Interested in becoming a research assistant?
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Download our application and send the completed file to Z. Ferguson (zfer@uw.edu) with "499 application_Your_Name" as the Subject
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You may send your CV if you have one, as well.
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Please check our 499 posting to see if we are currently accepting RA's.
[We are not currently taking applicants for Spring or Sumer 2024. Check back in again in September for updates.]
Join our lab if you're looking for...
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An interactive research experience
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Career development towards psychology
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Graduate school information and resources
Requirements:
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6-9 hours per week, including a mandatory one hour lab meeting per week.
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At least a 2 quarter commitment for UW students, 6 month commitment for non-UW students
Responsibilities:
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Running participants through behavioral experiments
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Entering and coding data
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Campus surveying / flyering and recruiting participants
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Providing feedback for studies
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Performing literature searches
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Participating in bi-weekly discussions during lab meetings
What we are looking for:
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Motivated students with a strong work ethic
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An interest in the research process, particularly in Social Psychology
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A willingness to work both on a team and independently
Information for Prospective Graduate Students:
[Information about Fall 2023 admissions will be updated here soon]
September, 2022
Dear prospective graduate students,
I am honored that you are interested in joining our department and lab. For the past few years, I
have refrained from having email conversations, phone/video calls, and in-person meetings with
prospective students prior to reviewing and evaluating all applications. I read every application
and use an evaluation rubric* so I can do my best to evaluate all applicants in the same manner. I
do this to avoid giving an unfair advantage to those who receive advice to reach out, or those
who have connections to close colleagues, access to professional meetings, and other advantages.
After the social/personality group discusses graduate applicants, I reach out and have thoughtful,
structured interviews with students on the short list (applicants receive the interview questions
prior to the conversation). I use those conversations to identify finalists for full interviews. There
is plenty of time for deep conversations about fit and related concerns during the interviews.
You can learn whether I am recruiting a new graduate student here.
*Current rubric criteria include: Academic Preparation, Motivation, Research Experience and
Potential, Lab/Department Research Fit, Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and
Collegiality. I revise these criteria after each admissions cycle when I see places for
improvement.