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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

Psychological and Brain Sciences professor Janette Herbers, PhD, does research in her lab.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is home to undergraduate and graduate programs and world-class research in the family of sciences concerned with behavior, thought and experience.

At the core of our programs and activities is a scientific approach to understanding human nature and human experience. Our community of students, scholars and researchers includes Psychology majors (either a BA or BS track), majors in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, graduate students in our research-focused MS program, approximately twenty full-time faculty members, and additional faculty expertise in a wide range of psychological science and practice. We work together in the classroom and on our research projects at the forefront of Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience..

GRADUATE PROGRAM

Tolentine Hall 334
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Ave
Villanova, PA 19085

Chair: Michael Brown, PhD
Staff: Eileen O'Donnell; Louise Carbone

NEWS & EVENTS

Psychological and Brain Sciences - I/O Psychology Faculty Job

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES at VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY invites applications for a TENURE TRACK POSITION (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) in INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL (I/O) PSYCHOLOGY OR RELATED AREA starting in August 2025. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in I/O, social, and/or personality psychology or a related area, the ability to generate a high-quality research program ideally with applications to I/O psychology and a commitment to teaching and otherwise being an active part of our undergraduate and graduate programs in psychological science, including mentorship of master’s theses in our rigorous, research-oriented graduate program. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate Industrial/Organizational Psychology, other undergraduate and graduate psychology courses, and one course per year in the graduate Human Resource Development program, with which our department has an ongoing cooperative relationship. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse students. Choose "More..." to go to the formal job posting. MORE...

Psychological and Brain Sciences - Cognitive Psychology Faculty Job

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES at VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY invites applications for a TENURE TRACK POSITION (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) in COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY starting in August 2025. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in psychology or a closely related discipline with specialization in cognitive psychology and should have the ability to generate a high-quality research program and a commitment to teaching in our undergraduate and graduate (M.S.) programs, including mentorship of master’s theses in our rigorous, research-oriented program. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse students and to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. Choose "More..." to go to the formal job posting. MORE...

Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award - 2024

The Villanova University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is pleased to announce Kerry Buckhaults '23 MS as this year's Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award winner. This award honors one Psychology master's student each year for a particularly excellent thesis and thesis project, Buckhaults conducted her thesis project, "Examining Estrogen Withdrawal Following Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy as a Model of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in C57BL/6 Mice," under the direction of Benjamin Sachs, PhD. MORE...

Psychological and Brain Sciences 2024 Medallion Winners

The 2024 PBS medallion winners. Congratulations! To Natalee Torre (left) for being awarded the Bernard L. Bonniwell Award (BA), Isabella Lentini (center) the Thomas C. Toppino Award (BS), and Matthew Domanico (right) the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Medallion Award (CBN). MORE...

EDUCATION WITH IMPACT

 

AN EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES promotes intellectual curiosity and rigor; instills the fundamentals of critical insight, mature judgment and independent thinking; and strengthens students’ sense of their moral responsibility for others and for the betterment of society.