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PSY 357 Looking at the World Through Arabic and English Eyes
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Faculty:
Jamie Pennebaker, Ph.D.
Contact:
Cindy K. Chung cindyk.chung@mail.utexas.edu
Description:
Have you ever noticed how your personality changes when you speak in one language versus another? Are you interested in how the words you use reflect your psychological states? This project invites you to be a part of a team that examines how the words people use reflect their personalities and psychological states across Arabic and English texts. Using computerized text analyses, we are building models to automatically detect psychological features in political speeches, health-related websites, literature, personal blogs, and other types of online social communication. This is a large-scale, multi-department, and multi-university project. If you have some experience with the Arabic language, your input will be highly valued.!
Qualifications:
If you have a very basic ability to read Arabic and would like to gain research experience for graduate, law, or medical school, this is the research position for you. The time commitment is 8 hours per week, with a huge amount of flexibility in scheduling those hours around classes and work. We’re looking for someone who is reliable, takes initiative, and is not afraid to ask questions.
Duties:
You will have the opportunity to collect and analyze news articles, political speeches, health-related websites, literature, and blogs. You will be taught basic text analytic skills in order to contribute to discussions with the project coordinator and other students.
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