Research Assistants
Although we welcome any inquiries from individuals interested in research on emotion and anxiety disorders, those who join our lab as research assistants are often considering attending graduate school in clinical psychology but would like to gain research experience before applying. Indeed, many of our past research assistants in our lab have been accepted to top clinical psychology graduate programs. At the present time, we are focusing recruitment on research assistants matriculated in the Master’s Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Typically, our research assistants work primarily in the lab on an ongoing research project related to emotion regulation and anxiety disorders. Responsibilities include recruiting participants for studies, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing data for presentation and publication. In addition, research assistants are expected to participate in a 1-hour lab meeting each week to review the progress of experiments in the lab as well as to discuss papers relevant to emotions and anxiety. Those with experience using any of the following methods or tools should emphasize these in their application: Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-V (SCID), Mini-International Psychiatric Interview (MINI), Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), PsychoPy, MATLAB, BIOPAC, Biosemi, Brain Vision Analyzer, AcqKnowledge, and any type of computer programming.
To learn more about specific research projects, please see Current Projects.
PhD Applicants
Dr. Mennin and the READ Lab will be accepting PhD applications for this coming cycle (2024-2025).
Post-Docs
Dr. Mennin and the READ Lab are not currently accepting postdoctoral applications.