Psychology

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Explore The Department of Psychology

Psychology, and Neuroscience and Behavior

The Department of Psychology focuses on the scientific study of human and non-human behavior.
The program in neuroscience and behavior, shared between Liberal Arts and Life Sciences and Agriculture, focuses on the scientific study of the brain and its relationship to behavior.

Department of Psychology

We can be contacted via email at
psychology.dept@unh.edu.

Department office hours
M-F: 8am-4:30pm

Programs of Study

Undergraduate

Graduate

Minors

Psychology (Minor)

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Lauren Mann ’28

PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR

Lauren Mann, from Scituate, Massachusetts, received a Benjamin A. Gillman International Scholarship which will allow her to take part in the UNH in Italy program in spring 2026, where she will be studying in Ascoli Piceno, taking courses such as Elementary Italian and History of Food in Italy.Mann’s great grandparents are from Italy, and she is excited to “immerse myself in the country…
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Linden Burba ’28

PSYCHOLOGY AND JUSTICE STUDIES DUAL MAJOR

Linden Burba, from St. Louis, Missouri, received a Benjamin A. Gillman International Scholarship which will allow her to participate in the UNH Hungary: Justice Studies and Humanities Program in Budapest, Hungary in spring 2026, where she will be enrolled in classes tied primarily to justice studies, she says. The scholarship will allow her the opportunity to enjoy “an incredible experience…
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Spotlight on Professor Jolie Wormwood

Jolie Wormwood is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire. Below is our correspondence with Dr. Wormwood about her own research and her mentoring experiences with undergraduate students.
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Amanda Wittemann '27

NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR MAJOR, WITH PSYCHOLOGY AND WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES MINORS

Originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, Amanda Wittemann will graduate from UNH in September 2027. Amanda completed the research highlighted in the spring 2025 issue of Inquiry with funding from a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research.
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Sadie Chaffin '25

5 Questions with a UNH Psychology and Justice Studies Major

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