Dr. Travis Carter, a new faculty member in the Department of Psychology, is recruiting student research assistants to start in the fall.

The research conducted in the lab will focus on:

•  Bias in social judgments
• The role of introspection in biased self-assessments
• Motivated reasoning and self-deception
• Happiness and consumer behavior
• Political belief formation

Looking for research assistants who:

• Are conscientious and hard-working
• Are able to juggle a variety of tasks at once
•  Are intellectually curious (ideally with knowledge of social psychology)
• Are familiar with MS Office/Google Docs
•  Have some familiarity with research methods and statistics (preferred, not required)
•  Have some programming skills, or an interest in learning (preferred, not required)

Research assistants will be involved with many aspects of the research process, including developing experimental materials, data collection (in and outside of the lab), data entry, and literature reviews. Highly motivated students will have opportunities for more involvement in study design, statistical analysis, and other more advanced aspects of the research process.

Interested students from all class years are encouraged to contact Dr. Carter for an application (travis.carter@gmail.com).

Dr. Findley-Van Nostrand, a new faculty member in the Department of Psychology, is looking for research assistants to begin in the Fall semester.

Research topics in the lab will include:

• peer relationships from early adolescence through young adulthood
• development of social behaviors (aggression, prosociality, withdrawal), social motivation, and status among peers
• the self and personality in relation to social behaviors and social-emotional adjustment
• the role of social experiences in academic persistence and motivation (especially in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math fields)

Looking for students who…

• are hard working
• are motivated
• share some level of interest in the above topics
• of any class level (Freshman-Senior)
• have some experience with statistics and methods and familiarity with SPSS and Microsoft Office (preferred, not necessary)

Students in the lab can expect to work on a variety of tasks related to the research process, with potential for increased involvement.  For instance, research assistants may work on any combination of data entry/coding, data analysis, literature reviews, study design, and data collection (in-lab and community-based studies most likely in local schools).

Interested??

For questions or an application, email Dr. Findley-Van Nostrand at dfindley@mail.usf.edu.