Psi Chi/UPO Meeting

Research Night: September 21st, 2009

The meeting was called to order at 4:01 pm.

*Several people talked about their research to the group in order to help undergraduates

get involved in research:

Becky Harris

  • her research is focused on social psychology and overlaps into cognitive psychology
  • sexual objectification is one of her main research areas
  • looking for someone motivated and energetic
  • research assistants would run participants and collect data; also, there is an opportunity to help analyze data if interested
  • flexible hours
  • looking for multiple people
  • email Becky Harris for an application ()

Deanna Sandman

  • working on two studies focusing on prosocial behavior, personality, and social cognition
  • study 1: need someone who is good with computers or who is willing to learn
  • study 2: need someone to run participants
  • will involve collecting data, administrative tasks, and potentially literature searches if you are interested
  • requires at least a 3-hour commitment per week, depending on how many research assistants there are

Lindsey Wylie

  • involves law psychology and social psychology; overlaps into cognitive and developmental psychology
  • eyewitness study
  • will work with older adults and students
  • need to be dependable/reliable and requires acting skills
  • involves some travel with teams to the older adult participants (mainly in Lincoln)
  • assistants can help with any part of the research process: data entry, data collection, poster for conferences, etc.
  • gives experience of field work
  • flexible hours
  • applications – return to Dr. Brank’s mailbox in room 238

Chris Campbell & Elaine Martin

  • good for those interested in clinical psychology
  • looking for about 13-15 research assistants
  • need to be dedicated; there is a lot of work
  • good experience if you are looking into a clinical doctoral program
  • 3 teams you can be involved with: data entry (5-6 hours/week), coding team, and observation team (go out to three locations for teacher-child interaction training)
  • Reimbursed for travel (Lincoln, Ashland, Wahoo)
  • Potential for posters and national conferences
  • Email if interested
  • Informal interview
  • Need to be able to commit time (6 hours/week); some nights and evenings are spent training

Mike Dodd

  • Studies visual perception
  • Research assistants will run participants

More About Research

  • Graduate school involves a lot of research, so getting involved gives you a chance to see if you like research
  • The kind of research you are involved in is irrelevant; it mainly just matters that you are involved in some sort of research
  • Helps you get a more well-rounded letter of recommendation
  • Allows you to learn new skills, such as writing papers, conducting literature searches, data collection, SPSS, etc.

UPO yearly dues: $10

Respectfully submitted,

Carrie Hagstrom, Psi Chi Secretary