Psychology Jobs, Internships, etc.

This site is intended for the use of psychology majors at The College of Wooster.  We cannot respond to inquiries from students at other schools. The College of Wooster's Sophomore Research Program is available to students each semester and in the summer. APA maintains a list of research and internship opportunities.  It is worth a visit. LOOKING FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT? Career Services receives summer job postings on a daily basis.  Many of them are at various summer camps throughout the U.S.  Other jobs are unique and may be related to a future career.  Stop by Career Services and ask to look at the Summer Camp and Jobs folders to find an opportunity that suits you.    THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFICE has an opening for an Office Assistant starting Fall Semester ‘08.  If you are interested in working with the IPO next year, please review the job description, apply at the Student Employment Office, and contact the IPO for details.  All applications should be in to the SEO by Friday, April 25th.  Rising juniors with an international experience are encouraged to apply. Contact the IPO with any questions.   SPEND THE SUMMER WORKING WITH GIFTED & TALENTED YOUTH The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth is seeking enthusiastic staff to work in their summer programs.  CTY offers intense 3- week academic programs for highly talented elementary, middle, and high school students from across the country and around the world. They are looking for Resident Assistants and Residential Program Assistants for their multiple locations which include CA, HI, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, RI, Mexico, China, & Spain. Working with potential mentors and highly motivated students, staff will observe and practice effective teaching, residential, and supervisory skills and strategies, and take on an appropriate level of responsibility for his or her experience level. To review full job descriptions, salary, and responsibilities, learn about additional opportunities, and download applications, please visit:  http://www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment   Non-paid Internship - Harvard   Professor Daniel Gilbert's Hedonic Psychology Lab at Harvard University is accepting applications for volunteer research assistants for the summer.  The ideal candidate is a motivated undergraduate or recent graduate with a keen interest in social psychology.  Experience is an asset but not necessary.  Currently, the lab is actively researching topics relating to affective forecasting, the role of alternatives in well-being, and judgment and decision making. Interns work approximately 30 hours a week, which includes data collection, analysis and lab meetings. For more information, please email gilbertlab.summer08@gmail.com.  To apply please send a CV, unofficial grade report and your proposed start and stop dates to gilbertlab.summer08@gmail.com Summer Internship opportunity at Automaticity in Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion Lab at Yale University The Automaticity in Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion (ACME; http://pantheon.yale.edu/~jab257/home.html) Lab, under the direction of Dr. John Bargh, at Yale University is looking for bright, motivated research assistants interested in getting hands-on experience in psychological research to apply to our summer 2008 internship program. This is an volunteer intership program in which we aim to immerse our interns in every aspect of the research process, including hypothesis generation (in the lines of research we are currently pursuing), designing the study, creating the materials for the study, running the study, entering the data, doing data analysis and writing), all while working closely with our graduate students and post-doc.  The dates of the program are June 15th-August 16, and we generally prefer a full-time commitment, though dates and daily schedules are flexible to accomodate your needs.   Undergraduates interested in pursuing graduate studies in Psychology or Cognitive Science are especially encouraged to apply. If you would like to apply find out more information about this internship program, please e-mail randy.stein@yale.edu with a statement of interest, resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information.  Our policy is to use rolling admissions, so please apply as soon as you can.  Please also feel free to e-mail me with any questions. Randy Stein Graduate Student Yale University     Summer Internships Available at the Health & Psychophysiology Lab at Harvard University  We are currently accepting applications for summer interns at the Health and Psychophysiology Lab at Harvard University. We offer a ten-week summer internship program designed for undergraduates who are interested in conducting research at the intersection of social psychology, emotion, psychophysiology, and neuroendocrinology. Interns work approximately 30 hours a week, which includes weekly tutorials and lab meetings. Most interns receive funding from their own university, but there will be a few stipends available. If you are interested in applying to be a summer intern, please email your resume/vita to the Lab Manager, Carrigan Denny-Brown, carrigandb@wjh.harvard.edu

Send additions, corrections, and comments to: Gary Gillund Psychology Home The College of Wooster The programs listed below are typically available every summer. NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Emory's SURE program. APA's Summer Science Fellowship. Center for Behavioral Neurosciences BRAIN summer program. Each year there is a Summa Summer Fellowship program in Akron (for current undergrador graduate students and for students who will graduate just before the summer starts) that provides a paid summer research experience. The pay is around $7-8/hour and the positions are for six 40-hour weeks. Often there is the possibility of doing twelve 20-hour weeks. It is a yearly program. The announcement usually goes out in January.