The Department of Psychology at ISU welcomes diversity and the department seeks applications from candidates who can contribute to the academic, social, and cultural diversity of the program and graduate student body.
The faculty endeavor to create a climate of understanding and to respect differences including differences in ethnic and racial heritage, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic standing, and physical disabilities.
The faculty and graduate students are also strongly interested in enhancing research on multicultural issues. Current topics faculty and students are working on include:
- The largest ever on-going study of African American families
- Implicit biases towards individuals of color
- Assessment of counselors stereotypes toward sexual minorities
- The effect of multicultural counseling training in reducing implicit racial/ethnic and sexual orientation biases
- Communication in intimate heterosexual and same-sex relationships
- Men’s issues and psychological adjustment
Multicultural resources
Admissions Multicultural Resources
Support Services for Students
- Black Cultural Center
- International Student Council
- Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee
- Latinx Student Initiatives
- Multicultural Student Affairs
- Multicultural Student Organizations
- Multicultural Student Services – Liberal Arts & Sciences
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resources
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Ally Alliance
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Links
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services
Resources For Women
- University Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equity
- Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity
- The Carrie Chapman Catt Center
- Program for Women in Science and Engineering(WiSE)
- Women’s Studies Program
- YWCA
- Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
- Child Care Resources at ISU
- Iowa Network for Women in Higher Education