Research Areas

Research is vital to our department's mission.

We're dedicated to advancing psychological science through high-quality research and providing a world-class education for our undergraduate and graduate students. Our faculty members are internationally recognized scholars who work to advance knowledge through rigorous scientific inquiry and community engagement.

We organize our research expertise into six broad research areas, although there is often collaborative overlap amongst researchers. We believe that this interdisciplinary collaboration strengthens our work and creates innovative solutions to complex psychological questions, fostering findings that address pressing societal challenges and contributes to improving lives.

 

Explore our six areas of research here:

Curious about doing research with MSU Psychology as a graduate student?

We offer six areas of research for on-campus graduate students, and online programs in both Work and Organizational Psychology and Program Evaluation. Explore our graduate program options more here: