The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas offers degrees in Child Learning and Development; Cognitive Science; Neuroscience; Psychology; and Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The Child Learning and Development program provides students a research-based approach to understanding child development as a preparation for careers as teachers, researchers, service providers, and policy makers. The Cognitive Science program provides a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the mind and behavior that incorporates methodology from the fields of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. The Neuroscience program provides students the opportunity to study the nervous system from a multidisciplinary approach that combines the study of brain structure, biochemistry, and physiology, and their links to behavior. The Psychology program provides basic training in the study of mind and behavior as preparation for graduate training in psychology, counseling and related fields, as well as providing courses that may be relevant to employment in human resources or research support positions. The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology program offers study in the processes and disorders of speech, language, and hearing. The program provides the foundation for graduate work leading to careers as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. Students meeting BS degree and clinical practicum requirements are eligible for Texas state licensure as a speech-language pathology assistant.
The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) offers a number of services and programs for students. Academic Advising by a staff of professional advisors is available for all students, and students are encouraged to meet with their advisors on a regular basis. BBS sponsors events and workshops designed to inform students of research opportunities, career paths, and how to prepare for application to graduate and professional schools. BBS works closely with the UT Dallas Career Center to assist students with exploring careers, opportunities for co-op experiences, resume-writing workshops, and practice in interview skills. BBS also offers PSY 3100 Careers in Psychology, a course that explores career and graduate school paths for students in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. This course is offered in the spring and fall semesters and has limited enrollment. It is recommended that students take this course during the sophomore year or early in the junior year.
To earn BBS School Honors, students must meet the following criteria: (1) at least 30 graded semester credit hours at UT Dallas, (2) at least 12 semester credit hours in BBS major core courses, (3) an overall UT Dallas GPA of at least 3.500 (Honors Thesis Core) and of at least 3.600 (Dean's Scholars' Tier), (4) successful completion of the Honors Seminar (offered in the spring semester) or approved substitute activities, and (5) completion of an Honors Thesis with a grade of at least B+. Students in the Dean's Scholars' Tier must meet these additional criteria: successful completion of (6) the Dean's Scholars' Seminar (offered in the fall semester) and (7) multiple service activities to the School. School Honors with Distinction may be achieved by students whose theses are judged by a faculty committee to be of exemplary quality.
To minor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, students must take a minimum of 18 semester credit hours for the minor, 12 of which must be upper-division semester credit hours. Students who take a minor will be expected to meet the normal prerequisites in courses making up the minor, and should maintain a minimum GPA of 2.000 on a 4.00 scale (C average). The minors in the School of Behavioral and Brain Science are listed below:
Abdi, HervéProfessor, Cognition and NeuroscienceMP, University of Besançon, France, 1975DEA, University of Clermont, France, 1976DEA, University of Strasbourg, France, 1977PhD, University of Aix-en-Provence, France, 1980HDR, Université de Bourgogne, France, 1988
herve@utdallas.edu
Assmann, Peter F.Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBA, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1976MS, University of Alberta, Canada, 1979PhD, University of Alberta, Canada, 1985
assmann@utdallas.edu972-883-2435
Bartlett, James C.Professor, Cognition and Neuroscience; Program Head, Cognition and NeuroscienceBA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1970PhD, Yale University, 1975
jbartlet@utdallas.edu972-883-2079
Campbell, ThomasProfessor, Communication Disorders; Sara T. Martineau Professor at the Callier Center, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Executive Director, Callier Center for Communication DisordersBA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1974MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1975PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
tfc061000@utdallas.edu214 905-3001
Chapman, Sandra B.Professor, Behavior and Brain Sciences; Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Founder and Chief Director, Center for BrainHealth; Director, Center for Language and Brain Treatment CenterBS, University of North Texas, 1975MS, University of North Texas, 1976PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1986
schapman@utdallas.edu972-883-3407
Dollaghan, ChristineProfessor, Child LanguageBA, Wesleyan University, 1974MA, University of Montana, 1977PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1981
cxd062000@utdallas.edu214-905-3063
Dowling, W. JayProfessor, PsychologyAB, Northwestern University, 1963AM, Harvard University, 1966PhD, Harvard University, 1968
jdowling@utdallas.edu972-883-2059
Evans, JuliaProfessor, Communication DisordersBA, University of Colorado Boulder, 1982PhD, University of Michigan, 1990
jle130030@utdallas.edu
Golden, Richard M.Professor, Cognitive Science; Participating Faculty, Electrical EngineeringBSEE, University of California, San Diego, 1982MSEE, Brown University, 1986PhD, Brown University, 1987
golden@utdallas.edu972-883-2423
Hart Jr., JohnProfessor, Cognitive Neuroscience; Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience and the Jane and Bud Smith Distinguished Chair, School of Behavioral and Brian Sciences; Medical Science Director, Center for BrainHealthBA, The Johns Hopkins University, 1979MD, University of Maryland, 1983Neurology Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1996Cognitive Neurology/Neuropsychology Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1990
jxh057100@utdallas.edu
Katz, William F.Professor, Communication DisordersBA, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977MA, California State University, Long Beach, 1982MA, Brown University, 1985PhD, Brown University, 1987
wkatz@utdallas.edu214-905-3188
Kilgard, Michael P.Professor, Neuroscience; Margaret Fonde Jonsson ProfessorBA, University of California, Berkeley, 1993PhD, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
kilgard@utdallas.edu
Møller, Aage R.Professor, Cognition and Neuroscience; Founders Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesBM, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 1969DM, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 1975
amoller@utdallas.edu
Moore, Bert S.Professor, Psychology; Dean, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Aage and Margareta Møller Distinguished Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesBA, Southern Methodist University, 1966MA, University of Illinois, 1968PhD, Leland Stanford Junior University, 1973
bmoore@utdallas.edu
O'Toole, Alice J.Professor, Cognition and Neuroscience; Aage and Margareta Møller Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesBA, Catholic University of America, 1983MS, Brown University, 1985PhD, Brown University, 1988
otoole@utdallas.edu972-883-2486
Owen, Margaret TreschProfessor, Psychology; Robinson Family Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Program Head, Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders; Director, Center for Children and FamiliesBA, Oberlin College, 1974MA, University of Kansas, 1975PhD, University of Michigan, 1981
mowen@utdallas.edu972-883-6876
Park, Denise C.Professor, Behavioral and Brian Sciences; Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brian Sciences, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; The University of Texas System Regents' Research Scholar; Co-Director, Center for Vital LongevityBA, Albion College, 1973PhD, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1977
dcp071000@utdallas.edu
Prager, Karen J.Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies and PsychologyBA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1973MA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977
kprager@utdallas.edu972-883-2353
Rennaker II, Robert L.Professor, Bioengineering; Department Head, BioengineeringBSE, Arizona State University, 1997MS, Arizona State University, 2001PhD, Arizona State University, 2002
rlr091000@utdallas.edu
Roeser, Ross J.Professor, Communication Disorders; Howard B. and Lois C. Wolf Professor for Pediatric Hearing, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Executive Director Emeritus, Callier Center for Communication DirectorsBS, Western Illinois University, 1966MA, Northern Illinois University, 1967PhD, Florida State University, 1972
roeser@utdallas.edu214-905-3002
Rugg, Michael D.Professor, Behavioral and Brian Sciences; Distinguished Chair in Behavioral and Brian Sciences, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Co-Director, Center for Vital LongevityBSc, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1976PhD, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1979
mrugg@utdallas.edu
Santrock, John W.Professor, PsychologyBA, University of Miami, 1965MS, University of Miami, 1967PhD, University of Minnesota, 1973
santrock@utdallas.edu972-883-2097
Spence, Melanie J.Professor, Psychology; Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, School of Behavioral and Brian Sciences; Program Head, Psychological SciencesBA, Emory University, 1978MA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1980PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1984
mspence@utdallas.edu
Stillman, Robert D.Professor, Communication Disorders; Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Program Head, Communication Disorders, Communication Sciences Disorders, and Speech Language Pathology and AudiologyBS, Union College, 1964PhD, Syracuse University, 1969
stillman@utdallas.edu214-905-3106
Thibodeau, Linda M.Professor, Communication DisordersBA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975MA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977PhD, University of Minnesota, 1986
thib@utdallas.edu214-905-3108
Tobey, Emily A.Professor, Communication Disorders; Vice Provost; Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Communication Disorders in Children, School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesBA, New Mexico State University, 1973MCD, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1975PhD, City University of New York, 1981
etobey@utdallas.edu
Ulatowska, Hanna K.Professor, Communication DisordersMA, University of Warsaw, Poland, 1955PhD, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1961
hanna@utdallas.edu
Underwood, Marion K.Professor, Psychology; Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences; Program Head, Undergraduate Programs in Psychological SciencesBA, Wellesley College, 1986MA, Duke University, 1987PhD, Duke University, 1991
undrwd@utdallas.edu972-883-2470
van Kleeck, AnneProfessor, Communication DisordersBA, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1973MA, Columbia University, 1974PhD, University of Washington, 1978
avk042000@utdallas.edu214-905-3060
Coleman, J. MichaelProfessor and Dean Emeritus, PsychologyBS, Vanderbilt University, 1972MA, Vanderbilt University, 1974PhD, University of Virginia, 1978
coleman@utdallas.edu972-883-2021
Jerger, Susan W.Professor Emeritus, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain SciencesBA, University of Houston, 1961MS, Purdue University, 1963PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1986
sjerger@utdallas.edu
Dussor, GregoryAssociate Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBS, University of Alabama, 1997PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2002
gregory.dussor1@utdallas.edu
Filbey, FrancescaAssociate Professor, NeuroscienceBA, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1995MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1997PhD, King’s College London, United Kingdom, 2002
fxf013100@utdallas.edu
Holub, Shayla C.Associate Professor, Psychological SciencesBS, Millikin University, 2000MA, Bowling Green State University, 2003PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2005
sch052000@utdallas.edu972-883-4473
Krawczyk, DanielAssociate Professor, NeuroscienceBA, State University of New York at Fredonia, 1998MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
dck061000@utdallas.edu
Maguire, Mandy J.Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and DisordersBA, Pennsylvania State University, 1998PhD, Temple University, 2003
mjm053000@utdallas.edu214-905-3163
Mills, Candice M.Associate Professor, PsychologyBS, University of Florida, 1999M.Phil., Yale University, 2003PhD, Yale University, 2005
cxm056000@utdallas.edu972-883-4475
Pinkham, Amy Associate Professor, PsychologyBS, Texas A&M University, 2000MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
amy.pinkham@utdallas.edu
Price, TheodoreAssociate Professor, Applied Cognition and NeuroscienceBS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1998PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2003
tjp140130@utdallas.edu
McIntyre, Christa K.Associate Professor, PsychologyBA, American University, 1994PhD, University of Virginia, 2000
cmr067000@utdallas.edu972-883-2235
Rollins, Pamela R.Associate Professor, Communication DisordersBS, Boston University, 1981MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983Ed.D., Harvard University, 1994
rollins@utdallas.edu
Rypma, BartAssociate Professor, PsychologyBA, New York University, 1983MA, Duke University, 1989PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
bpr061000@utdallas.edu972-883-3235
Thompson, Lucien (Tres)Associate Professor, Neuroscience; Program Head, NeuroscienceBA, California State College at San Bernardino, 1981MA, California State University, San Bernardino, 1983PhD, University of Virginia, 1988
tres@utdallas.edu
Vanneste, SvenAssociate Professor, Communication ScienceBA, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, 1998MA, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, 2000BS, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, 2001MS, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, 2004PhD, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 2011
sven.vanneste@utdallas.edu
Ackerman, RobertAssistant Professor, PsychologyBA, Monmouth University, 2004MS, Michigan State University, 2009PhD, Michigan State University, 2011
raa110030@utdallas.edu972-883-2355
Basak, ChandramallikaAssistant Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBSc, Bethune College, India, 1996MSc, University of Calcutta, India, 1998MS, Syracuse University, 2002PhD, Syracuse University, 2005
cbasak@utdallas.edu
De Frias, Cindy M.Assistant Professor, PsychologyBSc, University of Victoria, Canada, 1995MS, Pennsylvania State University, 1998PhD, University of Victoria, Canada, 2003
cmd104020@utdallas.edu972-883-3724
Kane, Heidi S.Assistant Professor, PsychologyBA, Rhodes College, 2002PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009
hsk140330@utdallas.edu 972-883-2355
Kennedy, KristenAssistant Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBA, Hendrix College, 1996MS, Emporia State University, 2000PhD, Wayne State University, 2007
kmk082000@utdallas.edu 214-635-4473
Kröner, SvenAssistant Professor, NeuroscienceMA, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 1996PhD, Ruhr University Bochum Germany, 2000
sxk101000@utdallas.edu
Na, JinkyungAssistant Professor, PsychologyBA, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2003MA, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2005PhD, University of Michigan, 2011
jxc105320@utdallas.edu 972-883-3200
Nelson, JackieAssistant Professor, PsychologyBA, Elon University, 2006MS, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2011
jackie.nelson@utdallas.edu
Ploski, Jonathan E.Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science / NeuroscienceBS, University at Buffalo, 1998PhD, New York University, 2004
jep101000@utdallas.edu
Rodrigue, KarenAssistant Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBA, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1996MS, Emporia State University, 1999PhD, Wayne State University, 2007
krodrigue@utdallas.edu
Rojas, RaúlAssistant Professor, Communication ScienceBA, Grinnell College, 1997MA, Temple University, 2000PhD, Temple University, 2011
raul.rojas@utdallas.edu 972-883-3162
Sasson, Noah J.Assistant Professor, PsychologyBA, Franklin and Marshall College, 1997PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
njs092000@utdallas.edu
Warner-Czyz, AndreaAssistant Professor, Communication Sciences and DisordersMS, University of Florida, 1996PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
adw052000@utdallas.edu214-905-3124
Wig, GaganAssistant Professor, Cognition and NeuroscienceBSc, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2001PhD, Dartmouth College, 2006
gwig@utdallas.edu 972-883-3731
Wang, JunAssistant Professor, Bioengineering and Communication Sciences and DisorderBS, China University of Geosciences, China, 2000MS, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, 2003PhD, University of Lincoln-Nebraska, 2011
wangjun@utdallas.edu 214-905-3156
Jerger, James F.Distinguished Scholar in Residence Emeritus, Communication Sciences and DisordersBS, Northwestern University, 1951MA, Northwestern University, 1952PhD, Northwestern University, 1954
jjerger@utdallas.edu
Huxtable-Jester, KarenSenior Lecturer I, PsychologyBS, University of Massachusetts, 1986MA, Ohio State University, 1992PhD, Ohio State University, 1995
kxh014900@utdallas.edu972-883-6434
Juhn, NancySenior Lecturer I, Political EconomyBS, University of California, Davis, 1985MPA, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1995PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1999
njuhn@utdallas.edu972-883-4981
Miller, VanSenior Lecturer I, NeuroscienceBA, University of Georgia, 1977MD, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 1986PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983
vxm077000@utdallas.edu
VanBeveren, Jacoba (Toosje)Senior Lecturer I, PsychologyBA, Southern Methodist University, 1983MA, Southern Methodist University, 1987PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1996
jtv013100@utdallas.edu214-645-0915
Stilwell, JohnClinical Professor, Psychological ScienceAB, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1954LLB, Columbia University, 1961MA, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1988PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1994
stilwell@utdallas.edu
Clark, JackieClinical Associate Professor, Communication DisordersBS, Colorado State University, 1975MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1987PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1995
jclark@utdallas.edu214-905-3031
Cokely, CarolClinical Associate Professor, Communication DisordersBA, Queens College, City University of New York, 1980MA, Northwestern University, 1982PhD, Indiana University, 1994
cgc016200@utdallas.edu214-905-3125
Pugh, Kenneth C.Clinical Associate Professor; Master ClinicianBS, Colorado State University, 1989MS, Colorado State University, 1992PhD, University of Florida, 1999
kenneth.pugh@utdallas.edu
Wilson, Phillip (Lee)Clinical Associate Professor, AudiologyMS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1979AuD, University of Florida, 2000
pwilson@utdallas.edu214-905-3036
Gentsch, JoannaClinical Assistant Professor, PsychologyBS, Southern Methodist University, 1982MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1996PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
jgentsch@utdallas.edu972-883-2309
Marques De La Plata, CarlosClinical Assistant ProfessorPhD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2005
cxm089000@utdallas.edu
Martin, Jeffrey S.Clinical Assistant Professor, Communication DisordersBS, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996MA, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
jsm016600@utdallas.edu
Aldridge, MichelleSenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersBS, Texas Woman's University, 1992MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1995PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1997
aldridge@utdallas.edu
Bryant, Cherryl L.Senior Lecturer III, Human Development and Early Childhood DisordersBA, University of Wisconsin, 1977MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1994
clb015400@utdallas.edu
Dean, LucindaSenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersBS, University of Northern Colorado, 1986MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1988
lxl018300@utdallas.edu
Garst, DianeSenior Lecturer II, Communication DisordersBA, University of New Mexico, 2002MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2004
dxg022000@utdallas.edu
Kaplan, KarenSenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersMS, Case Western Reserve University, 1972PhD, University of Washington, 1980
kkaplan@utdallas.edu
Kenedi, HelenSenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersBA, McGill University, Canada, 1984MA, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1995
kenedi@utdallas.edu
Lougeay, JaniceSenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersBS, Southern Illinois University, 1969MS, Bowling Green State University, 1970
lougeay@utdallas.edu
Sale, FelicitySenior Lecturer III, Communication DisordersBS, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1985MS, The University of Texas at Dallas, 1998
ffs013000@utdallas.edu
