The role of undergraduates in our research:

Undergraduate Research Assistants have a very important role in our research. They are needed to assist in many aspects of data collection and analysis. UGRA's may help recruit subjects, set-up and run experiments, and code data. Also, as an UGRA, you earn course credit for working in the lab!

What can an undergraduate learn from this experience:

Our undergraduate research assistants get "hands on" research experience. They will be exposed to the research methodology, as well as the logistics of running a study. They will become familiar with the administration of a protocol and become accustomed to a research setting.

Honors projects:

Many students who start out as UGRAs eventually do honors projects in the lab. If you are a sophomore or junior and you think you would like to do an honors project, a good first step is to get involved in research as an RA. You will learn the basic laboratory procedures and begin to see what kinds of projects are available for honors students to pursue.

Requirements:

If you are a Psychology major, there is a prerequisite of at least 9 credits within the major and maintaining at least a 3.2 major GPA as well as an overall GPA of 2.8. In addition, we would like students to make a 2-semester commitment to the lab. Learning our procedures is time consuming and students often take most of the first semester simply learning the procedures in the lab. Thus, students gain better experience by spending two semesters in the lab. Often, in the second semester students are given more responsibility and have the opportunity to learn new skills.

Interested?

Contact us for more information here.

In the meantime:

Check out what our current undergraduates are doing here.