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Student Research Opportunities
The CITL Lab invites highly motivated students to contribute to an energetic team working on a variety of real-world projects.
Who is eligible to become a Lab member?
We have different projects available for all interested students. We prefer students who would like to commit about a year to our research lab, if possible. We know it is hard to make a long-term commitment but conducting this research requires a certain level of training on our end to prepare students to work with the data. It is helpful if students are aware that getting "up-and-running" is a process in our lab. We are open to students in a variety of majors, as long as they are interested in the work. However, it is important to note that the data is sensitive and unique. Individuals should be aware that they'll be examining children's individual reports of abuse, often sexual abuse, which can be triggering for some.
What kinds of research tasks do Lab members work on?
Students work on all kinds of tasks, usually connected to their interests and strengths. Some students collect data by interviewing young children in the field (like at the Children’s Museum, a local school, or over Zoom). We are currently collecting data on many forensic interviews from the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. This provides opportunities for students to get involved in this data collection, data processing, data transcribing, and data coding effort. Other students develop independent theses or projects using our criminal trials, involving coding and both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
What are the benefits of becoming a Lab member?
We have projects led by Dr. Stolzenberg, as well as doctoral students or advanced undergraduate students. Each project always has a project lead (usually a PhD student), as well as other students who support the project tasks. Our work is very collaborative. We have bi-weekly lab meetings, year-round, where we discuss project development, project progress, and current research. Graduate students also give professional development presentations (on applying to graduate school, on how to use Excel, etc.) to assist undergraduates in learning more about the research process. In addition, undergraduate students take turns talking about interesting articles or cases they reviewed during their individual projects. It is a stimulating, collaborative and community-based research lab. Most students really enjoy their experience working in the lab.
Please contact Stacia.Stolzenberg@asu.edu for more details.