Hope Psychology from 2004 Onward

In 2004 the psychology department moved into its new office space in the lower level of the west wing of the newly expanded Science Center. The psychology laboratories remained in the original (east) wing of the building, but in a new configuration. The redesigned laboratory space included a research suite dedicated to electrophysiological research (including EEG recording), a research suite designed for developmental and social research, three research suites set up for cognitive and behavioral research, and a computer laboratory designed as a meeting place for research teams. The psychology faculty added another set of active researchers, physiological psychologist Dr. Charles Behensky in 2003 (replacing Motiff) and developmental psychologists Dr. Scott Vander Stoep in 2004 and Dr. Sonja Trent-Brown in 2005 (replacing Evans). Physiological psychologist Dr. Gwenda Schmidt was hired in 2009 (replacing Behensky).

At the beginning of 2012, the psychology faculty still included seven members hired before 1995: Myers, Dickie, Shaughnessy, Ludwig, Green, Roehling, and Hernandez-Jarvis. The next decade would bring an end to this era. The department expanded again in 2012 with the addition of developmental psychologist Dr. Carrie Bredow (replacing Dickie), social psychologist Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren (replacing VanderStoep, who had become Dean of Social Sciences), and clinical psychologist Dr. Lindsey Root-Luna. The psychology department's role in the growing neuroscience program also increased with the 2014 addition of Dr. Andrew Gall (replacing Schmidt) and Dr. Gerald Griffin (shared with the Biology Department). A set of new faculty appointments in the next seven years included Dr. Alyssa Cheadle (replacing Shaughnessy), Dr. Katelyn Poelker (replacing Ludwig), Dr. Kendra Thomas (replacing Poelker), Dr. Ben Meagher (replacing first Hernandez-Jarvis and then Green), Dr. Lauren Slone (replacing Trent-Brown, who had been appointed Vice President for Culture and Inclusive Excellence), and Dr. Emily Helder (replacing Roehling). These new appointments meant that by 2022, only Dr. David Myers remained from the group of faculty connected with the early history of the department.

In the post-COVID environment, VanderStoep returned to the department, replacing Root-Luna, who had been appointed as Dean of Social Sciences, and Griffin moved out of the department to become Provost of the college. The psychology department continued its slow growth with the addition of Dr. Nate Klooster and Dr. Robby Henry.