Psychology
Psychology Club
Sociology
Anthropology

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Welcome to Psychology! The Department of Psychology at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith offers a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a psychology minor. The minimum requirements for the degree are 124 credits – At least 45 hours must be upper division (3000 or 4000 level) credits. The minor in psychology requires 18 hours of courses. The department’s focus is to provide applied knowledge in the science and profession of psychology with a commitment to prepare students to enter the workforce and/or to enter graduate school. The faculty is committed to honoring diversity, promoting human decency, engaging students in the classroom, community service, and research. The curriculum was designed to promote creativity, imagination, higher-order-thinking, cross-cultural knowledge, and ethical principles.

A student’s degree program requirements are those specified in the catalog in effect at the time of declaration of program major. For the degree plan you can visit the following link: http://www.uafortsmith.edu/Degrees/BA-Psychology?skin=current The department is committed to the Guaranteed 8-Semester Degree Completion Program (DCP) Pursuant to Act 1014 of 2005 http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/acts/2005/public/act1014.pdf. Qualified first-time freshmen with a declared major may elect to participate in the guaranteed 8-semester degree completion program. Students must follow the degree plan and meet all requirements as outlined in the guaranteed 8-semester DCP contract. The contract and degree plan must be signed and filed with the advisor before the first day of classes for the student’s first term of attendance.

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Dr. Rita Barrett , Chair

• Assistant Professor of Psychology
• B.A. Psychology, Winston-Salem State University
• M.A. Ph.D, Experimental Psychology-Behavioral Pharmacology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• Office: Gardner 131
• Phone: 479-788-7532
• Email: rbarrett@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology, Research Methods, Experimental Psychology, Learning, Drugs and Behavior, Physiological Psychology, Senior Research Seminar

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Dr. Janet Sanders

• Assistant Professor of Psychology
• B.A. Economics, California State, Sacramento
• Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, Higher Education Academic Administration, Union Institute
• Office: Gardner 133
• Phone: 479-788-7659
• Email: jsanders@uafortsmith.edu
• Course Taught Include: Industrial Psychology, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Research Methods, Human Life Span, General Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Freshman Seminar

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Gregory Roberts

• Assistant Professor of Psychology
• B.A. Communications, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• Licensed Professional Counselor
• Advanced Certification Drug and Alcohol Counseling
• M.S. Behavioral Studies, Oklahoma Sate University
• Office: Gardner 220
• Phone: 479-788-7261
• Email: groberts@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Lifespan Psychology, Conditioning and Learning, Adolescent Psychology, Psychology of Addiction, Theory and Personality, Senior Seminar

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Linda Gibbons

• Associate Professor of Psychology
• B.S. Psychology, Oklahoma State University
• M.S. Psychology, Oklahoma State University
• Office: Garnder 130
• Phone: 479-788-7573
• Email: lgibbons@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology Club Advisor

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Dan Johnson

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: brain42j@msn.com
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology, Biological Psychology, Applied Psychology, Industrial Organizational Psychology

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Jody Nally

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: jnally@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology

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Jackie Scarborough

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• B.S. Psychology and Sociology, Ouachita Baptist University
• M.S. Community Counseling, University of Central Arkansas
• Licensed Professional Counselor, Supervision Specialty
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: jscarbor@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology

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Luz Labrada Shaeffer

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• B.A. Mathematics, Texas A & M
• Licensed Professional Counselor
• M.S. Psychology, University of Texas
• M.S. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: lshaeffe@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology, Life Span

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Wayne Winkle

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: wwinkle@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: General Psychology

Psychology Club Linda Gibbons is the faculty advisor for the Psychology Club

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Welcome to Sociology! You’re about to take a fascinating journey into the world of cultures, social interaction, and social reality. Our courses allow you to use your sociological imagination, as in the words of C. Wright Mills, “to look beyond a limited understanding of things and people in the world, and allow for a broader vision of society”. Currently, the Department of Sociology at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith does not offer a degree in the discipline; however, you may take a variety of sociology courses to compliment your major as a requirement, personal interest, and to satisfy electives.

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Gina Vernon

• Adjunct Professor of Sociology
• B.A. Sociology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: gvernon@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: Introduction to Sociology

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Lonnie Watts

• Associate Professor of Sociology
• B.A. Sociology, Henderson State University
• M.A. Sociology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• M.B.A. University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• Office: Gardner 233
• Phone: 479-788-7571
• Email: lwatts@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: Introduction to Sociology, Racial and Minority Groups.

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Welcome to Anthropology! The Anthropology department offers a variety of courses of interest. Currently, the department does not offer a degree in the field; however, students enroll in anthropology courses to fulfill degree requirements, satisfy electives, and for personal interest. Courses offered in Anthropology include Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and North American Indians.

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Lorna Beard

• Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
• B.A. Anthropology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• M.A. Sociology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• M.A. Anthropology, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
• Office: Garnder 206
• Phone: 479-788-7580
• Email: lbeard@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: Introduction to Sociology, Cultural Anthropology

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Daniel Maher

• Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
• A.S. Highland Community College
• B.S. Sociology, Illinois State University
• M.S. Sociology, Illinois State University
• Office: Gardner 226
• Phone: 479-788-7572
• Email: dmaher@uafortsmith.edu
• Courses Taught Include: Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, North American Indians.