{"id":131,"date":"2023-09-01T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:32:53","slug":"how-to-become-a-research-assistant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/how-to-become-a-research-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Research Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">If you are interested in becoming a research assistant, reach out to faculty in the department whose interests match with yours. Tell them about your interest in becoming a research assistant and ask them if they plan on offering such opportunities in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">View\u00a0 this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msudenver.edu\/psychological-sciences\/faculty-research\/\"> website [external link] <\/a>to see faculty interests in the psychological sciences department at MSU Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">If you are interested in becoming one of my research assistants, the best time to reach out is in October for the spring semester and March for the Fall semester. I often do not have enough positions for all who are interested. I tend to give preference to students who I&#8217;ve had in a class in the past because I know their patterns of academic and professional behavior. View the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/how-i-structure-lab\/\">About the Lab [internal link]<\/a>&#8221; page to learn more about working with me and my &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/my-research\/\">Research [internal link]<\/a>&#8221; page to learn about the types of studies I conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I also encourage students to join the Research Club in the psychological sciences department as they wait for a research assistantship and\/or to gain additional research experience. View this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msudenver.edu\/psychological-sciences\/current-students\/clubs\/\">website [external link]<\/a> for information on the Research Club.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are interested in becoming a research assistant, reach out to faculty in the department whose interests match with yours. Tell them about your interest in becoming a research assistant and ask them if they plan on offering such opportunities in the near future. View\u00a0 this website [external link] to see faculty interests in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/how-to-become-a-research-assistant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Become a Research Assistant<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/flynn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}