Welcome to the Appalachian State University Department of Psychology. The University is a member institution of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina. Boone is located in the beautiful western mountains of North Carolina, just a few miles from the Tennessee and Virginia borders. With mild summers and winter skiing, the area is quite attractive to visitors with interest in outdoor activities.

The University has approximately 15,000 students and has been ranked by US News and World Report as one of the top 15 among southern regional universities since 1986. The Department has 32 full-time doctoral level faculty members, approximately 600 undergraduate majors and 100 full-time graduate students in four master's degree programs including General/Experimental, Clinical Health, Industrial Organizational/Human Resource Management, and School Psychology, the latter also provides a specialist degree in addition to the MA. The Department provides a clinic for training, research, and service to the community which is housed in the newly formed Institute for Health and Human Services. The faculty are dedicated to a mentoring of students and to offering opportunities for experiential learning.Please peruse this web page to learn more about the Department and the policies which govern it.

James C. Denniston, Ph.D.

Departmental Chair