Join the Lab
- Job Description (Undergraduate Research Assistant): Currently being accepted
Research assistants perform a variety of tasks, including:
- Scheduling and running participants in experiments on speech perception and production
- Transcribing and coding speech by different talkers, including mothers speech to children with hearing impairment
- Gaining experience with computer software, including tools for speech analysis
- Working closely with other undergraduates and supervisors within the lab to coordinate efforts on a given project
- Compiling published scientific research in the field to support the publications of the lab
- General assistance with lab organization
In the course of these activities, research assistants will learn about many new areas of communication including language development in children with speech, hearing, and/or language disorders and their typical development. A current exciting project in our lab which is funded by the National Institutes of Health focuses on how mother/infant interactions affect language development outcomes when the child has a hearing disability. In addition, research assistants will be learning about how adults process and comprehend spoken language. These activities will allow the right candidates to learn about the process of doing research and permit engagement in professional development and other activities which typically prepare students well for graduate school and the working world. Obtaining research experience is viewed very favorably by graduate school admissions committees.
Hours are arranged and can often be scheduled around your classes and other commitments.
A commitment of approximately 8-10 hrs/wk (min: 5, max: 20) is required, with a preference given to
applicants who commit to work for at least two semesters is required. Research assistantships are available on a volunteer basis
or for credit to undergraduate students.
- To apply for a research assistant position, please email Dr. Matt Lehet (lehetmat@msu.edu) with a short response (1-5 sentences) to each of the following:
- Name, major, GPA (in major and overall), and planned graduation date
- Statement of why this job interests you
- Academic time commitment: planned course sequence for 2017-18, including number of credit hours
- Extracurricular time commitment: statement of college honors and/or activities (with #hrs/wk)
- High school activities and/or honors
- Range of hours you could commit for Fall and Spring (and/or Summer) semesters, and preferred (ideal) number of hours
- Contact info for two (unrelated) references
- (Optional) resume/CV
- Whether you wish to be considered for a research assistantship on a volunteer basis or for credit
- If you have previously been involved in the research lab, average number of hours you have spent in the lab for each week
you worked in the lab
- Job Description (Undergraduate Research Assistant): Currently being accepted
-
Research assistants perform a variety of tasks, including:
- Scheduling and running participants in experiments on speech perception and production
- Transcribing and coding speech by different talkers, including mothers speech to children with hearing impairment
- Gaining experience with computer software, including tools for speech analysis
- Working closely with other undergraduates and supervisors within the lab to coordinate efforts on a given project
- Compiling published scientific research in the field to support the publications of the lab
- General assistance with lab organization
- In the course of these activities, research assistants will learn about many new areas of communication including language development in children with speech, hearing, and/or language disorders and their typical development. A current exciting project in our lab which is funded by the National Institutes of Health focuses on how mother/infant interactions affect language development outcomes when the child has a hearing disability. In addition, research assistants will be learning about how adults process and comprehend spoken language. These activities will allow the right candidates to learn about the process of doing research and permit engagement in professional development and other activities which typically prepare students well for graduate school and the working world. Obtaining research experience is viewed very favorably by graduate school admissions committees.
Hours are arranged and can often be scheduled around your classes and other commitments.
- A commitment of approximately 8-10 hrs/wk (min: 5, max: 20) is required, with a preference given to
applicants who commit to work for at least two semesters is required. Research assistantships are available on a volunteer basis
or for credit to undergraduate students.
- To apply for a research assistant position, please email Dr. Matt Lehet (lehetmat@msu.edu) with a short response (1-5 sentences) to each of the following:
- Name, major, GPA (in major and overall), and planned graduation date
- Statement of why this job interests you
- Academic time commitment: planned course sequence for 2017-18, including number of credit hours
- Extracurricular time commitment: statement of college honors and/or activities (with #hrs/wk)
- High school activities and/or honors
- Range of hours you could commit for Fall and Spring (and/or Summer) semesters, and preferred (ideal) number of hours
- Contact info for two (unrelated) references
- (Optional) resume/CV
- Whether you wish to be considered for a research assistantship on a volunteer basis or for credit
- If you have previously been involved in the research lab, average number of hours you have spent in the lab for each week you worked in the lab