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Note: We currently do not have any paid and/or remote positions available for Summer 2024. We do not allow volunteer (unpaid) summer internships, in line with Yale Department policies. Please let us know in the application form the future semesters you are potentially interested in being considered for (eg: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, etc.) and we will get in touch when there are additional opportunities.
PROSPECTIVE LAB MANAGERS
We are hiring!
Lab Manager & Programmer Position
Implicit Social Cognition Lab
http://www.fergusonlab.com/
PI: Professor Melissa Ferguson
Yale University
Psychology Department
Start date: ASAP (but with some flexibility).
This position is full-time (40 hrs/week). Pay is competitive and dependent on prior experience and qualifications. Three professional references are required.
Please apply here.
We will start reviewing applications on March 22, 2024 on a rolling basis.
You also do not have to be a student at Yale to come work in the lab! We occasionally have paid positions for applicants who are not currently enrolled at Yale but are in the New Haven area.
For any questions, please contact the PI, melissa.ferguson@yale.edu
PROSPECTIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Dear undergraduate students who might be interested in applying to be a research assistant in our lab:
Come join us in studying how people form and then update their implicit attitudes and beliefs about individuals, groups, academics, artwork, and robots (and more).
We are recruiting undergraduate students to become research assistants (RAs) in the Implicit Social Cognition Lab in the Psychology Department at Yale University. We have ongoing projects on the implicit and explicit cognitive processes underlying first impressions, self-control, and prejudice. We are focusing on how and when we can change implicit cognition toward individuals and groups, and in particular how we might reduce implicit prejudice and bias. For descriptions of our current work and papers, please see the sections PAPERS and RESEARCH.
What are we looking for in prospective RAs? You do not need to have any prior experience working in a research lab and you do not need to be a psychology major. We are looking for students who are interested in learning about how psychological science is conducted. As an RA, you will be working with me as well as with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers working in the lab. Every week, you will be a part of our lab meeting where we discuss all the nuts and bolts of identifying an interesting idea, testing it, and generating conclusions. Some of the tasks you might gain experience in include generating and testing research ideas, designing studies, data collection and coding, statistical analysis, scientific writing and presenting, and more.
Becoming an RA in the lab can be a springboard to doing an honors thesis or preparing to apply to graduate school in psychology, or other social sciences, medical school, or law school.
You also do not have to be a student at Yale to come work in the lab! We occasionally have paid positions for applicants who are not currently enrolled at Yale but are in the New Haven area.
We are committed to creating and participating in a supportive, diverse, and welcoming lab environment where everyone’s ideas and experiences are respected. We are interested in RAs with diverse backgrounds, interests, and skills. We also strive to make our science as transparent as possible, and are committed to open science best practices, including pre-registration and sharing of data, code, and materials.
If you are interested, please submit the completed application!
Please contact me at melissa.ferguson[at]yale.edu with any questions about the lab!
Many thanks,
Melissa
PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dear potential grad student applicants:
We are recruiting doctoral students at the Implicit Social Cognition Lab in the Psychology Department at Yale University. Our lab has ongoing projects on the implicit and explicit cognitive processes underlying first impressions, self-control, and prejudice. Our main projects right now are about how and when people change their implicit cognition toward individuals and groups (and other targets, such as artwork and robots). We are also actively working on when and how people can reduce implicit prejudice and bias toward outgroups. For descriptions of our current research and papers, please see the sections PAPERS and RESEARCH.
What am I looking for in prospective grad students? The graduate students in my lab have had very different backgrounds and routes to graduate school. There is no specific template that a student needs to fit. That said, there are some basic themes that I look for in prospective students. I am looking for applicants with at least some experience doing independent research, for example through completing an honors thesis project during undergraduate or through some other experience. I am especially interested in applicants who can show that they are passionate about psychology and about figuring out how to translate ideas into testable studies that will contribute to theory about how the mind works.
Our lab studies implicit social cognition, and we are focusing now on ideas related to changing implicit social cognition. If you think you might want to study a topic that could be related to this, please get in touch with me!
We are committed to creating a supportive, diverse, and welcoming lab environment where everyone’s ideas and experiences are respected. We also strive to make our science as transparent as possible, and are committed to open science best practices, including pre-registration and sharing of data, code, and materials.
The deadline for applying is December 1, 2023. Please see our Psychology Department website for more information about the doctoral program, https://psychology.yale.edu, with details about applying here, https://psychology.yale.edu/graduate/admissions/applying-admission.
Here is the link for submitting your application through the graduate school: https://gsas.yale.edu/admission
Thanks! Please contact Fredericka Grant (Fredericka.Grant@yale.edu) for any questions about the application process.
Thanks,
Melissa