Psychology Undergraduate Research Opportunites

If you are interested in earning academic (Psych 499) credit for working in a lab, follow these steps:

  1. Photo of 499 boardLocate a project. Check opportunities listed here or in the hallway outside of the Psychology Advising Office (119 Guthrie Hall), or check a faculty list to find someone whose interests match yours.
  2. Contact the researcher(s) you've identified. Discuss the project and the work you would be doing, and decide how many credits you would like to receive (3 credits = 9 hours/week, 2 credits = 6 hours/week, 1 credit = 3 hours/week).
  3. Get a registration permission card from the Main Office (Guthrie 119) and have the faculty person sign the card and give you a copy of the syllabus.
  4. Take the signed card and project syllabus to the Main Office (Guthrie 119) and exchange it for your entry code.
  5. Register for your 499, for the proper amount of credits.

Current Research Opportunities

Photo of 499 studet assisting a childInterested in working with a faculty member or graduate student on a research project? The following projects are recruiting undergraduates to help out in their labs.

 

 

 

 

ProjectArea
Environmental Enrichment of Laboratory Monkeys
Animal Behavior
Emotions, Emotion Regulation and Psychophysiology in Borderline Personality Disorder
Adult Clinical
Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviors and Drug Abuse
Adult Clinical
Medical Assistant for Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder and Drug Abuse
Adult Clinical
Narratives and PTSD
Adult Clinical
The IMAGE Project: Perceptions of Health-Related Behaviors Among College Students
Adult Clinical
Event-Specific Prevention (ESP)
Adult Clinical
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Parasuicidal Behaviors
Adult Clinical
Event-Specific Prevention (ESP)
Adult Clinical
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention
Adult Clinical
Mindfulness, Experiential Avoidance and Substance Use
Adult Clinical
COMING TO AMERICA: IMMIGRANT PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH
Adult Clinical
Health Psychology (HIV and LGBT issues)
Adult Clinical
Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder, Suicidal Behaviors and Drug Abuse II
Adult Clinical
The GOALS (Goals and Options for Alcohol in Life and Sports) Project
Adult Clinical
College Drinking: Role of Mood, Context and Personality (Experimenters)
Adult Clinical
College Drinking: Role of Mood, Context and Personality (Phone Screeners)
Adult Clinical
High School Athlete Project
Adult Clinical
Psychophysiology and PTSD
Adult Clinical
Assessment and Treatment of Parsuicidal Patients (NIMH)
Adult Clinical
Research Assistant for Treatment Development Study of Suicidal Individuals
Adult Clinical
Project DASH (Daily Assessment of Student Health)
Adult Clinical
Housing First: Evaluation of Harm Reduction Housing for Chronic Public Inebriates
Adult Clinical
Implementation of Evidence-based Practices in Communities of Color
Adult Clinical
Beyond BASICS
Adult Clinical
The Sexual Minority College Students (SEM) Study
Adult Clinical
Motivational Interviewing Coding Team
Adult Clinical
Mental Illness Stigma Project
Adult Clinical
Neural Correlate of Learning And Memory
Behavioral Neuroscience
Tracing connectional pathways in the Auditory Brainstem
Behavioral Neuroscience
Adolescent Development Study
Child Clinical
Autism Treatment Network (ATN) Study
Child Clinical
Adolescent Stress, Health and Behavior Project
Child Clinical
CAST Middle School Study
Child Clinical
Early Connections Study
Child Clinical
Parent Toddler Project
Child Clinical
Ongoing Street Youth Studies (Projects SHARE & MARS)
Child Clinical
CAAP II
Child Clinical
Project 1, 2, 3, Go!
Child Clinical
Adolescent Emotions Project
Child Clinical
Emotion Coaching Intervention
Child Clinical
ERP Study: Cognitive Error Detection and Social Functioning in ADHD
Child Clinical
Training Pediatrics Interns in Behavior Change Counseling
Child Clinical
Toddler Assessment Project
Child Clinical
How Mathematical and Semantic Knowledge are Coordinated in the Brain
Cognition and Perception
UW Autism Center ERP Lab: Autism and Visual Processing
Cognition and Perception
Reality Biases in Children
Cognition and Perception
Early Social-Emotional Development
Developmental
Infant Studies
Developmental
Seeing & Sharing Project
Developmental
Couples in Conflict: Creating Healthy Relationships Project
Developmental
THE PLAGIOCEPHALY OUTCOMES PROJECT (POP)
Developmental
The Infant Learning Project
Developmental
Social-Emotional Development
Developmental
Developmental Pathways Project
Developmental
Social Cognitive Development
Developmental
Early Childhood Cognition Lab
Developmental
Infant Social Cognition
Developmental
Birth to Three Assessment Protocol Project
Developmental
Prevention in Foster Care Project
Developmental
Self Control in Korean-English Bilingual Children
Developmental
Growth & Behavioral Development in Macaque Monkeys
Developmental
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development Relationships Study
Developmental
Project AIMS (Alcohol Intoxication on Mens Sexuality)
Social and Personality
ARE JAPANESE INSCRUTABLE?: EMOTIONS FROM A CULTURAL
Social and Personality
Social Cognition
Social and Personality
Social Identity Lab: Research on Prejudice, Stigma, and the Self
Social and Personality
Stress and Coping
Social and Personality
Stereotypes and Belonging
Social and Personality
Stress Vulnerability
Social and Personality
Social Identity
Social and Personality
I-LABS Research
Social and Personality
Social Games
Social and Personality
Project WIN (Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute)
Social and Personality
Multiracial Perception
Social and Personality
Project FRESH
Social Personality Other