My name is Clare Lyons I'm a professor of
Psychology and I have worked at JMU for the
past 6 years.
My favourite thing about working at JMU is
the students.
We have wonderful students who are engaged
in learning, they’re fun to be around and
it’s very energising working with them.
I think that it’s a very friendly campus,
a very open campus.
It’s also a beautiful place to be.
And in terms of the community, I’d say (again)
it’s a very friendly and open community.
If you look at Psychology at James Madison,
what sets us apart from lots of programs is
we engage in a lot of what we call high impact
practices.
We have reasonable size classes, a good ratio
of students to advisors, we have lots of opportunities
for research, undergraduate research for conducting
what we call independent studies, and those
can be research, practicum or working as a
teaching assistant.
Almost all of our psychology majors do one
of those kinds of activities and tht’ what
sets us apart: there are lots of opportunities
to get involved in the department.
