Advising Contacts:
Professor David Wilder
Director of Psychology Advising Services
Room: 231, Tillett Hall
Krystal Whitehead
Undergraduate Student Advising Counselor
Room: 101, Tillett Hall
Dr. Wilder and Ms. Whitehead can respond to most queries about the major and the minor through email (
International Students interested in Psychology: Posted Zoom advising hours may not be convenient because of time zone differences. Current or prospective international students are encouraged to contact advising (
We also have a Faculty Advising Committee during Fall and Spring semesters to provide career and graduate school advice within specialty areas of psychology (see below).
Finally, If you are not a declared major or minor, you may wish to Sign up to receive Psychology Announcements via email. These announcements include registration information, internship opportunities, job openings, special meetings, and other items of general interest.
Important Links:
Undergraduate Psychology Program Review
A Path to Clinical Psychology PhD
Need Help Finding a Career That Suits You Within the Field of Psychology?
A comprehensive guide for majoring and establishing a career in psychology:
Advice for Psychology students: the major, careers, graduate school
Advising Hours
Two Ways to Meet With a Psychology Advisor:
A. Schedule a zoom appointment
B. In-person drop-in hours in room 101, Tillett Hall (Livingston Campus)
A weekly schedule will be posted here and distributed as an announcement to the advising mailing lists. To sign-up for a time slot, email
A. Zoom Advising Hours:
1. Advising hours for week of March 18:
Wed: zoom hours by appointment at 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30 Email
B. Drop-in Advising (In-person)
In-person hours are located on Livingston Campus; Tillett Hall Room 101
Tuesday : in person 9:30- 12:30; in person hours are at 101 Tillett Hall Livingston
Thursday: in person 1 -3 pm; in-person hours are at 101 Tillett Hall Livingston
Tutoring
Please contact the Learning Resource Centers: https://rlc.rutgers.edu/
The Learning Centers are moving to online services until class resumes in-person instruction. Please visit the remote instruction page for more details about how to access services during this time.
Faculty Advisors by Area
Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience:
Professor Lou Matzel
Psychology Building Room 313
Email to schedule an appointment.
Clinical Psychology:
Professor Maurice Elias
Tillett Hall Room 431
Email to schedule an appointment.
Cognitive Psychology
Professor Julien Musolino
Psychology Building Room 137
Email for an appointment.
Social Psychology
Professor David Wilder
Tillett Hall Room 231
Weekly hours listed above or email for an appointment.
Weekly Undergraduate Announcements
- Applications are being accepted for the Internship in Applied, School, and Community Psychology (830:493/494) for the Summer and Fall 2024 semesters. The application is available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hhZL_j6sCWaOazkgMZro5UtMULBa7sDAzC9tr95gb28/edit?usp=sharing
The internship is a unique, for-credit semester-long opportunity for junior and senior psychology majors in which students spend 2-3 days working in a clinical, school, community, forensic, or hospital setting obtaining valuable experience in psychology. They also take a weekly seminar with the Internship Coordinator, which counts towards the 400-level psychology major course requirement. Students receive either 6 or 9 credits for the semester depending on the number of days they intern.
To apply, e-mail your application and resume to the Internship Coordinator, Dr. Marina Gelfand, at
Please contact Dr. Gelfand with any questions.
Marina Gelfand, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Internship Coordinator
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University
848-445-1993