Department of Psychological Sciences Research

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Award-Winning Faculty Researchers.  Cool Projects Funded by National and Regional Grant Agencies. Hands-On Experiences to Immerse Yourself in Psychology. Preparation for Graduate School and the Workplace.  DO PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE!

On this page you can find information about student research opportunities, faculty publications (many with student co-authors!), faculty grant funding, and study board (research participation). Experiencing psychological science is one of the best things you can do in your academic career.  You will learn about how research is conducted, acquire skills that are valued by employers and graduate schools, and have the satisfaction of knowing that you are contributing to science.

Opportunities to get involved in a faculty member’s research lab are in high demand – Psychological Science Department faculty are popular!  Priority is given to Psychological Science majors.  Students who are not Psychological Science majors who want to do research in one of our department’s labs need to make an appointment with the Department Chair, Dr. Matthew Shake, to discuss their plans. 

 

Find A Research Lab

Choose an interesting topic and reach out to a professor to express interest in working in their research lab. Earn course credit by enrolling in an independent study course.

Psychology Sub-discipline	Faculty Member(s)	Lab	Undergraduate	Graduate
Clinical Psychology	Amy Brausch	Risk Behaviors Lab	Yes	Yes
Clinical Psychology	Jenni Teeters	Technology Enhancing Community Health Lab	Yes	Yes
Clinical Psychology	Matt Woodward	Trauma Recovery Lab	Yes	Yes
Cognitive Psychology	Lance Hahn	Semantics Lab	Yes	Yes
Cognitive/Developmental Psychology	Matt Shake	Adult Learning Lab	No	No
Neuroscience	Patrick Ledwidge	Brain Research & Assessment in Neurotrauma & Sport (BRAiNS) Lab	Yes	Yes
Cognitive/Developmental/ Neuroscience	Sharon Mutter	Cognition Lab	No	No
Developmental Psychology	Elizabeth Lemerise	Social Development Lab	Yes	No
Developmental Psychology	Diane Lickenbrock	Children and Families Lab	Yes	Yes
Developmental Psychology	Kelly Madole	Cognitive Development Lab	No	No
Developmental/Aging Psychology	Andrew Mienaltowski	Lifespan Social Cognition Lab	Yes	No
Industrial/Organizational Psychology	Katrina Burch	Discrimination and Work-Life Lab	Yes	Yes
Industrial/Organizational Psychology	Xiaowen Chen	Machine Learning in IO Lab	Yes	No
Neuroscience/Perception	Farley Norman	Vision & Haptics Lab	Maybe	No
Social Psychology	Aaron Wichman	Social Cognition Lab	Yes	Yes