Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology

Offered Jointly by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Anchorage

 

  
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  The UAF-UAA Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology is a scientist-practitioner program in clinical psychology that seeks to educate scholars and clinicians, who have strong commitments to research, evaluation, clinical practice, and community-based action, solidly grounded in the cultural contexts of all affected stakeholders.  The program integrates clinical, community, and cultural psychology with a focus on rural, indigenous issues and an applied emphasis on the integration of research and practice.  Through combining the spirit of clinical and community psychology, the program promotes contextually-grounded and culturally appropriate research and evaluation, culturally respectful and empirically-grounded prevention efforts and clinical service delivery, and data-driven and contextually sounded community work and social action, made relevant to individuals, groups, families and communities. 

The Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology with Rural, Indigenous Emphasis is a program jointly delivered and administered by the Departments of Psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Anchorage.  All program courses are co-taught across campuses via videoconference and all program components are delivered by faculty at both campuses.  The program is designed such that the student experience is as similar as possible regardless of residence (Fairbanks or Anchorage).

The program is on the forefront of creative and enriching knowledge dissemination that is relevant to rural communities; focused on public service; sensitive to the unique environments of Alaska; and concerned with acknowledging, fostering, and celebrating diversity.  The program has many unique features that combine to make for a rigorous training experience that requires a student's full-time commitment.  Individuals interested in additional detail about the program are encouraged to peruse the Student Handbook. 

The program maintains and regularly updates a Policy and Procedure Manual. Student right and grievance procedures are covered in detail in the Student Handbook.  The program also regularly collects outcome data from students and other sources.  Students are asked at the end of every academic year to fill out the Student Satisfaction and Cultural Competency Surveys and in October the Outcomes Committee collates the information and the results and other program outcomes can be accessed here.  All outcomes data are used to document progress toward the Program's Outcomes Goals, Objectives, and Benchmarks and the Program's Process Benchmarks.

The program encourages active student engagement and student faculty interaction as related to program administration.  This interaction is exemplified by student representation on almost all program committees. 

The UAF-UAA Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology is approved by the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities as a doctoral degree granted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  The program is in the process of preparing its self study in an effort to apply for accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association (202-336-5979; http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/).  Updates about the program's progress toward seeking APA accreditation will be posted as they become available. 

 

 

  

FACULTY RECRUITMENTS

 Associate or Full Professor @ UAA
(PCN 308575)

Associate or Full Professor @ UAF
(PCN 200485)

Assistant Professor @ UAF
(PCN 204435)


ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 2009
Program was approved as a Western Regional Graduate Program.  To learn more click here.


EVENTS

UAA Informational Meetings (SSB 303)
Fall 2010 TBA

 

UAF Informational Meetings (Gruening 209)
Fall 2010 TBA

 

Student Handbook

Fall 2010 Course Schedule

List of Fall 10 Texts

Course Descriptions

 
   


University of Alaska Fairbanks
Department of Psychology

P.O. Box 756480
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775

telephone 907.474.7012
fax 907.474.5781

  

University of Alaska Anchorage
Department of Psychology

3211 Providence Drive, SSB 303
Anchorage, Alaska 99508

telephone 907.786.1640
fax 907.786.1669