Undergraduate Research Assistants

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Research Assistant Accomplishments

Along with volunteering their time in the Child Maltreatment Lab, many previous RAs have been active in campus and community programs, working and volunteering at places such as CEDARS, Bryan LGH, The Friendship Home, Voices of Hope, Child Guidance, and the Lincoln Regional Center.  Additionally, several RAs in our lab have obtained McNair and UCARE Awards, as well as being involved in the Senate for Psi Chi and the Undergraduate Psychology Organization (UPO). Through their numerous experiences with research and clinical work, several prior research assistants in the Child Maltreatment Lab have gone on to be successful in research positions, Clinical Psychology Ph.D and Master's level graduate school programs (see Previous Research Assistants).  

Research Assistant Responsibilities

Our research assistants were assigned to a wide variety of responsibilities, with consideration of individual student preferences and interests, as well as the needs of the Child Maltreatment lab's projects. 

Some common RA responsibilities have included:

  • Facilitating pro-social play groups for non-offending children during Project SAFE meetings
  • Aiding in data collection from families who are participating in Project SAFE research
  • Coding, scoring, and entering data 
  • Mentoring/ training new RAs
  • Organizing and maintaining lab documents and databases

 

Previous Research Assistants

Katherine Kastrup

Mackenzie Kuphal

Madi Lawler

Monica Moreno

Skylar Murphy

Amanda Nelson

Claire Patnode

Ryan Salvatori

Richelle Schmidt

Shelby Tuder

Tanisha Talib