Interested in why people behave the way they do?
Do you wonder how culture and society impacts who we are? You can work alongside faculty and fellow students on innovative research, exploring these and other areas in the interdisciplinary Psychological and Social Science (PSS) major.
Dr. Meghan Gillen was featured in the U.S. News & World Report articles “6 Myths About the Freshmen 15” and "How Grown Women Can Boost Their Body Image." She was also quoted in "How to Boost Your Body Image."
Her work focuses on body image and health. She completed data collection for a study on early motherhood health involving moms with babies ages 0 - 12 months, and is now working on analyzing the data.
Dr. Gillen is also collaborating with two former students on a manuscript on behavioral inhibition, reward sensitivity, and body image.
See Dr. Gillen interviewed on South New Jersey News about her research.
Internships and Careers
Here are some positions and companies we have placed internships and graduates:
- Community Service Foundation (therapeutic day school for youth)
- Consumer psychology at Proctor & Gamble
- Girls, Inc.
- Holy Redeemer Health System
- Livengrin Foundation (addiction recovery)
- Museum and program evaluation at the United States Constitution Center in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia and suburban public and private schools (working in School Psychologist and Guidance offices)
- Senior Research Technician at Monell Chemical Senses in Philadelphia
- Service Coordinator/Case Manager at JEVS Human Services
- Theraplay (occupational therapy)
- YMCA-Abington
New collaboration between Penn State Abington and Moravian University allows students to save money while pursuing bachelor's and master’s degrees
Penn State Abington and Moravian University created a pathway to careers in clinical and school counseling designed to fit the needs of today’s students and an essential workforce. This new pathway program will allow undergraduate students from Abington's bachelor of science in Psychological and Social Sciences to obtain pre-admission to Moravian's master of arts in clinical counseling or school counseling programs.
PSS majors with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average can apply to the program. If provisionally admitted to the program, Abington students will be eligible to take up to fifteen credits tuition-free in master's level coursework in either the clinical counseling or school counseling programs at Moravian.
For more information, please contact the PSS program chair, Michael Bernstein ([email protected]).
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