Tuesday Newsday: February 1, 2022

For anyone paying attention to my email I meant *students (not student's). Ugh moment.  Keep reading, I'm sure there are more errors to be found....

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

Welcome Beatriz Peralta! 

We are excited to welcome Beatriz Peralta as a new Administrative Support Coordinator in the PSYCD Department.  Beatriz will be your main point of contact for ICMA questions, course substitutions, and permission codes.  Please address questions about those topics to her at bperal01@calpoly.edu.

Summer 2022 Course Schedule Survey

Summer Session planning is Happening NOW and we need your INPUT!  Please complete this survey to provide feedback on potential course offerings. You can scan the QR code below or use this link:  Summer 2022 Survey

FIELDWORK INTERNSHIPS: LIMITED TO SENIORS

• Fieldwork internships will be limited to students graduating in or before Fall 2022 (PSY/CD 453, 454) 
• Internship News: The deadline for placement in fieldwork internships for Spring 2022 has passed. If you need a Spring Placement to graduate, and you missed the deadline, or you have any questions or concerns, please email Dr. Garcia.  
• Only students who are graduating ON or BEFORE Fall 2022, and who will have met prerequisites prior to the beginning of their internship, will be able to get placed in Spring 2022.
• You can read more about internships, including prerequisites and field work sites, here. However, please note that some fieldwork sites on our list may be unavailable due to public health restrictions. In addition, some placements may require that interns be vaccinated.

RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS: LIMITED TO SENIORS

• Research internships will be limited to students graduating in or before Fall 2022 and to students on the PSYCD Research Track (PSY/CD 448, 449)

• To explore the possibility of a research internship, please review faculty research interests on our faculty page. Not all faculty are accepting research interns at this time. To find out whether you might join a faculty research lab, attend the office hours for professors whose research activities match your interests. 

CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES

Apply to be a CLA Peer Advisor: Applications open NOW!

For more information:  https://cla.calpoly.edu/become-cla-peer-advisor 

Direct Link to apply: http://survey.alchemer.com/s3/1235227/CLAPeerAdvisorApplication

Learn more here: https://cla.calpoly.edu/teach-in

OFF-CAMPUS RESEARCH, MENTORING, CONFERENCE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 

• CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE THAT COMPILES PAID INTERNSHIPS, CONFERENCES, GRAD SCHOOL INFORMATION SESSIONS:  www.psychresearchlist.com 

• THIS IS ALSO A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL, INTERNSHIPS, ETC.:  www.spsp.org/resources/student

Evolve: Developing Financial Literacy for Systems Change on Wednesday, Feb. 9th at 2pm PT: Building financial literacy has great potential to empower communities. Systemic inequity in our nation is often a catalyst for lack of access to financial literacy and resources that would allow the building of personal and generational wealth, widening the wealth gap. Join Yanely Espinal for this workshop as we learn more about how to empower communities through financial literacy and explore financial tips for your own life and career. Register to attend: https://engagetfa.org/TFAFinance

Teach For America Virtual Info Session on Thursday, Feb. 10th at 5pm PT: Want to launch a career of impact? Curious to learn about post-graduate career opportunities? Join us for a virtual Teach For America Info Session to learn about the work we do to pursue educational equity. This virtual event will feature Teach For America corps members and alumni who will share about their experience in the classroom, skills they gained, and how they transferred those skills to make a lifelong impact. Register here to attend and start your application to the 2022 or 2023 corps here!

2022 Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program

Applications are due 5pm, Friday February 11th, 2022. For more information, please see provost.calpoly.edu/Panetta-CIP-Main.

Stronger Together Summit, February 16th-18th

More information can be found at  https://connectingtoprotect.org/ There is a scholarship available for the conference, the application link is  https://form.jotform.com/210662477381862. 

Lab Manager - Social Learning Lab @ Stanford University

The Social Learning Lab (PI: Hyo Gweon) in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University welcomes enthusiastic, motivated individuals to apply for a lab manager position to start in summer 2022. This person will work closely with other lab members to assist in all aspects of running the lab and conducting research. Expected start date is mid June 2022 but there's some flexibility.

The goal of our research is to understand the cognitive underpinnings of our ability to learn from others and help others learn.  We employ a variety of methods, including behavioral studies with young children (age 1 - 8), in-lab and online studies with adults, neuroimaging (fMRI), and computational modeling. We are looking for someone who would feel comfortable being involved in all aspects of research (especially behavioral studies with young children) and take care of general lab business. Examples of lab business include (but are not limited to):  data collection/analysis, managing databases, training & coordinating undergraduate RAs, stimuli construction, maintaining computer software/hardware, and coordinating outreach activities, and organizing lab events. The lab has off-campus research sites in public museums, and the job will involve regular visits to these sites. Opportunities to develop independent research projects will also be available.

A BA or BS degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, or in related fields would be helpful but not required. We will consider research experience, quantitative background (statistics, data analysis), and technical skills (e.g., R, Python, Javascript), organizational skills, and communicative abilities in the selection process. (Note: The applicant should be eligible to work in the US as a full-time employee).  

To apply, please refer to Join Our Lab page on our website (http://sll.stanford.edu) for more information. Note that we ask all applicants to submit their answers to a list of questions as part of the application, along with their CV.  To ensure full consideration, please apply by Sunday, February 13, 2022. Send all inquiries to: sll.stanford@gmail.com.
 

ICIS Infancy Science Undergraduate Fellowship

The International Congress of Infant Studies is offering a limited number of grants of up to $4,000 to support undergraduate student research in infancy science during the summer of 2022. The grants will fund research with a mentor at an institution other than the student’s own.  Students should apply after they have corresponded with a prospective summer mentor and developed a plan for the summer project. 

Students are expected to work approximately 20 hours per week for 8 weeks.  A stipend of $2,400 can be requested to offset lost wages at $15 per hour.  Other expenses (e.g., transportation, internet hotspot, food, housing) can be included in the proposal, for a total budget of $4,000.  Receipts will be required for reimbursement of all non-stipend expenditures.

Students will present their work at a virtual symposium in early fall of 2022, attended by ICIS Board members, mentors, and student awardees.  Students are also encouraged to submit their work to the 2024 Congress to be held in Glasgow (they may apply for travel support).

Applications are due: February 15, 2022.

For more information and a list of mentors, please visit: https://infantstudies.org/founding-generation-fellowship-guidelines/  

UNC Chapel Hill Diversifying Psychology Weekend: April 7-9, 2022

The UNC Diversifying Psychology Weekend (DPW) is an opportunity for talented ethnic/racial minority undergraduates and college graduates invested in pursuing doctoral level training in psychology and neuroscience. This year's virtual program includes three days of seminars, panel discussions, and workshops. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to develop a competitive application, meet doctoral students and faculty from our department in formal and informal settings, and receive an introduction to our graduate training opportunities and each of our graduate research programs. This year’s DPW will invite students to explore the six graduate programs in the Psychology & Neuroscience department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Clinical, Cognitive, Social, Developmental, Quantitative Psychology, and Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience (BIN). Application deadline: January 30, 2022. Letters of recommendation and transcripts will be accepted up to one week after the application deadline (until February 6, 2022).
 
For more information and to access the application, please click here: https://psychology.unc.edu/diversifying-psychology-weekend/

If you are eligible and interested, we encourage you to apply! 

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition, directed by Dr. Adam Green, is seeking a full-time lab manager with a preferred start date of early summer 2022. Please see the attached advertisement and forward to the society listserv. For more information on the lab, see our website. With any questions, please contact Grace Porter at cnglab@georgetown.edu.

University of California, Berkeley: Language and Cognitive Development Lab Summer Internship Program

The Language and Cognitive Development Lab at UC Berkeley, under the direction of Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan, is now accepting applications for our 2022 summer internship program. Highly motivated undergraduates, graduating seniors, and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Our lab explores how linguistic, cognitive, and social abilities arise during human development and a central goal of our research is exploring how these different aspects of development interact with one another.

The 9-week internship will be from May 31st to July 29th 2022. Interns will be expected to work 30 hours/week and will be offered a $3,375 stipend. Depending on public health conditions, this internship may be virtual or onsite; an announcement will be made closer to the start date. 

Interns will work closely with the lab manager, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and each other, and will meet with Professor Srinivasan to discuss their research. Interns will be involved in many facets of the research process, such as: assisting with data collection, running studies at local schools and museums, working on stimuli creation and preparation of study materials, reading relevant theoretical and empirical papers, recruiting participants, and processing or analyzing data. The goal of this program is to provide a comprehensive, hands-on research experience to students, while making valuable contributions to cognitive science.

Please refer to https://lcdlab.berkeley.edu/summer-internship/ for more information and application instructions. The application deadline is March 14th 8:00 AM PDT.
Please direct any questions to Grace Horton at lcdmanager@berkeley.edu.

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