Join Our Team

The success of the Culture and Personality Lab depends heavily upon the involvement of bright and motivated undergraduates, and we welcome your interest in this research and teaching laboratory. Getting involved in research is a good way to see whether psychology is for you, and if it is, to obtain the research experience and training that you will need to gain admission to psychology graduate programs or related fields of study (e.g., organizational behavior, anthropology, political science, communications).

As a research assistant in the Culture and Personality Lab, you will be working closely with other members of the laboratory (including other research assistants, graduate students, and Professor Benet-Martínez) on one or more of our on-going research projects. Your involvement may include subject scheduling and running studies. In addition, you may be asked to enter or code data, conduct basic data analysis, prepare stimuli for projects, or do literature searches.

Potential research assistants must have at least a 3.0 psychology GPA and be able to commit at least 6 hours/week for 1 year or 3 consecutive quarters. If you are interested in becoming a research assistant for the Culture and Personality Lab, the first formal step in the process is to complete an application. Upon completion, please return the application and a copy of your unofficial transcript from GROWL to Angela Nguyen's mailbox (ask the department secretary in Olmsted 1344 to place the materials in Angela's box).

Note: When inquiring about research assistant positions or submitting applications, if you do not receive a reply from us within a week, please email Angela again at anguy025@ucr.edu. Generally, we recruit and interview potential research assistants toward the end of each quarter (the last 3-4 weeks of the quarter) in preparation for the next quarter, but you can submit an application at any time. Applications are reviewed on a first-come first-served basis.