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Department of Psychological Sciences Research


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 Acting Department Chair, Dr. Amy Brausch, to discuss their plans. 

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WKU professor sits across the table from Big Red and holds up two models of brains.

 

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 Neuroscience

Gordon C. Baylis

Attention  Perception 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/Aging Psychology

Andrew Mienaltowski

Lifespan Social Cognition Lab

Yes

Yes

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Katrina Burch

Discrimination and Work-Life Lab

Yes

Yes

Neuroscience/Perception

Farley Norman

Vision & Haptics Lab

Maybe

No

Social Psychology

Aaron Wichman

Social Cognition Lab

Yes

Yes

 


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 Last Modified 10/4/24