Equipped with Truth
Studying Psychology at Taylor is not just an exercise in knowledge. Through mentorship relationships with faculty, overseas trips, research opportunities, hand-on practicums, and excellent teaching, you’ll be challenged to grow spiritually, personally, and professionally.
Taylor University’s Psychology department provides a deep and purposeful integration of psychology and Christianity. Our Psychology professors take on the science of psychology and the struggles with morality facing the world today while standing on the Truth and preparing you to do the same.
The varied interests and experiences of our faculty—studying adolescents and digital media, sex trafficking and peace and reconciliation, to name a few—enable us to offer diverse courses. You'll be equipped to apply your passion wherever God is calling you.
Faculty go the extra mile to create a living, learning community of scholar-practitioners who are able to think critically and biblically.
Choose a Psychology major or minor that places great value in your faith. You'll learn to direct your study and skills towards the calling God placed in your heart.
Get professional growth and hands-on educational opportunities.
Practicum Experience
Gain local hands-on experience working with clients and patients. You will participate in a practicum associated with psychology, whether it’s in a hospital, clinic, camp, or elsewhere.
Research Experience
Work with a professor and small team on an advanced research project. Present your research at conferences and win cash awards for poster presentations. Previous projects have covered children’s concepts of God, critical thinking development, intercultural development, and impacts of sex trafficking.
Intercultural Experiences
In Search of Sacred Places is a study abroad pilgrimage to holy sites (and other locations) throughout Ireland. You’ll explore Celtic monastic life, emphasizing personal and social well-being with a focus on developing our abilities to relate well across cultures and build relationships of mutual respect. Domestic trips travel to inner-city communities to study the needs in education.
Cultivating Belonging
Be part of a vibrant community that extends learning beyond the classroom.
Many of our graduates have gone on to earn advanced degrees in fields as diverse as law, occupational therapy, education, psychological research, counseling and organizational management.
Our alumni have successfully navigated diverse career paths, contributing their expertise to fields such as marketing, politics, trauma counseling, missions, human resources, sports psychology, educational administration, teaching, higher education, criminal justice, computer science, forensics, and pastoral ministry.
Our department has a very high career placement rate, and Psychology faculty work alongside the Calling and Career Office to fully prepare you to attain a job or internship after graduation.
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology & Academic Assessment/Testing Program Assistant
Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
Researching Restorative Spaces on Campus
Over the last two years, Psychology students have worked to research shared physical spaces on campus, their use, and students’ responsiveness to those spaces.
From Taylor Degree to the CDC
Anna (Goeglein) Shaum ’15 works for the CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. She reflects on how her Taylor education prepared her to earn her master’s and launch her career as an epidemiologist.
Taylor Partnership Launches Diabetes Prevention Program
Taylor University faculty and students have partnered with Marion General Hospital, Upland Health and Diagnostic Center, and local physicians to launch a diabetes prevention program aimed at increasing the health and quality of life in two of the State of Indiana’s most unhealthy counties.
Researching Restorative Spaces on Campus
Over the last two years, Psychology students have worked to research shared physical spaces on campus, their use, and students’ responsiveness to those spaces.
From Taylor Degree to the CDC
Anna (Goeglein) Shaum ’15 works for the CDC’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. She reflects on how her Taylor education prepared her to earn her master’s and launch her career as an epidemiologist.
Taylor Partnership Launches Diabetes Prevention Program
Taylor University faculty and students have partnered with Marion General Hospital, Upland Health and Diagnostic Center, and local physicians to launch a diabetes prevention program aimed at increasing the health and quality of life in two of the State of Indiana’s most unhealthy counties.