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1 | Psychology Research Opportunities | CLICK HERE for more information on Psych 286/486 (Research Apprenticeship), Psych 289/489 (Directed Study), or Psych Honors! | |||||
2 | PI mentor | Status | Mechanism | Contact / Application Information | Research area / Lab information | Position information (hours, responsibilities, prerequisites) | |
3 | Abdullah, Tahirah | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | Contact / Application Information | Dr. Abdullah’s Black Mental Health Advocacy & Research Team is focused on research and outreach with the broad goal of improving mental health and mental health care among Black Americans. We conduct studies on racism and mental health, resisting racism, understanding Black clients’ therapy experiences, coping, help-seeking, mental health stigma, and more. | Students are expected to enroll in either PSYCH 286 or PSYCH 486. The position is 9 hours/week, including required attendance at weekly research team meetings on Thursdays 4-6pm. Responsibilities may include (but are not limited to): project development, literature review, participant recruitment, data collection, data analysis, community outreach presentations, and assistance with manuscript preparation. | |
4 | Atallah, Devin | Not recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | Please email Dr. Atallah at devin.atallah@umb.edu and put in subject line: "Research Assistant Inquiry". Please attach your resume and research interests. | Devin Atallah's DARA Collective engages in decolonizing, qualitative, and community-based participatory approaches to critical inquiry in clinical and community psychology. Professor Atallah aims to contribute to understandings of intergenerational trauma and to support pathways for resistance to oppression, healing justice, and decolonization. | ||
5 | Blankenship, Tashauna | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | babies.umb.edu | Dr. Blankenship’s research interests include 1) better understanding how memory processes interact with other cognitive systems across development, 2) exploring the developmental origins of memory and attention, and 3) investigating how memory and attention systems differentially impact academic achievement. https://umassbostonbabylab.weebly.com | ||
6 | Carter, Alice | Currently recruiting | Paid position | Complete https://forms.gle/MqhDdVPg8LU4nxYdA and email resume and most recent transcripts to Vanessa Alvarez (Melida.Alvarez@umb.edu) | Carter Lab / Autism Behavior and Child Development. Expertise: Identification of infants and toddlers at risk for problems in social, behavioral, and emotional functioning; the role of family functioning in child development | The Carter lab has openings for paid undergraduate research assistants for summer 2022. We have several opportunities, including delivering and picking up remote technology assessment equipment from research participants, administering surveys to parents of 6-10-year-olds, and coding parent-child interactions. The lab will provide all necessary training and ongoing support for the position. A personal vehicle is required. If you are interested, please email your resume and most recent transcripts to Vanessa Alvarez Melida.Alvarez@umb.edu and please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/MqhDdVPg8LU4nxYdA.” | |
7 | Ciaramitaro, Vivian | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | Vivian.Ciaramitaro@umb.edu; https://umassbostonbabylab.weebly.com | Dr. Ciaramitaro's research interests include the development of attention and sensory processing, looking at how information from our different senses is put together from low level features, such as lights and tones, to high level features such as the emotion in faces and voices. She is one of the professors in the Babylab. | ||
8 | Ciaramitaro, Vivian | Waitlisting | 486 (RA - upper level) | Vivian.Ciaramitaro@umb.edu; https://umassbostonbabylab.weebly.com | Dr. Ciaramitaro's research interests include the development of attention and sensory processing, looking at how information from our different senses is put together from low level features, such as lights and tones, to high level features such as the emotion in faces and voices. She is one of the professors in the Babylab. | Dr. Ciaramitaro expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych), Psych 201 (Research Methods) and Psych 286 should have been completed in my lab. Students help with data collection and analysis, including studies of behavior and the brain, and attend weekly lab meetings, writing a final paper based on a literature review. Some projects are on campus and some off campus, such as at museums. 8-10 hours/week | |
9 | Hayes-Skelton, Sarah A. | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | Sarah.Hayes@umb.edu | The research in this lab generally focuses on the why and how anxiety develops for people and how and why treatments can help reduce anxiety. Work in the lab focuses particularly on cognitive-behavioral and acceptance based treatments. More recently, the lab has also been investigating anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Member of the lab also have general interests in the ways that identity and culture influence anxiety and treatment. | Dr. Hayes-Skelton expects prospective students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and Psych 201 (Research Methods). Students help with data collection and data entry, participant recruitment, and literature searches. Students need to be available on Thursday's from 4-5 for lab meetings. 8 hrs / wk. | |
10 | Hayes-Skelton, Sarah A. | Currently recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | Sarah.Hayes@umb.edu | The research in this lab generally focuses on the why and how anxiety develops for people and how and why treatments can help reduce anxiety. Work in the lab focuses particularly on cognitive-behavioral and acceptance based treatments. More recently, the lab has also been investigating anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Member of the lab also have general interests in the ways that identity and culture influence anxiety and treatment. | Dr. Hayes-Skelton expects prospective students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and Psych 201 (Research Methods). Students help with data collection and data entry, participant recruitment, and literature searches. Students need to be available on Thursday's from 4-5 for lab meetings. 8 hrs / wk. | |
11 | Hunter, Richard | Currently recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | https://www.umb.edu/hunterlab/contact/volunteer | Laboratory of Neuroepigenetics and Genomics. Richard Hunter is fundamentally interested in how stressful or traumatic life events alter not only the course of our lives but the very structure and function of our brains as well. Why do many, if not most, humans and animals recover quickly from trauma and why do others go on to suffer life long impairments like depression and post traumatic stress disorder? Why does environmental stress cause some to age more rapidly than others? | 10 hrs/wk. Students an Intro Bio course as well as Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). Students should be serious about neuroscience. | |
12 | Kaldy, Zsuzsa | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | babies.umb.edu; (see application form there) ;zsuzsa.kaldy@umb.edu | At the UMass Boston Baby Lab we are interested in learning about how infants and toddlers learn about the world around them. More specifically, we study the development of attention and working memory. | Dr. Kaldy expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and prefers students to have completed Psych 241 (Infancy and Child Dev.). Students help with data collection with infants and toddlers and participate in weekly journal-club style meetings with written assignments. Some projects are on campus and some at a Children's Museum. 8 hrs/wk. | |
13 | Pantalone, David | Not recruiting | Multiple positions (please inquire) | david.pantalone@umb.edu | Dr. Pantalone’s lab is the Syndemics Treatment, Evaluation, and Prevention (STEP) Lab. They focus on the intersections of clinical psychology and public health. They study sexual and gender minority (SGM) health disparities in general and especially focus on the U.S. HIV epidemic. The lab uses qualitative and survey methods to study relevant research questions with an eye towards developing therapy programs to improve the physical and mental health of people with stigmatized identities and are marginalized by society. | Students should have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) & Psych 201 (Research Methods). Students primarily help with literature reviews for papers and grant applications, and with transcription of qualitative interviews for student and faculty projects. | |
14 | Park, Jin Ho | Currently recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | https://jinhopark6.wixsite.com/parkneuroendolab | Park Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Lab; Expertise: Behavioral neuroendocrinology, reproductive behavior and physiology, behavioral genetics, behavioral neuroscience | Dr. Park prefers that students have completed an Intro Bio course and Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). | |
15 | Rhodes, Jean | Currently recruiting | Jean.Rhodes@umb.edu | Jean Rhodes' research is focused on two main areas: adolescents' mentoring relationships and young adults' responses to trauma and natural disaster. Rhodes and her students are currently involved in a range of research projects that address the role of both formal and informal mentors in vulnerable groups including children of prisoners, community college students, high school dropouts, and low-income children in after-school settings. | Rhodeslab: Dr. Rhodes expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and Psych 201 (Research Methods). This research experience would be ideal for students who enjoy being part of projects associated with youth resilience. This includes working with doctoral students on their projects and working on literature reviews for the Chronicle for Evidence-Based Mentoring. | ||
16 | Roemer, Lizabeth | Currently recruiting | Multiple positions (please inquire) | lisa.nakamura001@umb.edu | Dr. Roemer's research team focuses on how people understand, react to, and cope with intense emotional reactions in ways that either promote or inhibit their well-being. In particular, they study how mindfulness, self-compassion, values-based living and emotion regulation help people with anxiety and other forms of stress. She and her doctoral students explore the relevance of cultural and contextual factors in these phenomena, with a focus on helping people thrive in the face of discrimination and racism. | Students can take either 286 or 486. Students will work with doctoral students on their projects and also write a research paper with mentorship from a doctoral student. Biweekly lab meetings Thursday from 4-5 are required; seven additional hours weekly are individually scheduled. | |
17 | Zup, Susan | Currently recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | susan.zup@umb.edu; https://sites.google.com/site/zuplab/home | Professor Zup studies the role of hormones in shaping the developing brain. As a mammalian embryo develops, it must become either male or female – a process controlled primarily by hormones. Professor Zup is interested in understanding the basic mechanisms of establishing a male vs. female brain as well specifically gaining insight into the particular susceptibility of the developing male brain to diseases such as autism. | Dr. Zup expects prospective students to have completed Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). She also prefers students who have additional coursework in Biology and/or Chemistry. 10 hrs/wk. | |
18 | Carter, Alice | Not recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | https://forms.gle/MqhDdVPg8LU4nxYdA ; email resume and most recent transcripts to abcdearlyscreening@umb.edu. | Carter lab / Autism Behavior and Child Development Project (ABCD). Expertise: Identification of infants and toddlers at risk for problems in social, behavioral, and emotional functioning; the role of family functioning in child development | Dr. Carter expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and Psych 201 (Research Methods). This semester she is looking for students who are interested in watching and rating video-taped parent-child interactions. 7 - 10 hrs/wk | |
19 | Carter, Alice | Not recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | https://forms.gle/MqhDdVPg8LU4nxYdA ; email resume and most recent transcripts to abcdearlyscreening@umb.edu. | Carter lab / Autism Behavior and Child Development Project (ABCD). Expertise: Identification of infants and toddlers at risk for problems in social, behavioral, and emotional functioning; the role of family functioning in child development | Dr. Carter expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and Psych 201 (Research Methods). This semester she is looking for students who are interested in watching and rating video-taped parent-child interactions. 7 - 10 hrs/wk | |
20 | Corpuz, Randy | Not recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | randy.corpuz@umb.edu | Expertise: Evolution and human behavior, developmental psychology, social neuroscience: https://www.umbfinch.com/finchteam for more info; you may also apply directly: http://www.randycorpuz.com/application | ||
21 | Donaldson, Tiffany | Not recruiting | tiffany.donaldson@umb.edu | Behavioral Psychopharmacology Neuroscience Lab; Expertise: Brain changes underlying psychostimulant abuse; the female body’s natural response to pain, immediately preceding pregnancy and during delivery | |||
22 | Eisenhower, Abbey | Not recruiting | abbey.eisenhower@umb.edu | ABCD Early Screening Project. Expertise: Child Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Early School Adjustment, Treatment Outcome Research | |||
23 | Gallor, Susanna M. | Not recruiting | susanna.gallor@umb.edu | Expertise: Multicultural Psychology | |||
24 | Hunter, Richard | Not recruiting | 286 (RA - elective) | https://www.umb.edu/hunterlab/contact/volunteer | Laboratory of Neuroepigenetics and Genomics. Richard Hunter is fundamentally interested in how stressful or traumatic life events alter not only the course of our lives but the very structure and function of our brains as well. Why do many, if not most, humans and animals recover quickly from trauma and why do others go on to suffer life long impairments like depression and post traumatic stress disorder? Why does environmental stress cause some to age more rapidly than others? | 10 hrs/wk. Students an Intro Bio course as well as Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). Students should be serious about neuroscience. | |
25 | Hunter, Richard | Not recruiting | Paid position | https://www.umb.edu/hunterlab/contact/volunteer | Laboratory of Neuroepigenetics and Genomics. Richard Hunter is fundamentally interested in how stressful or traumatic life events alter not only the course of our lives but the very structure and function of our brains as well. Why do many, if not most, humans and animals recover quickly from trauma and why do others go on to suffer life long impairments like depression and post traumatic stress disorder? Why does environmental stress cause some to age more rapidly than others? | 11 hrs/wk. Students an Intro Bio course as well as Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). Students should be serious about neuroscience. | |
26 | Kaldy, Zsuzsa | Not recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | babies.umb.edu; zsuzsa.kaldy@umb.edu | At the UMass Boston Baby Lab we are interested in learning about how infants and toddlers learn about the world around them. More specifically, we study the development of attention and working memory. | Psych 486 applicants should have already taken Psych 286 in the Baby Lab. Dr. Kaldy also expects students to have completed Psych 100 (Intro Psych) and prefers students to have completed Psych 241 (Infancy and Child Dev.). Students help with data collection with infants and toddlers and participate in weekly journal-club style meetings. The semester's work will culminate in a final integrative paper (15+ pages). 8 hrs/wk. | |
27 | Levitt, Heidi | Not recruiting | Heidi.Levitt@umb.edu; https://sites.google.com/site/drheidilevitt/ | Expertise: Psychotherapy process and outcome -- with a focus upon clients and therapists experiences across psychotherapy orientations; Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender minority stress and cultural identities; and the development of guidelines for designing, reporting, and reviewing research using qualitative methods. | |||
28 | Maeng, Lisa | Not recruiting | Lisa.Maeng@umb.edu | Expertise: Behavioral neuroscience, Gonadal hormone effects in animal models of anxiety, Behavioral neuroendocrinology | |||
29 | Nestor, Paul | Not recruiting | paul.nestor@umb.edu | Expertise: Clinical Neuropsychology; Forensic Psychology; Attention in Schizophrenia; Violence and Psychosis | |||
30 | Rogers, Tracey | Not recruiting | tracey.rogers@umb.edu | Expertise: Adult Psychotherapy | |||
31 | Wainwright, Laurel | Not recruiting | laurel.wainwright@umb.edu | Laurel Wainwright's research interests focus on children with a diagnosis of autism and their families. Recent work in her lab has included identifying areas of functional strengths for children on the autism spectrum as well as determining how families are coping as their children on the spectrum move into school age. Dr. Wainwright is also interested in the ways in which typical school age children gain comfort with math skills to obtain fluency with math concepts. | |||
32 | Zup, Susan | Not recruiting | 486 (RA - upper level) | susan.zup@umb.edu; https://sites.google.com/site/zuplab/home | Professor Zup studies the role of hormones in shaping the developing brain. As a mammalian embryo develops, it must become either male or female – a process controlled primarily by hormones. Professor Zup is interested in understanding the basic mechanisms of establishing a male vs. female brain as well specifically gaining insight into the particular susceptibility of the developing male brain to diseases such as autism. | Dr. Zup expects prospective students to have completed Psych 360 (Behavioral Neuroscience). She also prefers students who have additional coursework in Biology and/or Chemistry. 10 hrs/wk. | |
33 | Blaser, Erik | Waitlisting | 286 (RA - elective) | erik.blaser@umb.edu | Dr. Blaser studies human perception, specifically visual psychophysics and cognitive development (in collaboration with the Baby Lab) | ||
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