{"id":33,"date":"2020-06-19T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T00:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:05:29","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Assist with Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SWELL lab&#8217;s team of highly-dedicated undergraduate research assistants (RAs) plays an essential role in conducting our research. Most of our RAs learn about our work by taking a class with Dr. Stinson, but others hear about our work through word-of-mouth or by reading this website. RAs have usually completed their first two years of University coursework, and they are often Psychology majors. Some students work with our lab on a single project for a few weeks, whereas others work in our lab on multiple projects spanning two or more years.<\/p>\n<h3>What Do Research Assistants Do?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect survey data from participants<\/li>\n<li>Code video, audio, and text<\/li>\n<li>Enter data into spreadsheets<\/li>\n<li>Help organize and co-ordinate studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why Become a Research Assistant?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about research and graduate school<\/li>\n<li>Get reference letters from professors<\/li>\n<li>Gain valuable research experience<\/li>\n<li>Make departmental contacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What are Characteristics of a Good Research Assistant?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interested in our research in social psychology<\/li>\n<li>Reliable, motivated, conscientious, flexible<\/li>\n<li>Good time management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Are there Any Open Positions for Research Assistants Right Now?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>**As of May 2025 we do not have any open positions for research assistants in our lab. When we do have open positions we will indicate that here!**<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If we have open RA positions and you would like to apply to work as an RA in the SWELL lab, please email the following information to <span style=\"color: #008080\">dstinson@uvic.ca<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A\u00a0 brief cover letter explaining why you would like to work in the SWELL lab &#8212; a few paragraphs is long enough. Your letter should also include:\n<ul>\n<li>your full name and V-number<\/li>\n<li>your email address<\/li>\n<li>your intended major<\/li>\n<li>your cumulative GPA<\/li>\n<li>your typical availability during the week (i.e., &#8220;I am usually free in the afternoons&#8221; etc) and how many hours per week you would ideally like to work<\/li>\n<li>whether you have taken any classes with Dr. Stinson, and if you have, a clear photo to help her remember you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Your Resume<\/li>\n<li>Your unofficial UVic transcript<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SWELL lab&#8217;s team of highly-dedicated undergraduate research assistants (RAs) plays an essential role in conducting our research. Most of our RAs learn about our work by taking a class with Dr. Stinson, but others hear about our work through word-of-mouth or by reading this website. RAs have usually completed their first two years of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9539,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/swell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}