Arts RA positions for President's Award recipients

Classical Studies

Communication Arts

English Language & Literature

Psychology

Professor / contact

Hilary Bergsieker

digrlab@uwaterloo.ca

Position available ongoing; typically two-term commitment for new lab members
Project The Diversity and Intergroup Relations Lab uses experimental social psychology research methods to investigate interactions between diverse groups of people, studying factors that make them fail or flourish. We use lab-based experiments and field studies to test how, when, and why people establish, maintain, and repair trust in others from different backgrounds. Within the Engendering Success in STEM research consortium, our work advances gender equity in STEM fields by promoting adolescent girls’ identity fit in STEM and full-time professionals’ allyship to women in STEM. 
RA tasks Students working in my lab gain broad exposure to social-psychological theory and research methodology, with advanced students engaging in data analysis as well. I personally train lab members in literature review, experimental procedure, survey design, stimuli development, participant management, data preparation, and data analysis, as well as developing their skill in using software such as Qualtrics, Ztree, MediaLab/DirectRT, Microsoft Excel, and SPSS.