People
The Psychology Department at UCSC is home to a passionate community of faculty, staff, and graduate students. Our people help us achieve teaching and research excellence, and we’re proud of their accomplishments.
Our award-winning staff work to support our operations and ensure student success and belonging. Our graduate students provide crucial mentorship to undergraduates and make new research discoveries that advance their chosen fields. Meanwhile, our faculty members have won major research grants from organizations like the National Institutes of Health, William T. Grant Foundation, and Google and served on executive councils and research advisory panels for the American Psychological Association, the National Science Foundation, and others.