Research in the Department of Psychology

 

Be a Research Participant The faculty in the UMKC Department of Psychology are active researchers in the field of psychology. Our research spans many areas, from health issues such as smoking, obesity, and HIV, to how the brain handles emotion and sensation. We often need volunteers to participate in our studies. Different studies have different requirements regarding such things as who can participate, what participants will be required to do, and compensation. If you are a student who's instructor offers extra credit for research participation, or if you simply want to see what psychology research is like, we invite you to participate in ongoing research projects in the UMKC Department of Psychology. Students may now use our new online research participant recruitment system (the "Psych Pool") to sign up to participate in research in our department. Using this system, you may view a list of current experiments and even sign up to participate. If you are enrolled in a class in which your instructor is offering credit for research participation, then you may be able to use the system to receive credit for participating. Just go to the Psych Pool home page for instructions on how to sign up.   Be a Student Researcher Undergraduate psychology majors interested in joining one of the research groups in our department should contact the group's director for more information. A list of department laboratories may be found on our Research Labs page. You should also fill out the PSYCH 490 (Directed Individual Research) application and give this to the faculty member with whom you'd like to work. Anyone conducting research at UMKC (e.g., principal investigators, graduate & undergraduate research assistants) should complete the Research Protections Training Program. It is also recommended that research personnel complete the HIPAA Web-Based Tutorial.   Resources SEARCH: Students Engaged in Artistic and Academic Research A UMKC organization promoting involvement in research by undergraduate students. Visit this site for student grant information and to sign up as a mentor or student participant. ORS: UMKC Office of Research Services PsycInfo database (UMKC access) ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index) Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Medline Database

Last updated: November 26, 2008