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Psychology
at Pomona is taught as a natural science. Laboratory research and
field work are incorporated in most psychology courses, providing
students the opportunity for more undergraduate research experience
than other colleges. In recent years, 74 percent of all scholarly
articles published by Pomona professors have been coauthored by
students. Classroom instruction is also enriched by student internships
at off-campus mental health facilities.
Within
two years of graduation, 65 percent of Pomona psychology majors
enter graduate schools, including Ph.D. and teaching credential
programs, medical schools, and law schools.
Deborah
Burke has received several large NIH grants to study memory loss
in the elderly. Suzanne Thompson's research focuses on the process
of coping with major stressful events such as living with cancer,
cardiac disease, or HIV. Ray Buriel studies the psychological effects
of immigration from Mexico. William Banks is a reviewer for several
journals and has recently founded Consciousness and Cognition. Sharon
Goto, an industrial/organizational psychologist, is interested in
cross-cultural interactions in organizations. Michelle Wierson is
a child and family clinical researcher and, with a grant from the
Centers for Disease Control, is examining the impact of HIV/AIDS
on the family. Stanley Gaines, a social psychologist, specializes
in the study of close relationships; he holds a joint appointment
in the Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies and has contributed
a chapter to a forthcoming book on under-studied relationships.
Richard Lewis, a neuropsychologist, is primarily interested in memory
disorders in brain-damaged patients. Faculty member Nicole Weekes
studies individual and group differences in neuropsychological functioning
with a focus on the association between biological sex, hormone
levels and hemispheric specialization.
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