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Research Opportunities

Explore research interests, experiences, and projects of faculty labs. Join discussions on the importance of research experience. Learn more about current and future opportunities for graduate studies. Guest speakers provide insights for various routes.

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Research Opportunities

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  1. Research Opportunities In the Psychology and Sociology Department

  2. Agenda • Review of faculty research interests • Student representatives from labs share their experiences, discuss current/future opportunities • Two guests discuss the importance of obtaining research experience for both research/PhD routes and non-research clinical routes to graduate school

  3. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Nancy Alvarado-Areas of expertise: Cognitive, Emotion, ExperimentalPsychology. • Research Interests: Cognition and emotion, facial expression, categorization and naming, human-computer interaction and affective computing. • Recruits new assistants: First week of each quarter. (on leave fall 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 10. • Current Research Projects: Cold Pressor Pain Study

  4. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Bettina Casad-Areas of expertise:Social, Experimental, Physiological, Applied Psychology. • Research Interests: Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; race and gender stereotype violation; social norms; implicit attitudes; psychology of women/gender. • Recruits new assistants: apply in Spring/Summer, begin in Fall. • Approximate number of assistants: 10-15. • Current Research Projects: Students’ Experiences in Math and Science Study; Engineering/Biology Research Teams; Robotics Education through Active Learning; Various studies on stereotype threat

  5. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Erika DeJonghe- Areas of expertise: ClinicalPsychology. • Research Interests: Child psychology; intimate partner violence; violent and aggressive behavior; psychotherapy with children and families. • Recruits new assistants: As needed (on leave spring 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 5-10. • Current Research Projects: Assessment of the ADVANCE Program (under-representation of women among STEM faculty); Aggressive Behavior via Electronic Media; Empire Study (prevalence of partner violence in the Inland Empire)

  6. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Juliana Fuqua-Areas of expertise: Developmental, HealthPsychology. • Research Interests: Primary interest: Environment-mind-body links (e.g., commuting and stress). Secondary interest: Adolescent risky behavior (e.g., substance use, adolescent pregnancy, identification with at-risk peer groups); evaluation of teams (e.g., adolescent health teams); Other interests: topics related to developmental psychology and health psychology. • Recruits new assistants: usually end of spring, sometimes as needed.(on leave spring 2012) • Approximate number of assistants: 2-4 • Current Research Projects: Commuting stress

  7. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Jeffery S. Mio- Areas of expertise: Clinical, Multicultural, Applied Cognitive/Social, Political Psychology. • Research Interests: Metaphor usage, particularly in politics; cross-cultural issues; development of allies across demographic groups. • Recruits new assistants: in Spring to begin in Fall. • Approximate number of assistants: 3-5. • Current Research Projects: Metaphor Studies

  8. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Jill Nemiro-Areas of expertise: Organizational Psychology, Program Evaluation.  • Research Interests: Organizational and team creativity; high-performance teams; virtual teams; program evaluation; qualitative research methodology. • Recruits new assistants: As needed, usually once a year in the Fall.  • Approximate number of assistants: 2-4 (on leave winter & spring 2013) • Current Projects: School Robotics Initiative (SRI), to work on the SRI project, you need to have taken PSY 430; Science Teams; Assessment of the ADVANCE Mentoring Program. • NEW organizational psychology professor Dr. Sara Langford begins in fall 2012!

  9. Faculty with Research Labs • Dr. Nicholas Von Glahn- Areas of expertise:Cognitive, Behavioral, Experimental Psychology. • Research Interests: Memory, memory judgments, false memory, cognitive aging, courtroom psychology, as well as human and animal learning. • Recruits new assistants: Every quarter as needed • Approximate number of assistants: 5 • Current Research Projects: Emotional Memory

  10. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Lori Barker. Areas of expertise:Clinical, MulticulturalPsychology. • Research Interests: Child & adolescent psychology/psychotherapy; multicultural issues; community psychology. • Recruits new assistants: As needed. • Approximate number of assistants: 2-8 • Current Research Projects: The Impact of the Obama Presidency

  11. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Felicia F. Thomas-Areas of expertise: Clinical, MulticulturalPsychology. • Research Interests: Post-traumatic stress disorder; child psychopathology; ethnic identity; Black psychology; school-based interventions; social perceptions and racism; complicated bereavement. Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Friendmobile, online learning

  12. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. James W. Sturges-Areas of expertise: Clinical, Health Psychology. • Research Interests: Clinical child psychology; pediatric psychology; health promotion; smoking prevention; HIV prevention; painful medical procedures. • Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Survey on Emotion Regulation

  13. Faculty with Periodic Projects • Dr. Susan N. Siaw--Areas of expertise: DevelopmentalPsychology. • Research Interests: Cognitive development during childhood; memory and mnemonic strategies; intelligence; academic dishonesty. • Recruits new assistants: as needed • Approximate number of assistants: as needed • Current Research Projects: Deindividuation

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