Undergraduate Research Opportunities

PSY 39000 is a course where students work as research assistants on projects managed by a faculty member or graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences.

Benefits of the PSY 39000 experience include

• gaining hands-on experience in data collection
• learning research skills like data analysis, interpretation, and writiing
• helping you assess whether research is a component you want in your career
• developing contacts for future letters of recommendation and job references
• enhancing competitiveness in applications for graduate school in psychology or other professional schools or as candidates for employment in various fields (e.g., marketing, pharmaceutical sales, human resources, etc.)

Students can apply to the department for funds to offset some costs associated with student projects in faculty labs. After discussing this with your faculty advisor, you can apply by submitting this form, signed by the supervising faculty member, by email to the Director of Undergraduate Studies. For academic year 2018-2019, priority dates for submitting the form are September 14, 2018 for the Fall semester and January 19, 2019 for the Spring semester.

Current PSY 390 Position Annoucements

The faculty below have indicated openings for Summer 2019 (all announcements in pdf format)

• Arriaga, Ximena - Social
• Hennes, Erin - Social
• Keehn, Brandon - SLHS/PSYC
• Kung, Franki - I-O
• Lane, Sean - Clinical, MCCS & Social
• Samuel, Doug - Clinical
• Schulz, Nicole - I-O
• Song, Chelsea - I-Ol
• Woo, Sang - I-O

The faculty below have indicated openings for Fall 2019 (all announcements in pdf format)

• Arriaga, Ximena - Social
• Eckhardt, Chris - Clinical
• Hennes, Erin - Social
• Karpicke, Jeff - Cognitive
• Nairne, James - Cognitive
• Proctor, Robert - Cognitive
• Purpura, David - PSYC/HDFS
• Schneider, Darryl - Cognitive
• Schulz, Nicole - I-O
• South, Susan - Clinical
• Tay, Louis - I-O
  

During the 16-week fall or spring semester, students are expected to work 3 hours per week for every credit earned (e.g. 9 hours/week for a 3-credit PSY 39000). During the 8-week summer session, students are expected to work 6 hours per week for every credit earned (e.g., 18 hours/week for a 3-credit PSY 39000). Late enrollment in PSY 390 during any semester reduces the number of possible credit hours the students can earn.

Please note that only 6 credits of PSY 39000 can be graded. Any additional credits must be taken on a pass / no pass basis. In addition, a maximum of 3 credit hours is eligible toward the degree requirements (see restrictions under Area C of the PSY major degree requirements sheet.

PSY 39100 Position Announcements

• None currently available

Other Opportunities

• Research Assistant position opening in the Johns Hopkins Schizophremia Center
• Michigan Summer Program in Cognition & Early Development (MSPICED)
• CSLI Undergraduate Summer Internship Program at Stanford
• Casa de Esperanza, a non-profit in Houston, is offering internships to interested students.
• The Purdue Acceptance and Inclusion Consortium has a research fellowship opportunity open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
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