PSY 357 The UT Experience!
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Faculty:
Kim Fromme, Ph.D.
Contact:
Marc Kruse, kruse@mail.utexas.edu
Amee Patel, amee@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: 471-8993
Description:
The SAHARA Lab focuses on the study of alcohol use and other risk-taking behaviors (e.g. risky sex, aggression/violence, illicit drug use) among college students. “The UT Experience!” is a 5-year study evaluating factors that influence alcohol use and risk-taking behaviors among incoming freshmen and throughout their college careers. During Summer 2004, we will be actively recruiting incoming freshmen to participate in our study and beginning data collection on new participants.
We encourage research assistants to become actively involved in the research process, including the exploration of your own interests through the academic component of the course. During your first semester, you will be given articles related to current projects on a weekly basis. Each week, you will be asked to write a brief reaction paper and participate in a group discussion about the article with other research assistants, graduate students, and Dr. Fromme. During your second semester in our laboratory, you will have the opportunity to independently research a lab-related topic of interest to you and lead a group discussion on your topic at the end of the semester.
Qualifications:
We require a commitment of 10 hours per week for 2 consecutive semesters from all research assistants.
Duties:
Summer 2004 will be an exciting time in the SAHARA Lab. Along with SAHARA Lab staff, research assistants will spend much of the summer recruiting participants at Incoming Freshmen Orientation events. Duties will include talking to potential participants, survey administration, data entry and management, and working with Orientation staff. As we prepare for the actual launch of “The UT Experience!” research assistants will be an essential part of our team.
Other Information:
For more information, visit our website at http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/clinical/sahara/index.html
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