Applications for the 2027-2028 Academic Year will be open in August!
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The Department of Psychological Sciences represents the combined strengths of the fields of psychology and communication sciences. We offer two undergraduate majors: Psychology and Communication Sciences, as well as two minors: Psychology and Communication for Health Professionals. Students can tailor their experience to meet their own career and educational goals. This can be accomplished in many ways, including through independent studies and experiential learning opportunities with faculty, honors Capstone projects, and Pathways. Pathways provides student with guidance to structure coursework based on their specific career interests. Pathways include Clinical, Lifespan Development, Pre-Health, Neuroscience, and Research. Students may choose several Pathways that meet their needs.
We also provide graduate programs, including a masters in Communication Sciences, and two Ph.D. programs: Communication Sciences and Clinical Psychology. Our Ph.D. students conduct cutting edge research, learn effective and engaging pedagogical skills, and those in Clinical Psychology and Communication Sciences programs learn to provide empirically supported treatments in a variety of settings.
DEPARTMENT NEWS & UPDATES
Celebrating Pride month!
Happy Pride Month 🌈 We have several research projects from our faculty and PhD students that focus on the LGBTQ+ population. Find out about some of them below: Andrew Moffitt, Clinical Psychology PhD student, has spent the last several years exploring the relationships that sexual minorities have with religion. In...
Dr. Obeid publishes study on “Impaired Fine Motor Skills in Developmental Dyslexia”
Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Psychological Sciences Assistant Professor Rita Obeid recently published a study in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. The study, titled “Impaired Fine Motor Skills in Developmental Dyslexia: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of 5 Decades of Research” features insights from: Rita Obeid, Assistant Professor...
Happy Retirement, Dr. Betsy Short!
Elizabeth Short: Remembering Her Youth, Reflecting on Her Career, and Retiring With a Bang Set to retire in August 2026, Short shares her wisdom by discussing her childhood and career as a faculty member at CWRU and a developmental and child clinical psychologist By Haddy Dardir Author’s Note: The interview for this...
Graduation 2026!
Congratulations to all of our graduates from the Psychological Sciences department! We had over 100 students graduate from our department with degrees from Bachelors, Masters SLP, and PhD. Below are some of the students we have highlighted on social media regarding their next steps. We are proud of each...
2026 Graduate Student Awards
The 22nd Annual Graduate Student Award Ceremony was held yesterday, April 29, 2026 in the Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom. Over 100 students were honored with awards from the College of Arts and Sciences, Case School of Engineering, Weatherhead School of Management, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of...
Intersections Poster Symposium
Last Friday, undergrad students presented their research projects at the annual Intersections Poster Symposium. The students represented many different disciplines: Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. This event gives us the opportunity to interact with the undergraduate research that has been done here at...
In University News
Making the decision to retire is a significant milestone. For those who have worked in one place for the majority of their careers, it’s even more meaningful. This summer, a number of Case Western Reserve University faculty members are taking that step after more than 25 years of service to [...]
Researchers in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Psychological Sciences recently published a study in Nature Human Behavior, challenging implicit biases that contribute to discrimination and societal inequities. The study, titled “Challenging the mechanism for the Implicit Association… [...]