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Department of Psychology

Welcome to the graduate program in psychology.

Complete a Graduate Degree in Psychology - with specialties in Cognitive, Developmental and Social Psychology The Graduate Program in Psychology at Lehigh University is a selective, research-intensive program that focuses on Cognitive, Developmental and Social Psychology—and our faculty and students often work at the intersection of these areas.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact members of the faculty with whom they would be interested in working.  Visit our websites - and send us an email!!

The department accepts mainly Ph.D. students, who obtain a master’s degree in the process of working for the doctorate. But every year a few well-qualified students may also be accepted for a Master of Science degree. Ph.D. and M.S. students define an area of specialization through their research experiences and selection of graduate seminars (see Program Requirements for greater detail).

The Psychology Department at Lehigh University is a research-intensive department where graduate students and faculty work collaboratively within and across three areas: cognitive, developmental, and social psychology. See Areas of Specialization and individual faculty and graduate students’ web pages for more detail about current research activities in the department. In addition, we often work closely with researchers from other departments, programs, and colleges, including the Health, Medicine and Society Program, the Cognitive Science Program, as well as the Colleges of Business and Education.  Many labs also collaborate with researchers at other institutions. 

Our doctoral students are supported financially (with stipend and tuition) throughout their time in the program.  To learn more about us, please see the Program Description links to the left.  For general information about graduate study in the College of Arts and Sciences, visit the College Graduate Studies page.

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Flexibility

All COH graduate classes are offered online and in-person, providing students options that fit into today's busy schedules.  The MPH and MS in Population Health have full-time and part-time options.  The Flex MBA and Graduate Certificates are ideal for working professionals.

*International students who elect to participate in person must be enrolled as full-time students with a minimum of 9 credits. 

Lehigh University's Master of Public Health (MPH) degree prepares graduate students to work in a variety of local, state, national, and global public health research, practice, and policymaking settings. Students gain expertise in the core domains of public health, investigate and address the determinants of health using data science, and develop novel and effective avenues for disease prevention and health promotion. The program combines foundational courses in public health with additional courses in data science, qualitative research methods, leadership, cultural understanding and health, and policymaking. Students gain knowledge and skills through coursework, experiential learning opportunities, research projects, and engagement with traditional and non- traditional partners to pursue a healthier world. 

The College of Health is preparing for CEPH accreditation. Once accreditation is received, it applies retroactively. At that point, all graduates from the College's MPH will have graduated from a CEPH-accredited institution.

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Master of science in population health.

As a proud CAHME Certified program, students enrolled in the MS in Population Health program receive no-cost access to American Hospital Association (AHA) Professional Membership , a free Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Student Membership, and a complimentary Modern Healthcare Classic Subscription. These resources provide you with opportunities to network with industry leaders, read up on industry trends via newsletters, magazines, background papers and other publications, discover career opportunities, and much more.

Ph.D. in Population Health

The Ph.D. in Population Health degree prepares doctoral students to investigate, integrate and address health determinants using data science and develop novel and effective avenues for disease diagnosis and prevention, health promotion and intervention. The program combines foundational courses in population health with additional data science, qualitative research methods, population health survey methods, research ethics and policymaking. By providing a strong disciplinary and methodological foundation in population health through coursework, experiential learning opportunities, research projects and engagement with traditional and non-traditional partners to pursue a healthier world, the Ph.D. program prepares students to pursue an independent line of inquiry and develop their own body of research.  All Ph.D. students will be fully funded.

Graduate Certificate Programs

The graduate certificates in Population Health and in Global Health will prepare students to learn and apply graduate-level introductory concepts and methodology in population health and global health. Certificate programs are ideal for students who may not be ready to commit to a Master's program. The 12 credits earned through the certificate program can be applied toward either the MPH or the MS in Population Health.

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MBA/MPH Dual Degree Program

The 1-MBA and Master of Public Health (MPH) dual degree program offers participating students the opportunity to gain strong strategic business skills with a focus on public health. The 1-MBA/MPH dual degree program enables students interested in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Occupational Health, and Health Care industries to capture two complimentary degrees within a one-and-a-half-year timeframe.

• full time only for MBA degree, day classes | hybrid, mostly evening classes for the MPH degree
• earn both degrees in 18 months
• The quintessential degrees for gaining expertise in both public health and business

Public Health Leaders Create Impact

The 1-MBA/MPH Dual Degree will develop you into a career advocate for sound and effective health policy and place you as a key stakeholder at the convergence of science, education, innovation, and policy. You will gain expertise in the core domains of public health, investigate and address the determinants of health using data science, and develop novel and effective avenues for disease prevention and health promotion.

Business Experience Meets Policy-Making

In 18 months, you will earn both an MBA and an MPH. The Lehigh 1-MBA/MPH merges opportunity, rigor, and speed for professionals ready to pivot in their careers and reach new levels. This unique program allows you to leverage the experience and acumen of your own personalized four-person mentoring team. Our externship project immersion that's part of a consulting practicum, and our public health capstone/field experience will maximize your potential and turn your career aspirations into reality.

The Lehigh University 1-MBA/MPH Dual Degree program is ideal for those interested in advancing their careers in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Occupational Health, and Health Care.

A Dedicated Mentoring Team

You will be assigned a mentoring team prior to arriving on campus. Your Personalized Team of advisors include:

• 1-MBA and MPH  Program Faculty Advisors – Your Academic Guides to Program Success
• Industry Executive Advisor  – Your Access to Building New Networks
• Career Coach – To Build Your Personal Brand & Help Set Your Career Goals

Your mentor team is specifically focused on your professional goals and career aspirations. They will not only serve as mentors, they will assist you with professional development opportunities. Your successful completion of the 1-MBA/MPH is a major priority of your Mentoring Team.

The MBA Consulting Practicum 

The MBA Consulting Practicum will introduce you to fundamental consulting skills and provide knowledge, training, and development through relevant activities and experiences. Our EXTERNSHIP series company projects transition you into substantive, practical experiences by having you serve in a consulting capacity on real company projects. You will be tackling real world problems to gain the hands-on experience employers seek in the graduating MBA candidates they recruit.

With consideration of your industry interest and skill set, you will be placed on a team of 3-4 people and paired with a series of company projects. You will have various deliverables throughout the program while keeping in close contact with the company client and being guided by your Faculty instructor.

MBA Capstone Unifying Experience and Professional Development

The 1-MBA includes a capstone experience that enables students to integrate learning across the entire program curriculum.

There are varying opportunities for Professional Development to ensure you get the most out of your MBA experience

The goal of the Capstone Learning Professional Development and Global Immersion experiences is to prepare you for unprecedented challenges and set you on your way to life-long success.

The MPH Applied Practice Experience/Capstone

As part of the MPH degree, all students must complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE). This is a supervised learning experience that connects the skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom with the practice of public health. The APE provides students with opportunities to develop and refine problem-solving skills through the application of public health theories and methods in the field. It also allows students to explore career options and strengthen their network of public health professionals.

The Capstone is another required component of the MPH degree. In consultation with a faculty advisor, students select foundational and concentration-specific competencies relevant to the student’s educational and professional goals. The Capstone represents a culminating experience where the student produces a high-quality written product in which they synthesize information from their coursework with original research in public health.

Unique Curriculum Approach

You’ll begin with a series of core, foundational courses that will prepare you in the business fundamentals starting with Project Management. From there, you will begin to focus on courses taught from the stakeholder perspective. Societal shift courses are interwoven throughout the program and are designed to enable you to grapple with macro-level issues and challenges that affect businesses on a global scale. Throughout the One-year program, The Consulting Practicum’s EXTERNSHIP series projects are designed to fully immerse you with hands-on experiential learning. The 1-MBA curriculum culminates with experiencing full integration of your knowledge in the Capstone Course. This unique curriculum approach provides you with a framework for navigating the business landscape throughout the course of your career.

During your first Spring semester, you will take foundational courses in public health, which include courses on epidemiology, health data and computational science, and health services, administration, politics, and policy. In the following semesters you will be given additional training in methods, and will take additional courses that refine your capacity to evaluate public health policies and interventions. As with the MBA component of the joint degree, the College of Health MPH curriculum incorporates different forms of experiential learning. Along with more traditional fieldwork opportunities, many of your courses will involve the use of real world data, and will provide opportunities for you to conduct analysis that you will share with public health professionals and policy makers. 

If you are a professional looking for a unique program that will enable you to confidently pivot in your health career with the best tools and opportunities, the Lehigh 1-MBA/MPH program is the ideal fit. 

For more information: College of Health Graduate Director [email protected]

Lehigh Business Graduate Recruiting Manager [email protected]

Flex MBA with Public Health Concentration

Our part-time flex mba program offers a concentration in public health.

The FLEX MBA Public Health concentration combines business with public health management, offering students the opportunity to gain strong strategic business skills with a focus on public health. The Public Health concentration is designed for those interested in or involved in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Occupational Health, and Health Care industries. This concentration is comprised of 12 credits from approved courses and can be completed on-campus and online.

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Graduate studies.

The Graduate Program

The Physics Department at Lehigh University offers a graduate program of coursework and research leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics. We offer research opportunities across a wide range of fields (see Research Areas for a detailed list). Approximately 50 students are enrolled in the department at any given time, supported by research and teaching assistantships and fellowships.

Why Lehigh?

Graduate students in Physics work closely with internationally renowned faculty to carry out cutting-edge research that advances knowledge in a broad spectrum of fundamental and applied areas. In our program, you will not only make an impact in your research field, but also develop problem-solving skills that can be applied much more broadly. Many of our doctoral students go on to teaching and research positions at universities and national labs, while others begin careers in industry or government.

Lehigh Physics Offers:

• Research opportunities with internationally recognized physicists at the forefront of their fields
• Small faculty-to-student ratio and dedicated mentors
• Interdisciplinary research projects
• State-of-the-art instrumentation facilities
• Financial support: tuition, and health care benefits through teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and fellowships to all students

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Ph.D. in Psychology Overview

The graduate program in psychology is a selective, research-intensive one that focuses on cognitive, developmental and social psychology. The department accepts mainly Ph.D. students who obtain a master’s degree in the process of working for the doctorate, but every year a few well-qualified students may also be accepted for a master of science degree.

The faculty often work closely with researchers from other departments, programs, and colleges, including the Health, Medicine and Society Program, the Cognitive Science Program, as well as the Colleges of Business and Education. Many labs also collaborate with researchers at other institutions.

Psychology Contact

Nancy Carlisle, Graduate Director:  [email protected]  |  (610) 758-6762

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College of Arts and Sciences

Graduate program.

Lehigh University, founded in 1865, is consistently ranked among the top universities in the United States. The University and the Department of History are proud to attract small, excellent cohorts of graduate students from all parts of the US and the world. The History graduate program offers training in preparation for a career in research and teaching as well as non-academic pursuits. The overarching theme of the program is Transnational History. Instruction and research advising related to this theme are offered by growing and dynamic faculty over a wide range of geographical regions and chronological periods. Coursework focuses on historiographical analysis and historical research methods.

The Department welcomes applications for both the PhD and MA programs. The PhD program prepares students for research and teaching in universities and colleges, as well as a variety of other careers, including work in museums, historical societies, journalism, government, and non-profits. The MA is designed to be a generalist degree that can prepare students for a number of careers or for more advanced graduate work. Former MA graduates work in a variety of areas including university education, secondary education, public history, library services, business, and government. The program provides training for those seeking to teach global, transnational US, Atlantic World, European, African, Middle Eastern or Latin American histories at the secondary or community college level, as well as for those who will continue on to doctoral studies and a career in research and college level teaching. Students initially admitted to the MA program at Lehigh must undergo a separate review process if they wish to pursue the PhD.

Prospective PhD students are encouraged to identify specific fields of interest and faculty members with whom they would like to work. At the PhD level, students should consider department strengths in the following areas:

• British, French and Spanish Atlantic World Empires
• Modern China
• European Intellectual History
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• West Africa and the Atlantic African Diaspora
• Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Immigration Histories
• 20th century US and the World
• African-American History
• Ottoman Empire and the Islamic World
• Colonial America and the Early American Republic
• Native American History
• Gender History

Students applying to the PhD program should consult individual faculty web pages to learn more about faculty research specialties and determine specific mentorship opportunities. 

Not all fields may be accessible in a given admissions year. At present, opportunities for the doctoral study of British colonial America are very limited and opportunities for the doctoral study of the early US republic and Native American history are unavailable for the coming academic year. In all cases, potential applicants should contact potential faculty advisors directly if they have questions about the possibility of working in a related research field. They may also contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Nitzan Lebovic ( [email protected] ).

What is Transnational History?

Transnational history has emerged in recent years as an umbrella term for a variety of approaches that seek to capture dynamic change over time in ways that go beyond traditional historiographies bounded by national frameworks. Transnational History aims to put national developments in broader regional and global context, and to explain them in terms of cross-national influences as well as local causes. Transnational history may also consider the dissemination, circulation, and evolution of ideas, people, commodities, material culture, and spiritual practices in relation to changing political and social dynamics and fluid cultural identities, including national, religious, racial and gender identities. As such, Transnational approaches have influenced cutting edge scholarship across many scholarly subfields and are reshaping the teaching of basic survey courses in US history, World history and beyond.

Applications and Financial Awards

Successful PhD applicants will normally be offered five years of tuition waiver and stipend support drawn from a combination of fellowships and teaching assistantships. These awards are made conditional upon the maintenance of good academic standing. Doctoral students will also be able to apply for additional funding to support scholarly activities such as travel to archives and conferences. In the later years of doctoral study, students will also be eligible for additional, competitive fellowship support and teaching and internship opportunities. Successful MA applicants may be offered tuition support and/or teaching assistantships when they are available.

The review of graduate applications for Fall semester admission begins on 15 January each year. All application materials must be uploaded on Lehigh's   online application system . Complete applications received on or before 15 January will receive full consideration. Applications received after that date may also be considered if there are available slots. Please direct questions about the graduate program to the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Nitzan Lebovic ( [email protected] ). Technical questions about the application system should be directed to the Department Coordinator, Ellen Lewis ( [email protected] ).

The most important elements of the application in the review process are:

• The personal statement, which details the student’s interest in pursuing graduate study in history.
• The applicant's academic transcripts, with special importance attached to the student’s performance in history and related subjects. 
• Recommendation letters from two or three faculty mentors who can speak to the applicant's potential for graduate work in the discipline. One of these letters may come from a former employer or non-academic mentor if the letter speaks to related skill sets the applicant may possess.
• GRE scores, which are required for the PhD application, are rarely the determining element in an application file. A strong performance on the Verbal section of the GRE is most important. 
• A relevant writing sample that demonstrates the ability to write clearly, intelligently, and persuasively with recourse to research. The sample may be drawn from a thesis or a seminar or research paper completed for a recent course. Submissions should be limited to twenty pages (excluding notes and bibliography).

Student Spotlight

Historian and PhD student Daniel Alejandro Ramos Matos discusses the history department and what attracted him to the graduate program at Lehigh University.

Marina Puzakova

Associate professor.

Marketing Marina Puzakova, Ph.D., holds the Alison and Norman H. Axelrod '74 Summer Research Fellowship Office: RBC 430 [email protected] 610-758-2540

Curriculum Vitae

Marina's research interests are in branding strategies, brand anthropomorphism, and negative brand performance. Specifically, she examines consumers' attributions and brand inferences, consumer-brand relationships, and the impact of different brand positioning strategies on performance and consumer responses to marketing communications. Marina has published in the  Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Advertising,  and  Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice . Her dissertation was selected as a Runner-Up for the Mary Kay Dissertation Competition sponsored by the Academy of Marketing Science. She is an Editorial Board Member at the Journal of Advertising and the International Journal of Advertising. In 2017, Marina received the Lehigh University Early Career Award for Distinguished Teaching, and in 2018 she was named the recipient of the Robert & Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award in Business & Economics.

• Voronezh State Technical University, Russia, B.S.
• Drexel University, Ph.D.

Research Interests

• Branding positioning strategies; brand inference; anthropomorphization
• Negative brand performance
• International and cross-cultural branding

Publications

• Khamitov, Mansur and Marina Puzakova (2022), “Possessive Brand Names in Brand Preferences and Choice: The Role of Inferred Control,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science , forthcoming.
• Puzakova, Marina and Hyokjin Kwak (2021), “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: The Interplay between Collective versus Solo Anthropomorphic Brand Appeals and Gender,” Journal of Advertising , forthcoming.
• Zhang, Yuli, Hyokjin Kwak, Marina Puzakova, and Charles R. Taylor (2021) “Space between Products on Display: The Impact of Interspace on Consumer Estimation of Product Size,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science , 49, 1109–1131.
• Kwak, Hyokjin, Puzakova Marina, Joseph F. Rocereto, and Takeshi Moriguchi (2020), “When the Unknown Destination Comes Alive: The Detrimental Effects of Destination Anthropomorphism in Tourism,” Journal of Advertising , forthcoming.
• Zhang, Yuli, Hyokjin Kwak, Marina Puzakova, and Charles R. Taylor (2020), “When Distraction May Be a Good Thing: The Role of Distraction in Low-Fit Brand Extension Evaluations”, Psychology&Marketing , forthcoming.
• Zhang, Yuli , Haeyoung Jeong, Hyokjin Kwak, and Marina Puzakova (2019), “Facing the “Right” Side? The Effect of Product Facing Direction”, Journal of Advertising , 48 (2), 153-166.
• Puzakova, Marina and Pankaj Aggarwal (2018), “Brands As Rivals: The Role of Brand Anthropomorphism and Consumer Pursuit of Distinctiveness,” Journal of Consumer Research , 45 (4), 869-888.
• Puzakova, Marina and Hyokjin Kwak (2017), “Should Anthropomorphized Brands Engage Customers? The Impact of Social Crowding on Brand Preferences”,  Journal of Marketing , 81 (6), 99-115.
• Bell, Monique and Marina Puzakova (2017), “¿Y Usted?: Social Influence’s Effects on Consumers’ Service Language Preferences”,  Journal of Business Research , 72 (March), 168-177.
• Kwak, Hyokjin, Marina Puzakova, and Joseph F. Rocereto (2017), “When Brand Anthropomorphism Alters Perceptions of Justice: The Moderating Role of Self-Construal,”  International Journal of Research in Marketing , 34 (4), 851-871.
• Puzakova, Marina, Hyokjin Kwak, Suresh Ramanathan, and Joseph F. Rocereto (2016), “Painting Your Point:  The Role of Color in Firms’ Strategic Responses to Product Failures,”  Journal of Advertising , 45(4), 365-376.
• Kwak, Hyokjin, Marina Puzakova, and Joseph F. Rocereto (2015), “Better Not Smile at the Price: The Differential Role of Brand Anthropomorphization on Price Fairness,”  Journal of Marketing , 79 (4), 56-76.
• Puzakova, Marina, Hyokjin Kwak, and Monique Bell (2015), “Beyond Seeing McDonald’s Fiesta Menu: The Role of Accent in Brand Sincerity of Ethnic Products and Brands,”  Journal of Advertising , 44 (3), 219-231.
• Puzakova, Marina, Hyokjin Kwak, and Joseph F. Rocereto (2013), “When Humanizing Brands Goes Wrong: The Detrimental Role of Brand Anthropomorphization Amid Product Wrongdoings,”  Journal of Marketing , 77 (3), 81-100.
• Puzakova, Marina, Hyokjin Kwak, and Charles R. Taylor (2013), " The Role of Geography of Self in “Filling In” Brand Personality Traits: Consumer Inference of Unobservable Attributes,"  Journal of Advertising , 42 (1), 16-29.