Mentor Areas
Dr. Albarracín studies the impact of communication and persuasion on human behavior and the formation of beliefs, attitudes, and goals, particularly those that are socially beneficial (e.g., health promotion in the area of vaccines, HIV, lifestyle, and substance use). The lab also has projects on conspiracy theories and interactions with public health agencies, including how to improve communication policy through the use of social media in rural and urban areas of the United States. In addition to an interest in basic attitudinal processes and health promotion, she is interested in finding ways of curbing misinformation. Dr. Albarracin's research team includes researchers with diverse expertise, including informatics, economics, psychology, neuroscience, and statistics. Students working in the lab can thus get interdisciplinary research experience and be mentored by several researchers.
Description:
Projects will vary. Interested students should contact us to discuss possibilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Although students working in our lab will participate in different projects depending on the research interests and skills, excellent organizational skills are required. For some projects, basic notions of research design and data analysis (e.g., having taken statistics) are required as well. Students will be expected to work on questionnaire design, communication with participants and participating agencies, data collection, as well as data entry and management. We will provide training on experimental tasks (e.g., EEG preparation and eye tracking) and proper experimental control. A two-semester commitment and 9 hours a week including research meetings are required.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. The Social Action Lab
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.