Dr. George Gaither
<b>Department: </b>Psychological Science<br><b>Research Area: </b>Gender, sexuality, and support groups
Department: Psychological Science
Research Focus: Gender, sexuality, and support groups
Potential Student Project(s):
Student will complete a literature review examine training that support group leaders have, help to develop an interview study, collect data, and present findings at a conference or write a manuscript for publication in an undergraduate journal.
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
Psychology major, autonomous/self-directed learner, comfortable working with and interviewing community members.
Mentoring Plan:
Student will meet with another student and myself once per week to discuss their individual contributions to the project and the student researcher will work 5 h/week on the project including a 1-on-1 interaction with me for at least 1 hour/week". Student researcher will conduct tasks discussed above. Individual meetings will focus on development of key research skills as well as career development (e.g., graduate school/career field explorations).
Contact: 765-285-1694, NQ 124