The major purpose for undergraduate research is to provide an opportunity for qualified undergraduates to obtain firsthand, supervised research experiences in psychology. Students may assist professors and/or graduate students with a research project by helping to prepare the study, collect data, and/or enter data into computers.
Students can obtain pass/fail elective credit for their assistance if desired, or they can serve as a research assistant voluntarily. Whichever option is selected, obtaining research experience can be a valuable asset when applying for graduate school or jobs after graduation.
Please read each project description carefully, and contact the professor or graduate student listed for further information.
Date Posted: 3.31.25
Description: The Rhodes Memory and Metacognition Lab investigates topics related to learning, memory, metacognition, and education. Research projects involve determining which study and teaching strategies lead to the best learning and the best methods to communicate these strategies to students and educators; how people assess their own learning and use these assessments to make decisions; and how people develop various learning skills, such as problem solving and reading comprehension.
Duties: Primary duties include leading participants through experiments and data collection and organization. Other duties may include assisting with experiment development, data coding/scoring, and statistical analyses. No previous research experience is required; RAs will be trained in all of these tasks.
Minimum requirements: Dependable and conscientious students are needed. Students will be expected to maintain a consistent work schedule each week and respond to emails promptly. A GPA of 3.1 or higher is preferred and RAs must commit to a position for at least 2 semesters.
Research assistant positions open: 4-5
Contact Information: Matthew.Rhodes@colostate.edu
Application Instructions: Please email Dr. Matthew Rhodes at: Matthew.Rhodes@colostate.edu. In the email, please state your name, year in school, GPA, how many hours you would be willing to work each week, and plans after graduation.
Application Deadline: April 28, 2025
Date Posted: 3.27.25
Description: I study a unique form of familial abuse known as Parental Alienation. The research regarding sibling rejection and abuse within the context of Parental Alienation is nonexistent. This has led to the current project hoping to answer some of the following questions: Why are some siblings more susceptible to alienation than others? Why do some siblings ostracize, reject, or abuse other siblings who do not conform to their preferred family dynamic? What are the long-term impacts of this?
Duties: Duties will primarily involve coding transcribed interviews adhering to a developed and running codebook; including calibration and mediating discrepancies. You will attend occasional lab meetings virtually or in-person. In addition, research assistants may be asked to help develop and identify concepts and topics for a thematic analysis, and format APA tables and graphs.
Minimum requirements: Minimum qualifications are a 3.0 GPA; previous completion of research methods or Research Design and Analysis (e.g. PSY 250); and preferably but not required: concurrent enrollment in or previously completed social psychology lab (PSY 317).
Research assistant positions open: 2
Contact Information: Joshua Marsden; Joshua.marsden@colostate.edu
Additional Information: Learn how to critically assess and code qualitative data. Identify and interpret rich narrative data and how it advances scientific theories and applies to solving real world problems. Learn ethical and rigorous scientific methodology standards.
Application Instructions: Please contact Joshua by email regarding why you are interested, Fall classification, GPA.
Application Location: By email: joshua.marsden@colostate.edu
Application Deadline: Open until positions filled