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Fall Term 2026 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
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Contracts can be located on our website PBSI 491 Contracts COMPLETED contracts are emailed as a PDF to psycadvising@tamu.edu MAKE SURE to review the Work Hours Per Week chart before committing how many Credit Hours you will earn NOTE: maximum credit hours to register for Fall Term is 19hrs, additional hours must be approved BEFORE contract is submitted to psycadvising@tamu.edu
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All Areas on the Contract(s) Must Be Filled and Must have the Professor's Signature; Contracts will be rejected if information is missing and will delay being added to course
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Contracts must be submitted from Open Registration until BEFORE 4pm on Last Day of ADD/DROP Week (April 10th - August 28th)
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Area Professor Student Recruitment OpeningsAccepting or FullTopicsTasks RequiredPreferred Contact Method (e.g. person to contact, online application)
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Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience
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James Grau1 to 3FULLLearning; Spinal Cord Plasticity; Recovery after spinal injuryWork is conducted using animal subjects (rats). Tasks include surgery, behavioral testing, history, cellular analysis and data entry. We are particularly interested in students seeking careers in medicine and neuroscience. Students must have a strong GPA (>3.5) and SAT, GRE or MCAT scores; because intensive training is required. We seek students who can make at least one-year commitment. j-grau@tamu.edu
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Rachel Smith1 to 2AcceptingNeuroscience of drug addiction and reward learningLab work involves behavioral experiments with self-administration in rats, and histology on brain tissue. Due to the technical training needed for these tasks, requirements include: 10 hrs/week, 2-semester commitmen, and a GPA >3.2. Can receive either PSYC or NRSC creditrachelsmithlab.sites.tamu.edu
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Clinical Psychology
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Brian Albanese1 - 2AcceptingUsing event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral tasks to better understand risk factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and related forms of psychopathology.Undergraduate research assistants will be involved in a variety of tasks, including setting up participants with an EEG cap, running lab-based sessions with participants, processing EEG data, coding/entering data, and attending weekly lab meetings where we discuss ongoing projects and research.Application Form
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AnnMarie MacNamara15AcceptingEmotion and anxiety in the brainRun neuroscience experiments, in which you will collect EEG and/or fMRI data from human participants.Complete Application Form
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Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Brian Anderson12 to 15AcceptingCognitive neuroscience. The lab does behavioral and neuroimaging studies examining how learning influences what people pay attention to.Assist with lab operations, including data collection, management, and analysis. Students will also have the opportunity to attend lab meetings and contribute to discussions of research.Email: brian.anderson@tamu.edu Lab Website: https://andersonlab.sites.tamu.edu/
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Joseph Orr3 to 4AcceptingCognitive neuroscience of how reward guides decision making. Current studies involve candy.Prefers people available 2 to 3 credits and are available 2 or more semesters. RA's will run behavioral regard tasks, some of which also involve setting up EEG and/or eye tracking. RAs will also assist with literature reviews of cognitive neuroscience journal articles and perform EEG and MRI data quality reviews. Complete Application Form
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Rongxiang (Catherine) Tang10FULLCognitive and brain aging in middle-aged adults, current and early life experiences, and risk factors in shaping differential aging trajectories; Healthy vs Pathological (i.e.: Alzheimer's Disease); Methodologies include multimodal neuroimaging, blood biomarkers, and behavioral assessmentsAssist with recruitment, data collection, monitoring, entry, coding, and scoring; Assist with literature review, meta-analysis; Gain an understanding of neuroimaging and other techniques used to cognitive neuroscience researchComplete Application Form
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Andres Viana3 - 4AcceptingExploring the temperament and cognitive-affective mechanisms underlying anxiety, trauma, and substance use comorbidity in both children and adults. Integrating culturally relevant frameworks, aimed to enhance understanding how individual differences in emotional and behavioral tendencies interact with sociocultural factors to shape mental health outcomes. Data Collection & Entry; Conducting Literature Reviews; Participate in Lab Meetings; Assisting with Study Coordination; Preparing Study Materials; Manuscript Preparation Support; Administrative Tasks. Seeking students who can make at least 1-year commitment and at least 9hrs per week. Please sent the following to careslab@tamu.edu: CV or Resume & Breif statement of interest
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Takashi Yamauchi15 to 20AcceptingComputer Game, Brain Computer Interface, Machine Learning and AI, Mental DisordersHelp design, develop, and administer computer game (experiments) that assess mental disorderstakashi-yamauchi@tamu.edu
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Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Ze (Mia) Zhu7 to 10AcceptingEmployee well-being, work stress, and recovery from work stressAssist with the design and execution of research projects; Collect, organize, and analyze data using appropriate software and tools; Conduct literature reviews and summarize relevant findings; Prepare and maintain accurate records, logs, and documentation; Assist in the preparation of research reports, presentations, and publications; Participate in team meetings and provide updates on project progress; Ensure compliance with research protocol and ethical standards; Handle administrative tasks related to research activities, such as scheduling and correspondenceComplete Application Form
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Social and Personality Psychology
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Heather Lench2Accepting How emotions shape thinking, decision-making and expectations about the future. Work with students revolving around emotions and contribute to human subject data collection, as well as coding and data entry. (Does ask for at least 2 semester commitment)Emotion Science Lab Application
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Allegra Midgette4 to 5FULLGendering, gender inequality; family labor (housework & childcare); moral development, culture, belonging, negotiationsCoding, interviewing, experimental tasks, recruiting participants/eventsComplete Application Form (applications are open until March 31st at 11:59pm)
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Rebecca Schlegel8 to 10 Accepting Self & Identity, Existential PsychologyData collection via interviews with adults and children, data management, coding, recruitment for studies, lab meetings to discuss researchComplete Application Form
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Rebecca Schlegel (Human Computer Interaction of the Lab)4Accepting Self & Identity, Motivation, Childhood Education; Focus on how middle and high school students learn and develop in STEM-focused hands-on classes, the impact of telepresence robotics on the educational experiences of instructors in the scenarios.Data collection, data management, coding, manuscript preparation, conducting experiments with human subjects, assist in literature reviewsComplete Application Form
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Brandon Schmeichel20Accepting Social psychology, self-control, motivation, emotionConducting experiments with human subjects; data entry and data processingschmeichel@tamu.edu
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 Rachel Smallman6Accepting Social cognition, broadly construed. Projects typically focus on counterfactual thinking (and related concepts) in both basic and applied contexts, such as health-related behavior.Running experimental sessions; coding/entering data; participating in discussions about ongoing lab projects;
attend weekly lab meetings
Complete Application Form

rsmallman@tamu.edu

smallmanlab@gmail.com
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Matt Vess5-10Accepting Social Psychology, Moral Psychology; existential Psychology; Polictical PsychologyRunning experiments; interacting with human subjects; learning laboratory proceduresComplete Application Form
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