Take full advantage of the different kinds of academic experiences the Department offers by becoming an active member of our intellectual community.
- Get involved in one of our research labs and try to get involved early on in your undergraduate career. You will find this experience to be invaluable.
- Get to know some of the faculty. One of the best ways to do this is to volunteer in a lab. All of our faculty are accessible to undergraduates but you must seek them out. Doing so is worth the effort. Faculty members can serve as unofficial advisors and can often provide letters of recommendation for jobs or graduate programs.
- Get to know some of the graduate students, many of whom you will meet as Teaching Assistants or Teaching Fellows or by taking advanced courses. Graduate students can give you advice about applying to graduate school.
- Undergraduates are welcome at our colloquia; see the calendar of invited speakers.
Fall, 2009 Research Lab Opportunities for Undergraduates
Earn Money or Research Credits
The Psychology Department at Boston College frequently conducts research studies on a variety of topics. Interested in contributing to scientific research and earning money at the same time?
Click on the lab for current studies and opportunities to participate.
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab
Emotion and Social Cognition Lab
Research Assistantships
Some faculty and graduate students have openings for research assistants. To forward your interest in research to their attention, please complete our Application for Research Assistantship form.
Available Research Assistant Positions
The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, directed by Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, seeks a number of committed, capable students to work as research assistants starting in September, 2009. Our laboratory uses a multi-method approach (including social cognitive methods, psychophysiology and functional neuroimaging) to investigate questions related to the nature of affect and emotion. Research assistants enroll in PS206 for 3 credits each term. To apply for a position, or for more information, contact the lab coordinator, Janine Vlassakis at janine.vlassakis.1@bc.edu. Applications should include a resume/CV and your overall and major GPA. We will consider applications until the positions are filled.
The Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience laboratory, directed by Elizabeth Kensinger, combines behavioral testing with functional neuroimaging approaches to examine how adults remember personally important and emotionally meaningful experiences. Our laboratory is seeking an undergraduate student who is interested in learning more about functional neuroimaging (MRI) and in assisting with task administration during MRI scans. The student must be available on Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 9am-2pm in order to attend our MRI sessions, which take place at the Charlestown, MA campus of Massachusetts General Hospital (accessible by public transportation). For more information, or to apply, please email canlab@bc.edu and include "MRI research assistant position" in the subject heading.