Cassandra Bolar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
678-839-0614
cbolar@we stga.edu
Melson Hall - Room 117
Office Hours
By appointment
Cassandra Bolar’s, Ph.D., research utilizes an ecological approach to understand how contextual factors impact father involvement, intimate relationships, and familial functioning in the African American Community. She currently serves as a Co-Investigator for the National African American Child and Family Research Center and Assistant Professor at the University of West Georgia. Clinically, she is passionate about serving couples through therapy and relationship education, and she created the Marriage Head Start premarital curriculum. She also had an opportunity to examine the public health implications of healthy relationships at Morehouse School of Medicine’s (MSM) Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI). At SHLI, she directed three large NIMHD research grants focused on utilizing a quality parenting curriculum, the Smart and Secure Children program, to reduce health disparities among children and their families. She currently serves as a psychology professor at the University of West Georgia. She received her bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia and her master’s and doctoral degrees in Human Development and Family Studies from Auburn University. She holds a Certified Family Life Educator credential from the National Council on Family Relations.
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships)
- PSYC-3010 (Human Growth and Development)
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love)
- PSYC-4881 (Servc in Child Develop Program)
- PSYC-5160 (Psychology of Love)
- PSYC-6161 (Counseling Methods)
- PSYC-6287 (Clinical Practicum)
- PSYC-6785 (Counseling Methods)
- PSYC-6881 (Practicum)
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis)
Spring 2025 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love - Honors) Section: 25H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4881 (Servc in Child Develop Program) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2024 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- PSYC-3010 (HumanGrowth&Development-Honors) Section: 25H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6785 (Counseling Methods) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis: Attach Law Enforcement) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-3010 (Human Growth and Development) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6881 (Practicum) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-5160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6287 (Clinical Practicum) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6161 (Counseling Methods) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-6899 (Thesis) Section: 02D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-3010 (Human Growth and Development) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- PSYC-1030 (Personal Relationships) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-3010 (Human Growth and Development) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PSYC-4160 (Psychology of Love) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource