PsyD in School-Community Psychology

The School-Community PsyD Inclusion, Equity, and  Diversity Committee strives to create a broad and welcoming social ecology in the PsyD Program. We bring in speakers who represent diverse voices and viewpoints, addresses student needs, and empower all students to engage their voices to promote equality for all.

Some of the people who presented to the PsyD program at the invitation of the IDE Committee were:

Adrianna Crossing (4/24).  Multi-cultural and anti-oppressive frameworks and techniques for psychotherapy.  Northeastern University.

Mary Humphreys (4/24).  Ableism in Schools and its Impact on Students with Disabilities.   Gateway Community Charters.

Sherrie Proctor (5/23).  School Psychology, and  Racial Trauma in Black Students Exposed to Police Violence, Queens College.

Frank Worrell (3/23).  A chat with the past President of the American Psychological Association.

Luke  Waters (3/23).  Issues of diversity in conducting treatment with people who are LGBT-Q.

Cornell Craig (1/21). Implicit Bias and Leadership, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Hofstra University.

Tara Raines (4/2019).  Five Ways You Can Disrupt School-Based Pathways to Juvenile Justice University of Denver.

The mission of the Psy.D. Program in School-Community Psychology is to prepare practitioners who are leaders and innovators in school psychology. A hallmark of our scholar-practitioner program is integrating the science and practice of school psychology and community psychology into a unified empirically-based practice framework. Furthermore, understanding, acknowledging, and considering diversity in all forms is foundational to our training. Increasingly, schools, community-based organizations, the community at-large, and families are an interdependent network that when working effectively maximize the development and well-being of children and families. The broad and intensive training of our graduates uniquely position them in this role.

The PsyD Program at Hofstra University has a strong commitment to respecting and understanding individual differences, diversity, equity, and inclusiveness throughout all aspects of our program. As an APA Accredited Health Services Psychology Program, we embrace APA’s broad definition of diversity, “including, understanding and valuing differences in individual and group characteristics such as race, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, age, (dis)ability status, and sexual orientation.” Understanding, acknowledging, and considering diversity in all forms is foundational to our training.

Acceptance and celebration of diversity are integral to our social ecology and are valued among faculty, staff, and students. Our students are prepared to work with a broad array of children and families, particularly those from marginalized, disempowered, and disenfranchised groups. Training culturally competent school and health service psychologists requires awareness, understanding, respect for diversity and inclusivity, and the development of practice skills throughout the program. Therefore, all courses, practica, specialty clinics, and internships strongly emphasize the role of diversity and individual differences in promoting maximal development and well-being among children and families.

Recognizing the more voices our students hear, the greater their appreciation of multiple world views and distinct understandings of school and community psychology scholarship. To meet this goal, professionals from outside the PsyD program facilitate a robust series of colloquia, workshops, and other training programs. Having noted professionals share their research, practice, and insights to expand the voices to which our doctoral students are exposed is an integral part of our program.

In addition to training within a culturally sensitive framework, we believe that our program is best served when our faculty, staff, and students reflect and celebrate the diversity of society at large. Therefore, we are fully committed to training students from underrepresented, disempowered, and marginalized groups to ensure adequate representation among school and community psychologists.

• Student Manual 2024-2025
• Student Manual 2023-2024
• Student Manual 2022-2023
• Student Manual 2021-2022
• Student Manual 2020-2021

The PsyD program provides students with a number of opportunities for tuition remission:

• All beginning level students receive partial funding for their first two years.  Scholarships are  associated participating on faculty research and with PsyD Specialty Clinics
• Clinic Coordinator:   Partial funded is awarded to the upper-level students who serve  as clinic coordinators of the specialty  clinics
• Partial funding is provided to the PsyD student who serves as the newsletter editor.
• Special Projects:  Partial funding may be available for students who work with the Program Director on ad hoc projects.

To promote PsyD students engagement in the broader profession of school psychology, all students are provided a limited travel stipend to help them attend the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. 

The PsyD Program at is strongly committed to respecting and understanding individual differences, diversity, equity, and inclusiveness throughout our program. We embrace APA’s broad definition of diversity, including understanding and valuing differences in individuals and groups. Understanding, acknowledging, and considering diversity is foundational to our training.

Acceptance and celebration of diversity are integral to our social ecology and are valued among faculty, staff, and students. Recognizing the more voices our students hear, the greater their appreciation of multiple world views and distinct understandings of school and community psychology scholarship. The diversity scholarship aims to support two individuals who contribute significantly to the breadth of perspectives in the PsyD Program. Towards this end, in the 2024-2025 academic year the PsyD Program awarded a $20,000 scholarship to two students, one from each of the First Year and Second Year Cohorts, who showed exceptional potential to help the PsyD Program meet this goal. The amount of this scholarship can vary from year to year.

This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis, and applications for this scholarship are solicited in April.  All applications are reviewed and scored by the Core Faculty of the PsyD program.

• Jacob & Benjamin Korn Endowed Scholarship (Upper Level Student)
• Jamie Nacht Memorial Scholarship
• Rhoda Tartak Endowed Scholarship
• Robert J. Vane Endowed Scholarship

• Students who have papers accepted for presentation at professional conferences are eligible for a travel award from the Department of Psychology.  The award this year is $400.  Students may only receive one travel award per academic year.
• To encourage students to participate in the broader community of school psychology, travel funds are available to all PsyD students to help offset the expense of attending the NASP annual convention.
• Students working on their dissertation may apply to the Psychology Department for funds to help offset the expense of their research.
• Harold Yuker Research Award
• John Money Scholarship – To promote the development of sexology as a scientific discipline.
• The Summer Research Innovation Grant

• Teaching Assistant for graduate and undergraduate courses
• Teaching undergraduate courses (Must have a Master’s Degree)