Below are the research assistantships currently available in our department.
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Fall 2026 Research Assistantships
Duties: You will help us test subjects (other students) in experiments testing visual perception and attention. You will help to organize and interpret the results, and to design and implement new experiments. You will attend our lab meetings and contribute to discussions as we design experiments and interpret results.
Times Student Must be Available: You will need to attend our lab meetings on Friday afternoons.
Hours Per Week: Nine hours per week
Credits: Three credits
Sponsoring Faculty Member: Kyle Cave
How to Apply: Email @email with a description of what you hope to do after you graduate. Include a list of courses you have taken that are relevant to Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. These can include courses in related areas such as Computer Science, Philosophy, and Biology.
Duties: We are searching for responsible, motivated, and organized undergraduates to join the Learning Lab team for various research projects. We have positions for two data collection projects, one on gender based stereotyped threat and another on cue processing in ADHD. Across these projects we use behavioral, EEG and eye-tracking methodologies.
Study Lead: The first position we are seeking to fill is for individuals to run study visits. This position would involve direct interaction with college-age participants in our lab space. Specific tasks during study visits include obtaining informed consent, preparing for EEG or eye-tracking data collection, running tasks programmed in E-Prime, administering questionnaires via the Qualtrics platform, and debriefing participants for specific studies. SONA Manager: The second position we are seeking to fill is a SONA and data manager. This position will entail an individual managing our SONA account to recruit and schedule participants. Specific tasks include emailing potential participants, coordinating visit scheduling with other research assistants, tracking study participation, awarding SONA credits, assisting study visits, and overseeing data management.
Study Assistant: The final position we are seeking to fill is for study assistants who can help Study leads with the running of visits. Tasks include setting up the lab for study visits, supporting the lead runner
during visits, and processing data. We will provide the necessary training for interested applicants, therefore prior research experience is not required.
For questions email Erica Ferrara ([email protected])
Prerequisites: None
Times Student Must be Available: General lab hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday
Hours Per Week: 6-9
Credits: 2-3
Duties: The Rudd Lab Research Reading Group provides a broad introduction to research conducted in the fields of psychology, human development, and social work through a specific focus on foster care and adoption studies. Weekly discussions will be led by faculty and graduate students affiliated with the Rudd Adoption Research Program with the goal of inspiring motivated students to become more deeply engaged with research during their undergraduate journey and beyond.
Students will be responsible for reading 2-3 articles per week and coming prepared to discuss these items during weekly one-hour meetings. Additionally, students will work with a publicly available dashboard on national foster care data and present a final project at the end of the semester.
Any questions regarding the program or application may be sent to Erica Ferrara ([email protected]) or Dr. Jennifer McDermott ([email protected]).
Times Student Must be Available: TBD
Hours Per Week: 3
Credits: 1
Sponsoring Faculty Member: Jen McDermott