Doctoral Research Training at the University of Florida
Psychology of Adult Development and Aging
The University of Florida, through the Department of Psychology currently has a strong group of faculty mentors in the Psychology of Adult Development and Aging. Our unique program combines multidisciplinary exposure with strong disciplinary grounding in lifespan psychology. Feel free to contact any of the mentors below for further information! We look forward to hearing from you.
Key aspects of the program:
· Highly collaborative and collegial environment
· Active, responsible and responsive mentoring
· Bi-weekly Developmental colloquium series with focus on professional development
· Graduate Certificate in Gerontology option in addition to Ph.D.
· Funding: all students receive funded teaching assistantships and full tuition support
Additional financial support includes eligibility for:
· Year-round NIA research funding and tuition support (T32; renewal award pending)
· UF Presidential Awards, and Grinter Awards, for incoming doctoral students
· Goldman One-year dissertation fellowship
· Goldman annual student research scholarships; Goldman summer research funding
· Research assistantships through grant-funded faculty
· Travel awards to present your research at national and international conferences
· Gerber Annual Developmental research award for best student paper or poster
The University of Florida is a premier research university located in a community with excellent quality of life. We invite prospective doctoral students to join our energetic and enthusiastic group. The Psychology doctoral program is detailed at http://www.psych.ufl.edu. Available faculty mentors in adult development and aging include:
§ LISE ABRAMS (abrams@ufl.edu; www.psych.ufl.edu/~abrams) Language production, comprehension, and memory retrieval
- SUSAN BLUCK (bluck@ufl.edu; www.psych.ufl.edu/lifestorylab) Social cognition; autobiographical memory, the life story, wisdom
- NATALIE EBNER (natalie.ebner@ufl.edu; www.psych.ufl.edu/~ebner) Socioemotional and cognitive aging; Emotion-motivation-cognition interactions across the lifespan
- MICHAEL MARSISKE (marsiske@ufl.edu; www.marsiskelab.phhp.ufl.edu) Clinical-health psychology; Cognition & everyday competence, natural & intervention-guided change processes in cognition
- ROBIN WEST (rwest@geron.ufl.edu; www.psych.ufl.edu/west) Memory training, everyday memory, and memory beliefs
Clinical and Health Psychology, www.phhp.ufl.edu/chp
