At present, Psychology Department faculty members direct at least 15 active research programs and laboratories. Collectively, research in the Psychology Department aims to understand the mind, behavior, and mental health.
Our faculty are outstanding scholars, including several nationally and internationally recognized experts in a variety of areas. Their work is collectively advancing the field of psychological science with basic and applied research, spanning many of the major domains of psychological study, such as:
- Cognition and action control
- Language processing and word perception
- The neuroscience of learning and memory
- Social cognition and behavior
- Mood and emotion regulation
- Basic and applied organizational processes
- School-based service models
- Adult development and aging
- Dementia and mental health
- Culturally competent leadership
This ongoing departmental research has significant potential to improve our understanding of the specific cognitive mechanisms, social processes, and physiological developments that impact our daily mental lives and psychological health.
A brief overview of faculty research interests can be found here.
Please follow the Departmental Research & Laboratories links for more information about our faculty-directed research programs and labs:
| FACULTY LAB/RESEARCH DIRECTOR (LINK TO FACULTY PROFILE) | LAB NAME OR RESEARCH AREA |
|---|---|
| Patrick Frato | Achievement Gap, Bilingual Evaluation, Retention, Response to Intervention |
| Andrew Slifkin | Action Laboratory |
| Eric Allard | Aging, Cognition, and Emotion Laboratory (ACE Lab) |
| Blair Baker | The Racial Equity in Education Lab (REEL) |
| Shereen Naser | The Cleveland Child and Adolescent Research in Education (C.A.R.E.) Lab |
| Kathie Judge | Dementia and Family Caregiving Research |
| Liz Goncy | HEART Lab: HEAlthy RelaTionships |
| Mike Horvath | Horvath Organizational Psychology Research (HOPR) Laboratory |
| Conor McLennan | Language Research Laboratory |
| Ilya Yaroslavsky | Mood and Emotion Regulation Laboratory (MER Lab) |
| Kathleen Reardon | Multimethod Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology (MAPP) Lab |
| Rob Hurley | Neurocognitive Systems Laboratory |
| Amir Poreh | Neuropsychology and Memory Assessment Laboratory |
| Kenneth Vail | Social Psychology & Existential Attitudes Research (SPEAR) Lab |
| Albert Fred Smith |