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
Developmental Screening Day
Worried your child’s not meeting their milestones? Early identification can help connect families with resources and support when it matters most! Our Communication Sciences program and United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland are teaming up to host a developmental screening day for families with children ages 0-3 years that will...
New publication from the SPAR Lab
A new publication of research from Professor Lauren Calandruccio's Speech and Auditory Research lab describing the development and validation of the BabyBEL sentence corpus for use with children ages 5+. Emily Buss (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Lori Leibold (Center for Hearing Research, Boys Town...
Congratulations, Professor Calandruccio!
Congratulations to Lauren Calandruccio, Professor & COSI PhD Program Director specializing in Auditory Perception. Dr. Calandruccio is the recipient of the ASHFoundation Spirit of Philanthropy Award. Her commitment to service, mentorship, expertise, and generosity reflects the many meaningful ways individuals can support the ASHFoundation and advance communication sciences for...
Speech and Auditory Research (SpAR) Lab- looking for participants
The Speech and Auditory Research (SpAR) Lab is conducting a speech recognition experiment this summer to examine how Spanish-English bilingual adults from Mexican descent understand speech in the presence of noise. Specifically, we are investigating how language dominance influences speech recognition in the presence of speech-shaped noise among Spanish-English...
PTSD Treatment & Research Program looking for study participants
Globally, lifetime experiences of trauma are high, and a significant minority of people exposed to traumatic or destabilizing life events go on to develop distressing and impairing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depressive disorder (MDD). Recognizing the immense need and gaps in current treatments, experts Dr....
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...
In University News
Lauren Calandruccio, professor of psychological sciences and director of the Communication Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Program at Case Western Reserve University, was named the 2026 recipient of the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation Spirit of Philanthropy Award.This award is given to… [...]
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 [...]