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Contact Information

Department of Psychology
O'Boyle Hall Room 314
The Catholic University of America
Washington DC 20064

phone: 202-319-5750
fax: 202-319-6263

email: cua-psychology@cua.edu

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Welcome to the CUA Department of Psychology

The Catholic University Department of Psychology, one of the first established in the United States, was founded by Edward Pace upon his return in 1891 from study with Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig. Today our faculty and students carry out leading research in many areas of psychological science.  We offer programs ranging from an undergraduate minor to the Ph.D. in clinical, developmental and cognitive psychology.  We hope you enjoy your visit to our site. 

 

Undergraduate Programs

Students enjoy the personal contact of a small liberal arts college with the first-rate opportunities of a research university.

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Graduate Programs

Whether your interests are in learning the latest methods for clinical practice or in preparing for a career in teaching or research, we have a graduate program to meet your needs.


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Research

Students at CUA participate actively in the leading-edge research carried out by our faculty.

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Research News

Drs. Carolyn Breslin (Ph.D. '11) and Marty Safer have recently published the results of their study of emotion and memory for world-series baseball in the journal Psychological Science. (more)

Dr. Dave Jobes has been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the U.S. Army to test the effectiveness of his Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) approach to the prevention of suicide.

Together with colleagues in Biology and Sociology, Dr. Sandra Barrueco has been awarded a grant from the National Girls Collaborative Project on “Introducing 8th Grade Girls to Biotechnology.”

 

Department News

Department Colloquium, December 7, 3:30-4:30, O'Boyle 106. Dr. Daniel Lewin, Program Director, Sleep Disorders Medicine, NIH, will speak on "An Introduction to Pediatic Sleep Disorders."

On Friday October 22, sixteen CUA psychology alumni gathered with department students and faculty for the first annual Psychology Homecoming Reception.  Dr. Paul Fedio, Ph.D. '64, received the Department's Distinguished Alumni award for his outstanding contributions to research, teaching and clinical practice.

Twenty-two CUA undergrad psychology majors were inducted into Psi Chi, the international Psychology Honor Society in a ceremony on Wednesday, September 28.

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