2025 Dates
Graduation Application Deadlines for Graduate Students
| Term | Graduation | Begin Submitting Applications | Deadline for Submitting Applications |
| Fall 2025 | December Graduation | March 1, 2025 | Aug. |
Before Mike Jackson, ’78, returned to Kent State University as a professional-in-residence, he worked for renowned brands like General Motors and Coors on advertising campaigns, including Super Bowl ads. Today, he teaches advertising in the School of Media and Journalism and is faculty advisor for the Kent State chapter of American Advertising Federation (AAF). Following Super Bowl LVIII, he provided insight into the advertising winners and losers for 2024....
Core Faculty
Dr. Kathleen Casto - Hormone, brain, behavior mechanisms underlying social competition and motivation with implications for mental health conditions associated with hormonal transitions (e.g., premenstrual dysphoria).
Dr. Doug Delahanty - Psychophysiological predictors and correlates of post-traumatic stress: secondary pharmacological interventions for trauma victims
Research Facilities
Much of the research in behavioral neuroscience at Kent State is conducted in the modern and extensive Kent Hall Animal Research Facility. The animal facility has consistently received full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Lab Animal Care (AAALAC). Extensive experimental equipment and surgical/histological facilities are available there. Psychobiological research with human subjects is carried out in appropriate rooms in Kent Hall and other facilities on the university campus as well as regional hospitals.
Research Training
Research participation is a major focus of the behavioral neuroscience program. Students are expected to be involved in scientific investigations throughout their graduate study; typically, the initial participation involves collaboration in a faculty research project. By the end of the first year students are expected to begin an M.A. thesis based on common interests with a faculty member/adviser. Students' developing research experiences, knowledge, and independence culminate in the dissertation, usually completed by the end of the fifth year.
Plan of Study
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Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data
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Funding Information
All graduate students in the clinical program are eligible to receive financial support, usually in the form of a graduate assistantship, which includes a full tuition waiver, a stipend and some health insurance benefits. Both research and teaching skills are advanced by the graduate assistantships. In later years, students may develop teaching skills through instruction of undergraduate psychology classes.