Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Baruch College

 

 

 

 

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jaihyun Park
Department of Psychology
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Baruch College
Phone:  (646) 312-3806       
jaihyun.park@baruch.cuny.edu

Co-Principal Investigator:
Dr. Charles Scherbaum
Department of Psychology
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Baruch College
Phone:  (646) 312-3807       
charles.scherbaum@baruch.cuny.edu

Description:

The NSF REU site at Baruch College will offer advanced research training for one academic year to 12 undergraduate students who attend four-year colleges and universities in the New York metropolitan area. The program will target students belonging to historically disadvantaged groups. This program provides concentrated research experience in which each student plans and executes an independent project, as well as works with a faculty mentor and their graduate students on existing research projects.

Students will develop knowledge and skills in all phases of psychological research, including hypothesis development, research design, data analysis, and scientific writing. Students will present their research at the Baruch REU conference and potentially at national or regional conferences in psychology. REU students will also complete a year-long graduate school preparation course taught at Baruch College. The REU students will begin working in August 2011 and complete the training program in May 2012. Students will be paid $2100 per 14-week semester to work at least 10 hours per week in one of the ongoing psychology research labs at Baruch College.

This program is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant award number 1005124.

The deadline for applications this year is April 1, 2011.

Please click here to download the application materials.

Eligible Students

  • The REU project will actively recruit students from historically disadvantaged group in psychology (e.g., Asian, Hispanic, African American, disabled, first generation college student). However, students of European descent will be considered and are encouraged to apply.
  • Students accepted into the REU program at Baruch will have at least a sophomore standing and a B average in their undergraduate programs. Although students who are not psychology majors may apply to the program, preference will be shown to those who have declared psychology as their official major.
  • To be eligible for the Baruch program, each student, regardless of whether he or she is a psychology major, will have successfully completed an introductory psychology course and at least two content courses in psychology. The content courses include physiological psychology, cognitive psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, learning theory, personality theory, developmental psychology, and social psychology.
  • Students must have completed a course in the research area in which they will be working (e.g., social psychology) or must be willing to take such a course during the REU year.
  • Student must also have completed a course in research methods and statistics or must be willing to take such a course during the REU year.
  • Students must be enrolled in classes full-time for the duration of their training.
  • Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Activities

  • Each REU student will complete an independent research project that is supervised by his or her faculty mentor.
  • Each REU student will spend at least 10 hours each week during the fall and spring semesters at Baruch College working as part of a faculty led research team. The students will work on ongoing research projects, collecting and analyzing data.
  • In addition, all REU students will enroll in a year-long graduate school preparation course taught at Baruch College.

Stipend

  • Each student will receive $2100 for each 14-week semester, in compensation for their time working in the research lab.

Areas of Research

Students may work in one of the following research areas at Baruch:

If you have any questions regarding this program, please call Dr. Park at 646-312-3806 or email jaihyun.park@baruch.cuny.edu.

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