Student Research Opportunities
We currently have 4 faculty who are mentoring student research with student teams on an ongoing basis. The following descriptions note their specialties and project topics:
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UNA Psychology Research Mentors: |
Project Foci and Areas of Interest: |
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Dr. Gabriela Carrasco |
ASMR, Cultural and Political Values, Awe |
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Dr. Karly Cochran |
Physical and Mental Health, Resentment, and Forgiveness |
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Dr. Kayla Jenssen |
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Behavior Assessment and Intervention, Supervision, Social and Communication Skills |
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Dr. Chris Klein |
Implicit Social Cognition, Memory, Attention, and Decision-Making |
Below are the most recent projects, presented by UNA Psychology Students at various conferences across the nation (e.g., Rocky Mountain Psychological Association; Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis Conference).
| UNA Psychology Research Mentors: | Recent Projects: |
| Dr. Gabriela Carrasco | "An Exploratory Study on Frisson: An Examination of Physical Sensations and Emotional Reactions to Music" |
| Dr. Karly Cochran |
"Project 2020: Predicting Resentment from Political Attitudes and Misinformation" |
| Dr. Kayla Jenssen |
"Start Recording! Teaching Job-Related Skills with Point-of-View Video Models" "Peer Networking Intervention for Increasing Vocal Emissions in a Center-Based Program" "The Effects of Speaking Versus Singing When Presenting Intraverbal Trials" |
| Dr. Christopher Klein |
"Posture-Dependent Encoding Specificity and Memory" "Fading Affect Bias in a Sports Rivalry" |