A broad liberal arts undergraduate education should expand the students’ understanding of their own social context, increase their knowledge of individual behavior and facilitate their adjustment to a rapidly changing social world by preparing them to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. Each of the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and sociology offer distinct, but complementary, approaches to the study of human physiology, cognition, and behavior from a scientific and rational perspective that includes experimentation, observation.
What Programs We Offer
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences offers the following programs, divided into undergraduate and graduate programs:
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Meet Our Faculty
Our faculty combine a passion for scientific research with an eagerness to integrate faith into their teaching. Our three disciplines appeal to this combination, providing a full range of opportunities for hands-on research with real-world applications and opportunities to understand and help others. Studying with these passionate professionals not only provides our students with valuable scholarly experience and rigorous preparation for careers in the field, but it also presents a seamless application of our challenge to be the hands and feet of Christ.


Susan Alford Ashcraft, PhD
Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 303A
Phone: (423) 614-8132

Robert England
Assistant Clinical Director
Behavorial & Social Sciences | Location: MAY
Phone: 423-614-8112
Julie Gardenhire, PhD
Assistant Professor of Marriage & Family Therapy
Specialty: Human Romantic Relationships, Clinical Research, & Chronic Illness
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 305A
Phone: (423) 614-6060
Jerome Hammond, PhD
Associate Professor of Human Development
Specialty: Family Studies, Developmental Psychology, & Family Rituals
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 303B
Phone: (423) 473-3820

Barbara McGirt
Behavioral & Social Sciences/Graduate Counseling | Location: HUM 302
Phone: (423) 614-8125
Trevor Milliron, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 305D
Phone: (423) 614-8135

Melisa Moore
Office Coordinator
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 302
Phone: (423) 614-8125
Bryan Poole, PhD
Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and for Faculty Development
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 303G
Phone: (423) 614-8319
Brandon Rodgers, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies in Counseling
Specialty: Marriage, Family, & Development Pediatrics
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 302B
Phone: (423) 614-8126
Jeffrey Sargent, PhD
Director of Global Perspectives & International Programs / Professor of Psychology
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM
Phone: (423) 614-8357
Edward Stone, PhD
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology
Specialty: Emotion-Focused Therapy
Behavioral & Social Sciences | Location: HUM 301D
Phone: (423) 614-8128
Look Inside
Take a quick tour of the Humanities Center, home to the Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences.
Programs

Brianna Rosson
Psychology major Brianna Rosson came to Lee from Stuttgart, Germany. According to Brianna, the most compelling component in coming to Lee was the unique environment, where the professors were teaching from a Christian perspective while still holding true to critical thinking, along with their caring attitude for the students. “The best experience so far is to see personal growth in myself and in my fellow students and meeting my roommate who is now one of my closest friends,” Brianna shares.