What is Research Team?

Research teams make the psychology curriculum at IthacaCollege unique, offering students the opportunity to work with their professors in the creation of original research. The experience spans three semesters with the same team and provides exposure to opportunities to learn both about the research process and about a field of interest to the student.

Our students regularly present the results of their research at psychology conferences, including the following:

·        American Psychological Association

·        Eastern Psychological Association

·        American Psychological Society

·        Society for Experimental Social Psychology

·        Society for Personality and Social Psychology

·        University of Scranton Psychology Conference

·        Eastern Colleges Science Conference

Students have also won awards for their research work from the New York State Psychological Association and from the Eastern Colleges Science Conference.

How Do You Sign Up for a Research Team?

To join a team, you need to talk to the professor who supervises that team and receive permission to join. Teams are relatively small, so there may not be room for everybody who is interested in it; that is why it is essential that you talk to the professor. It is also a good idea to talk to students on the teams that interest you. They can give you a good idea of what you will do as a member of that team. When you have decided which team you would like to join, you must rank order all of your preferences in this form. You must rank order every team. Login and password information will be provided by Judy Smith via e-mail prior to making your selection.

In order to be part of most teams, students need to have completed the Statistics. In addition, students must either have completed Research Methods or be enrolled in it during their first semester on the team. If you have questions about this, you should talk to the professor.

Once you have been selected to join a team, you register for it as you would for any class. The course number is PSYC-30200. The section number is the same as the team number; it appears in the description of each team to the left.