ResearchPsychological Science
Research Apprenticeship Opportunities (PSY 290)
PSY 290 is for students interested in collaborating with a faculty member on a research project in the faculty member’s area of research expertise. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with extensive experiences in a particular area of research which can be useful in various ways including preparing the student to conduct subsequent independent research.
If this sounds like something you’d like to pursue, please review the lab descriptions below and identify a faculty member who has research interests that align with your own, set up a meeting with them to discuss their current projects and whether they currently have open 290 positions. They can also tell you the next steps to sign up for PSY 290.
Psychological Science Laboratories
Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
Faculty: Dr. Kelle Nett
Contact: kellenett@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 215
Topics: Decision-making, inhibitory control, goal-directed behaviors
Critical Perspectives Laboratory
Faculty: Dr. Jaren Crist
Contact: jarencrist@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 316
Topics: Social Justice, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Psychology
Center for Developmental Science
Faculty: Dr. Kyle Chambers (Dr. Chambers is on leave as Dean in the Provost's Office)
Contact: kchamber@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 109
Website: https://gustavus.edu/developmentalscience
Topics: cognitive development, language learning, data visualization, and exhibit & program evaluation for the Childrens’ Museum of Southern Minnesota
Gender and Help-Seeking Lab
Faculty: Dr. Patrick Heath
Contact: pheath@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 105
Topics: mental health stigma, men and masculinities, self-compassion, and help-seeking decisions
HolmLab
Faculty: Dr. Lucie Holmgreen (Dr. Holmgreen is on leave for Spring and Fall 2024)
Contact: lholmgr3@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 312
Topics: Sexual violence perpetration, rape myths, attachment
Memory & Cognition Lab
Faculty: Dr. Jennifer Ackil (Dr. Ackil is on sabbatical for Spring 2025)
Contact: jackil@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 314
Topics: human memory processes, including specifically autobiographical remembering and false memory development
Perception & Attention (PAtt) Labs
Faculty: Dr. Lauren N. Hecht (Dr. Hecht is on sabbatical for the 2024/25 academic year)
Contact: lhecht@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 316
Topics: perceptual organization in vision, attentional selection, crossmodal attention, and multimodal attention
Identity and Emotion Lab
Faculty: Dr. Marie Walker
Contact: mwalker@gustavus.edu
Location: Beck 314
Topics: political identity development; emotional self-regulation, including meditation practices; microaggression and microaffirmation