Professor Barry Godolphin Student Research Assistantship

What: (Total amount available) approximately $400.00

Who: Undergraduate SSU psychology Majors

When: Spring Semester, 2008

Why: Support collaborative empirical psychology research projects with psychology department faculty members

How: Write an application letter addressing the requirements listed below.

Deadline for applications: TBA

First priority will be given to projects that are outside of any course requirements in which statistical analyses will be used to analyze the data. Qualitative research projects or literature reviews are also appropriate. Projects can be either student or faculty initiated.

Second priority will be given to travel to conferences to present empirical research.

To apply, write a one to two page letter addressing the following:

• Any previous research experience
• Your research plan
• A short description of your project
• A timetable for the semester
• A faculty sponsor's recommendation and signature

Please submit your letters to Laurel McCabe, Chair of the Psychology Department. Each application requires a faculty sponsor's signature and recommendation.

For more information, please contact Heather Smith.

Spring 2007 Recipient: Ray Parr
(Faculty Advisor: Heather Smith)
Project Title: College Friendship Network Diversity, Current Closeness and Graduates' Political Attitudes

Spring 2007 Recipient: Jordan Howell
(Faculty Advisor: Glenn Brassington)
Project Title: What athletes anticipate missing when they retire from college sports

Spring 2006 Recipient: Aura Lopez-Diaz
(Faculty Advisor: Heather Smith)
Project Title: What Motivates College Students to Report Cheating?: The Influence of Shared Group Membership

Spring 2005 Recipient: Jeremy Tucker
(Faculty Advisor: Glenn Brassington)
Project Title: Habitual Sleep Deprivation and Mood States in College Students
Who Are Satisfied With Their Sleep

Spring 2005 Recipient: Lew Brown
(Faculty Advisor: Heather Smith)
Project Title: Fight, Flight, Comply or Assist: Observers' reactions to authority conflicts

Spring 2004 Recipient: Shannon K. Grady
(Faculty Advisor: Elisa Velasquez)
Project Title: Teaching Multicultural Diversity in Psychology Classes

Spring 2004 Recipient: Wendy Zepeda
(Faculty Advisor: Elisa Velasquez)
Project Title: Retention of First Generation, Low-Income First Year SSU Students

Spring 2003 Recipient: Judith Eggenberger Carroll
(Faculty Advisor: Susan Hillier)
Project Title: Gerotranscendence and Successful Coping Among Recent Widows
(Data from this project is published as a paper in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology)