Contact person's name

Wei Wang

Email address

wwang37@uiuc.edu

How many credits students could sign up for

In all cases, preference is given to people signing up for 3 credits (9 hours a week) and who will work in the lab for 2 semesters (on semester of 3912 and another of 4905 work). (This structure allows the students to learn to do research over an extended period of time, and to acquire subsequently greater lab responsibilities; it also allows the supervisors to get to know thr research assistants well and to assess their potential for graudte school confidently)

Requirements for application

High motivation and conscientiousness. Good GPA.
Short description of the research area students would be involved with: Social psychology; communication and attitude change; applications to AIDS and health prevention, including alcohol in college. For more information, visit Dr. Dolores Albarracin's web page.

Short description of the work

Running fun persuasion experiments on how to change people's attitudes (ideology, intentions to perform a given behavior, attitudes towards drinking, etc.), developing research stimuli and other materials, participating in a field study on AIDS prevention, entering data, conducting library research, scheduling research participants, interviewing participants in the field, playing confederate roles.

If there is any possibility of working on a senior thesis

Yes, there is a possibility.

Number of positions available

We have a total of 12 positions in any given semester.