Clinical Neuropsychology956 (CN956) is the teaching and research affiliate of the clinical neuropsychology emphasis of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in Edinburg, Texas. UTRGV was created by the Texas legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century. The clinical psychology doctoral program was designed to meet the university goal of becoming a bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate university. The doctoral program, that accepted its first cohort in 2019, is situated within the Texas/Mexico borderlands region where greater than 70% of residents speak Spanish at home (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023). The program has an innovative approach that trains students to service this underrepresented community. Applicants are not required to be fluent in Spanish. The program received accreditation on contingency from the American Psychological Association in Fall of 2024.
The doctoral program at UTRGV is in clinical psychology. Training in clinical neuropsychology is offered as an optional specialization beginning in the third or fourth year. Acceptance into the clinical neuropsychology practicum is reserved for students who demonstrate advanced proficiency in assessment. Dr. Gasquoine does not operate a conventional research laboratory setting. He is available to supervise individual research projects. Working on these projects does not guarantee acceptance into the clinical neuropsychological training practica.
