Jobs & Summer Internships

(Last Updated: 5/22/24)

NOTE: These opportunities are not approved for the internship requirement in the psychology major.  For more information about that requirement, please click here.

DISCLAIMER: Listed here are a variety of unsolicited job and internship position announcements outside Marist College, which have been received by the Psychology Department.  We are providing this information for any student who may be interested in exploring these opportunities.  The Psychology Department neither vets nor endorses these experiences.

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Outside Employment Opportunities

Summer Employment Opportunity at Children's Corps

Application Deadline: May 26, 2024

Children’s Corps is eager to share our exciting employment opportunity with students who are graduating soon. Embarking on your first job out of college can be daunting -- Children’s Corps is here to help. Start your professional career by completing their three-week training academy with other corps members who are also starting out in the field of Child Welfare. Build your team and learn how Children’s Corps provides unwavering support at all times.

Click here to go to their website and apply.

Associate in Research (Acting Lab Manager): Duke University

The Mind & Culture (MAC) Lab, directed by Dr. Dorsa Amir in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University seeks a full-time Associate in Research (acting Lab Manager) beginning ideally August 2024 (flexible). The initial appointment will be for one year, with the possibility to extend for additional years based on performance and funding. 
 
The Associate in Research/Lab Manager will manage all aspects of the research program at the MACLab, which investigates cultural influence on the development of behavior, preferences, and decision-making using the tools of experimental psychology and anthropology. Importantly, the candidate should be comfortable travelling both locally and internationally to countries such as Ecuador, Kenya, and Namibia.
 
Responsibilities Include:

• Overseeing day-to-day lab operations, including participant recruitment
• Designing, running, and analyzing experiments with children and adults. As is the norm in developmental psychology, data collection with children involves regular weekend and afternoon testing dates (which will always count toward weekly hours), and driving to and from testing sites
• Coordinating, training, and proactively working with motivated undergraduate research assistants
• Maintaining IRB protocols, budgeting and expenses for internal and external grants, website updates, undergraduate award applications, lab purchases, etc.
• Assisting in planning lab events, social brown bag events, invited speakers, and trainings
• Traveling internationally to collaborate with teams, train research assistants, and collect data from participants outside of the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in psychology, anthropology, or a related discipline 
• One or more years of research experience, preferably with children
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills and the ability to work independently
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and writing skill
• Extremely efficient in email correspondence
• Familiarity with Qualtrics for survey design, and R for data analysis

This position offers substantial research experience and would be perfect for someone highly motivated to undertake graduate study (in developmental psychology or otherwise). The Associate in Research/Lab Manager will be involved with scientific presentations, manuscripts, and they will start their own projects in collaboration with Dr. Amir and her students and Postdoctoral scholars. 

Click here to apply via the Academic Jobs Online system.

This is a full time, non-exempt position, eligible for all Duke benefits. The initial appointment will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal, dependent on successful performance and funding.  Only applicants that have applied through Academic Jobs Online will be reviewed. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. If you are not able to upload your application materials or if letter writers would prefer to upload their letters directly, please complete your application and email those materials to Meghann Koffi to be uploaded manually.

Lab Manager: Boston University

Dr. Kathleen Corriveau and the Social Learning Lab at Boston University are hiring a resourceful and enthusiastic full-time Lab Manager. The lab is interested in the development of social cognition in formal and informal learning environments.
 
Responsibilities will include: onboarding, supervising, and training research assistants, facilitating partnerships with schools and other local institutions, recruiting participants, coordinating online and in-person testing logistics and scheduling, assisting with paperwork for IRB compliance, managing lab expenses, assisting with data collection and analysis, facilitating weekly lab meetings, and planning social and community events for our lab.
 
Required Qualifications

• BA/BS in Education, Psychology, Human Development, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of prior research experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to use effective time management to ensure the tasks and goals for multiple projects are completed in order of priority.
• Excellent cultural sensitivity.
• Ability to use, learn, and/or troubleshoot essential software such as the Microsoft Office suite, SPSS, Qualtrics, R, etc.
• Ability to work occasional weekends or longer hours as needed.
• Current work eligibility in the United States. 

Time and Compensation

• Expected start date: Summer or Fall, 2024
• 40 hours a week, M-F 9am-5pm
• Yearly Salary: $50,000

Please submit the following materials to learnlab@bu.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

1. CV or Resume
2. Cover letter detailing interest in the position, previous research experience, and career goals