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Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate students are an integral part of our lab. We cannot conduct research without them. At a minimum, students learn how to administer hearing and visual screenings, a test of non-verbal intelligence, and how to prepare equipment and assist during a brain recording session. Students interact with children during recordings to keep them on track and comfortable. Depending on individual skills and desires, students can also learn to score standardized tests of language (we use the Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills), non-verbal intelligence scores, and process brain recording data. You can even consider doing an honor’s project in the lab!

Because of the amount of training involved, students are expected to commit to 2 years of lab participation. During regular semesters, students register for SLHS 498. If students are available to help during summer (many kids are out of school and we have more sessions per week!), students are paid.

To qualify students must be:

• Currently a sophomore or a very self-motivated freshman
• Have a high GPA – at least 3.7
• Be eager to learn new things about research
• Have excellent time-management skills
• Like to work with school-aged children
• Can commit to 9 hours/week (3 credits) per semester for 4 semesters
• Work well as part of a group

If you are interested or would like to learn more, please contact Dr. Natalya Kaganovich, kaganovi@purdue.edu  Make sure to attach your current CV.