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Research Opportunities

Research Opportunities. In the Psychology and Sociology Department. Agenda. Review of faculty research interests Student representatives from labs share their experiences, discuss current/future opportunities

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Research Opportunities

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  1. Research Opportunities In the Psychology and Sociology Department

  2. Agenda • Review of faculty research interests • Student representatives from labs share their experiences, discuss current/future opportunities • Two guests discuss the importance of obtaining research experience for both research/PhD routes and non-research clinical routes to graduate school

  3. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Nancy Alvarado-Areas of expertise: Cognitive, Emotion, ExperimentalPsychology. • Research Interests: Cognition and emotion, facial expression, categorization and naming, human-computer interaction and affective computing. • Recruits new assistants: First week of each quarter. (on leave fall 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 10. • Current Research Projects: Cold Pressor Pain Study

  4. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Bettina Casad-Areas of expertise:Social, Experimental, Physiological, Applied Psychology. • Research Interests: Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; race and gender stereotype violation; social norms; implicit attitudes; psychology of women/gender. • Recruits new assistants: apply in Spring/Summer, begin in Fall. • Approximate number of assistants: 10-15. • Current Research Projects: Students’ Experiences in Math and Science Study; Engineering/Biology Research Teams; Robotics Education through Active Learning; Various studies on stereotype threat

  5. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Erika DeJonghe- Areas of expertise: ClinicalPsychology. • Research Interests: Child psychology; intimate partner violence; violent and aggressive behavior; psychotherapy with children and families. • Recruits new assistants: As needed (on leave spring 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 5-10. • Current Research Projects: Assessment of the ADVANCE Program (under-representation of women among STEM faculty); Aggressive Behavior via Electronic Media; Empire Study (prevalence of partner violence in the Inland Empire)

  6. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Juliana Fuqua-Areas of expertise: Developmental, HealthPsychology. • Research Interests: Primary interest: Environment-mind-body links (e.g., commuting and stress). Secondary interest: Adolescent risky behavior (e.g., substance use, adolescent pregnancy, identification with at-risk peer groups); evaluation of teams (e.g., adolescent health teams); Other interests: topics related to developmental psychology and health psychology. • Recruits new assistants: usually end of spring, sometimes as needed.(on leave spring 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 2-4 • Current Research Projects: Commuting stress

  7. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Jeffery S. Mio- Areas of expertise: Clinical, Multicultural, Applied Cognitive/Social, Political Psychology. • Research Interests: Metaphor usage, particularly in politics; cross-cultural issues; development of allies across demographic groups. • Recruits new assistants: in Spring to begin in Fall. • Approximate number of assistants: 3-5. • Current Research Projects: Metaphor Studies

  8. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Jill Nemiro-Areas of expertise: Organizational Psychology, Program Evaluation.  • Research Interests: Organizational and team creativity; high-performance teams; virtual teams; program evaluation; qualitative research methodology. • Recruits new assistants: As needed, usually once a year in the Fall.  • Approximate number of assistants: 2-4 (on leave winter & spring 2013) • Current Projects: School Robotics Initiative (SRI), to work on the SRI project, you need to have taken PSY 430; Science Teams; Assessment of the ADVANCE Mentoring Program. • NEW organizational psychology professor Dr. Sara Langford begins in fall 2012!

  9. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Nicholas Von Glahn- Areas of expertise:Cognitive, Behavioral, Experimental Psychology. • Research Interests: Memory, memory judgments, false memory, cognitive aging, courtroom psychology, as well as human and animal learning. • Recruits new assistants: Every quarter as needed • Approximate number of assistants: 5 • Current Research Projects: Emotional Memory

  10. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Lori Barker. Areas of expertise:Clinical, MulticulturalPsychology. • Research Interests: Child & adolescent psychology/psychotherapy; multicultural issues; community psychology. • Recruits new assistants: As needed. • Approximate number of assistants: 2-8 • Current Research Projects: The Impact of the Obama Presidency

  11. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Felicia F. Thomas-Areas of expertise: Clinical, MulticulturalPsychology. • Research Interests: Post-traumatic stress disorder; child psychopathology; ethnic identity; Black psychology; school-based interventions; social perceptions and racism; complicated bereavement. Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Friendmobile, online learning

  12. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. James W. Sturges-Areas of expertise: Clinical, Health Psychology. • Research Interests: Clinical child psychology; pediatric psychology; health promotion; smoking prevention; HIV prevention; painful medical procedures. • Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Survey on Emotion Regulation

  13. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Susan N. Siaw--Areas of expertise: DevelopmentalPsychology. • Research Interests: Cognitive development during childhood; memory and mnemonic strategies; intelligence; academic dishonesty. • Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Deindividuation

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