Total
2387707
2359906
2470308
2720569
2811888
***
106
106
105
102
117
110
140
128
144
126
***
***
620367
620367
12322
561936
561936
8585
949654
949654
4585
508965
508965
348677
366061
366061
2155
138290
138290
4416
Degrees Awarded
Classes Taught by
Tenured/Tenure Track
% Lower Div. Classes
Taught
% Ugrd Classes Taught
Financial Information
Cost per SCH
Cost per SCH In Const. $
External Funding
Sponsored Projects
Value by Home Department
Value by Submitting Unit
Fundraising*
*As provided by Development
***Due to transition to a new financial platform, FY 2009 data comparable to prior years was unavailable and is not included with this longitudinal data.
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PSYCHOLOGY
Area/Unit Specific Information
Section 3a. Quantitative Information
Calendar Year
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Number Admitted
20
25
18
18
16
18
Number Minority
% Minority
5
6
3
4
1
4
25.0%
24%
17%
22%
6%
22%
Access & Diversity
Minority Graduate Students
McNair
Faculty
Students
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
5
4
Seats in PSY 1300
Sections
Seats Available
Seats Taken
64
61
56
62
62
62
2567
2140
2383
2303
2450
2250
2241
2148
1953
1998
2350
2000
Academic Excellence
Publications
2
0
1
2
5
5
Papers/posters presented
88
114
136
141
175
101
Jrnl articles
33
40
59
70
60
79
Book chapters
13
16
12
35
42
34
Papers in press
Faculty #
21
45
47
22
19
42
26
27
30
26
26
27
17764
$53,200
0
$288, 342
0
~ $326,000
4
6
0
2
2
6
14
32
41
41
25
32
4
13
8
8
6
11
546176
$561,936
$949,654
$508,965
$932,144
~ $600,000
74191
$76,061
$190,551
$97,133
$181,871
~ $150,000
Books
Internal Grants
Dollars
Number
External Grants
Number of proposals submitted
No. Funded
Direct Cost Dollars
F&A dollars
NA
NA
National Awards and Honors
1
2
2
3
4
8
Editorial Board
Executive Board/Committee
Member National Organizations
23
34
41
50
42
35
9
37
39
40
41
19
Officer in National Organization
6
6
6
8
10
12
Service on Program Committees
Graduate Student National
Awards
10
8
12
14
4
9
6
2
2
0
2
1
Fellows in National Organizations
11
15
16
17
18
16
1
1
0
1
1
3
5
5
5
5
3
4
Editor/Associate Editor
New Fellows
Phi Beta Kappa Members
Local Awards and Honors
University Awards
0
2
1
0
2
1
Teaching Academy Members
7
10
10
11
11
10
Faculty Development Leaves
2
2
2
3
2
2
Summer Dissertation Awards
Graduate Student TEACH
program participants
Staff Quality Service Awards
4
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
NA in 2009
Undergraduate
Student
Outcomes (Ratings are on a
5-pt. scale, 5 is high)
Mid-career Surveys
Psychology is an empirical
science
4.44
4.4
4.03
4.51
4.49
Advisor's advice was helpful
4.65
4.61
4.61
4.85
4.72
Advisor's Knowledge
4.65
4.65
4.60
4.75
4.77
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Advisor cares about me as a
student and person
4.55
4.5
4.47
4.79
4.54
Professors gave effective advice
4.00
4.2
3.77
4.40
4.32
Quality of instruction
4.09
4.1
3.82
4.30
4.44
9%
8.5%
10%
21%
19%
53%
54%
67%
65%
63%
3%
4.4%
4%
5%
5%
97
248
397
247
221
0
NA in 2009
Did Research
Volunteered in the community
Member of Psi Chi
Number of Surveys
Exit Survey
Psychology is an empirical
science
4.52
4.4
3.90
4.40
4.42
Advisor's advice was helpful
4.88
4.3
4.56
4.53
4.51
Advisor's Knowledge
Advisor cares about me as a
student and person
4.88
4.3
4.56
4.60
4.70
4.65
4.0
4.50
4.62
4.65
Professors gave effective advice
4.35
3.8
4.0
4.40
4.43
Quality of instruction
4.23
3.6
3.81
4.20
4.25
Did Research
75%
89%
70%
72%
58%
Volunteered in the community
71%
89%
71%
71%
72%
Member of Psi Chi
Number of Surveys
29%
14%
18%
15%
13%
28
45
18
38
42
0
3.79
3.47
3.87
3.90
NA in 2009
3.61
3.65
3.90
3.82
3.97
3.97
3.75
3.94
3.47
3.47
3.60
3.80
Department's Facilities
3.00
3.17
3.20
3.0
Quality of the Faculty
Had job within one-month of
graduation
4.21
3.97
4.30
4.59
24%
35%
25%
22%
General Psych. Pretest
45%
76%
29%
33%
31%
General Psych. Posttest
Advanced Courses- Ave.
Increase
64%
86%
39%
78%
82%
20%
26%
20%
35%
47%
3.17/4.00
40%
3.3/4.0
3.40/4.0
3.72/4.0
32%
9%
8%
22%
28%
4.40
4.50
4.65
NA in 2009
Alumni Survey (combined across
years of graduation)
How well did your educationp
prepare you for your current job
Applicability of courses to your
goals
Preparation for Additional
Education
Quality of Advising
Majors’ knowledge base in
psychology
Majors' Knowledge of Scientific
Methods
Research Methods- Poster
Judging
Social Psychology Pre-Post
Increase
Majors' Career Development
Social Psych. Self-rating
4.31/7
NA in 2009
NA in 2009
Majors' Knowledge about
Applications
Advanced Courses- pretestposttest increase
38%
15%
24%
31%
NA in 2009
General Psychology- Pretest
47%
43%
31%
32%
33%
NA in 2009
General Psych- Posttest
TTU Library Knowledge
(Increase = 1.5, N = 252, p
< .001)
65%
53%
41%
64%
58%
~ 67%
Majors' Multicultural Awareness
Advanced Courses Pre-Post
Increase
Social Psychology- Own
Learning
1.5
30%
28%
32%
6.28/7
NA in 2009
NA in 2009
Undergraduate Placements
Have Job
56%
35%
23%
25%
22%
Plan Further Education
Accepted for Further Education
64%
48%
64%
55%
62%
NA in 2009
20%
20%
30%
30%
32%
Clinical- # applied
7
6
2
6
5
4
Clinical- # placed
6
6
1
6
5
4
Counseling- # applied
Counseling- # placed
6
6
4
5
4
7
48
6
3
5
4
7
Graduate Student Outcomes
Internship Placements in Clinical
and Counseling
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Number of Graduate Student CoAuthors
Presentations
Publications
48
35
37
45
52
55
24
34
35
42
38
42
Clinical Alumni
75%
Passed licensing exam
Presented papers to professional
groups
82%
83%
Published research
71%
75%
Overall evaluation of program
Rating of departmental core
courses
4.2
Rating of clinical core courses
Rating of research training
4.1
NA in 2009
4.3
4.3
Counseling Alumni
Presented research
70%
50%
34%
Published Research
Rating of Counsleing faculty
model commitment to fostering
diversity
4.5
Rating of Quality of Program
Rating of scientific training
4.0
4.2
NA in 2009
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There is No Area Specific Data in Fall Section.
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Fiscal Year
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
Access & Diversity
Scholarships
Dept. $
$37,000
$47,000
$31,000
$32,000
$39,000
Dept. #
37
47
31
32
39
~ 60
$10,000
$13,000
$6,000
$8,000
$8,000
$7,000
Departmental Endowed $
Departmental Endowed #
Chancellor's $
~ $60,000
10
13
6
8
8
7
$24,000
$33,000
$24,000
$24,000
$15,000
$45,000
8
11
8
8
5
15
6
5
1
0
14
10
Department
$574,121
$706,807
$602,260
$774,024
$827,820
$936,276
Work Study
$94,555
$138,176
$197,433
$126,240
$213,003
$267,883
Emphasis
$32,550
$32,500
$24,000
$30,000
0
$5,189
0
$45,588
$28,750
$28,750
$28,750
$12,780
Chancellor's #
University-wide Fellowships #
Graduate Assistantships Funded
Graduate Tuition
$93,105
$105,131
$119,352
$135,933
$40,400
$39,990
Course Fee/Info. Tech
0
0
$28,750
$28,750
$28,750
$32,944
Excellence
0
0
0
$11,000
$11,000
$18,000
$11,000
$10,000
$83,000
$56,000
$580,367
Grants
Faculty Development Leaves
Psychology Clinic
0
0
$5,500
$10,000
$11,00
$10,00
$11,000
$10,000
$105,000
0
$399,155
0
$561,936
$949,654
$508,965
$932,144
~ $600,000
1:4.87
1:10
1:10
$49,609
0
0
Academic Excellence
Funding New FAculty
Start-up $
$ Grant Funding by Fauculty
supported
Ratio of Cumulative Start-up to
Cummulative Grant Funding
Human ResourcesWork Environment
1:2.33
Good
Facilities Improvement
0
0
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Section 3b. Qualitative Information.

* The Department of Psychology has been remarkably productive in 2009, regarding
publications, with a total of 118 publications by 27 full-time faculty. This is a mean of 4.37
publications per faculty member in 2009, with a standard deviation of 2.95 publications and a
range of 0-11 publications (for each faculty member during the 2009 calendar year).

* Psychology faculty published five scholarly books during 2009 (Drs. Cohen, Morgan-2,
Richards, & Young). Psychology faculty have at least six scholarly books in progress (Drs.
Clopton, Cohen, DeLucia, Morgan, Richards, & Taraban).

* Psychology faculy submittted 32 grant proposals during 2009, and at least 8 of these resulted
in continuation or new funding, for approximately $600,000 in research funding.

* Psychology faculty presented 101 convention papers at regional, national, and internations
conventions.

* Psychology faculty are remarkably active and successful regarding service as editors,
associate editors, and editorial board members for journals. We have 8 editors/associate
editors, are members of 35 journal editorial boards, and are ad-hoc reviewers for nearly 100
scholarly psychology journals. Included in this list of journals are many of the most prestigious
psychology journals in the world, such as those published by the American Psychological
Association, the Human Factors Society, several Social Psychology Organizations, several
Cognitive Science Societies, etc.
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Commentary:
The Department of Psychology desperately needs a large increase in the AOF budget. With the largest
doctoral program on campus, and many fine graduate applicants that apply each year, we could grow and
prosper with more TA support. At the same time, this growth in doctoral students and associated TA
support would dovetail nicely with the university goals of achieving Tier One status and further enrollment
growth. The Department of Psychology needs more space. Again, an increase in space will improve our
efficacy, along with enhancing our ability to match the university goals of increased growth in doctoral
programs. The Department of Psychology needs an increase in our M&O budget, to improve our ability to
travel to federal granting agencies, important scientific conferences, the labs of colleagues at major
research universities, and so forth.
Implementation Plan:
* Our implementation plan is simple: We will continue to work very hard, in every professionallyresponsible way, to be one of the best departments at Texas Tech regarding teaching, research, and
service. The Psychology Department here is already a nationally-respected department, with, for
example, some doctoral programs ranked in the Top 100 out of 400-or-more peer programs, and we plan
to continue to improve in every possible way--both in our graduate and undergraduate programs, our
research, and our service.