About the Department
Since its founding in 1893, the Department of Psychology has been renowned for scientific research and scholarship that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Today, this broad and integrative vision of psychological science is reflected in the diversity of laboratories and collaborations within the Department, as well as research initiatives that connect psychology to other areas of the University and beyond. This vision also is reflected in the Department's teaching. The PhD program encourages students to take advantage of the many research opportunities at the University, emphasizing intellectual breadth as well as training in specific areas. Similarly, the undergraduate curriculum emphasizes faculty-taught courses and research opportunities, making Psychology one of the most popular majors at the University.
Featured Video
Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture 2017
“The Resilience of Language and Gesture” with Susan Goldin-Meadow
Susan Goldin-Meadow is the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development, Center for East Asian Studies, and the College at the University of Chicago.
The Ryerson Lecture grew out of a 1972 bequest to the University by Nora and Edward L. Ryerson, the latter a former Board of Trustees chair. A faculty committee selects the Ryerson lecturer based on research contributions of lasting significance.
Latest News
Jean Decety Elected to the Academy of Europe
Monica Rosenberg Awarded Sloan Fellowship
Woodward elected 2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Goldin-Meadow wins 2021 David E. Rumelhart Prize for her cognitive science research
Susan Goldin-Meadow discusses the use of gesture in Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem
Katherine D. Kinzler discusses racism and bias against speakers of African American English
Leslie Kay is studying the connection between loss of taste and smell and the coronavirus
Call for Applications: Teaching Fellows in the Social Sciences
Prof. Boaz Keysar analyzes the structural causes of medical errors in a new documentary
UChicago named in top five university for degrees in psychology
Spotlight
Inaugural Marylyn C. Grabosky Lecture in Psychology and Neuroscience Announced
November 3, 2022
Department announces new focus on Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
November 2021
Susan Goldin-Meadow named 2021 Rumelhart Prize Recipient
August 2020
Brent Staples AM’76 PhD’82 wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
April 16, 2019
Professor Goldin-Meadow to give 2019 McGovern Lecture at AAAS Annual Meeting
February 12, 2019
Professor Boaz Keysar receives 2018 Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching
June 9, 2018
Professor Susan Levine elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 18, 2018
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