LIFE movie night on February 19

The student organization Looking Into Fulfillment Everywhere (L.I.F.E., formerly "Active Minds") is hosting a movie night on Thursday (2/19) at 6:30 in the Student Success Center, Room 2410. The movie is "Frankie and Alice".  L.I.F.E. is an organization focused on promoting mental health awareness on GSW campus.  

Psychology/Sociology Club Event

The Psychology/Sociology Club will have its next meeting on Wednesday, February 18 at 5:00 p.m. in Room 245.  We’ll be having a “game night” (as in board games, not video games).  All are welcome to come.

Huffman presents research at NITOP

Chuck Huffman, chair of Psychology and Sociology, presented “Own Race Bias in the History of Psychology?” at the 37th Annual National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology, on Jan. 4th in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.

Grant to Promote Free Textbooks

The Department of Psychology and Sociology has received a grant to promote the use of free textbooks in Introductory Psychology and Introductory Sociology classes. The key goal is to lower the cost of college while maintaining high educational standards. The grant, which is from Affordable Learning Georgia, was awarded to Chuck Huffman. A short story about the grant was also aired on WALB news.

Fall 2014 graduation

Congratulations to our latest graduates! We wish you the best of luck.

McDonald receives a teaching award

Courtney McDonald (Assistant Professor of Sociology) received the Excellence and Commitment to Teaching Award. Congratulations!

Honors for Fall, 2014

An honors ceremony was held on December 5 to recognize the outstanding fall graduates. Excellence in Psychology awards were given to Matt Gladney and Melissa Jones-Hickman. Daniel Landreth received the Excellence in Sociology Award. Mary Thornburgh, who is a sociology major, received an award from the Women's Studies program. We congratulate our award-winning graduates and wish them the best of luck.

Matt Gladney and Melissa Jones-Hickman

Daniel Landreth