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Summer 2013 - 2015 Research Internships in
Hojooba’ bee la’ hooniil,
Undergraduate Research into the Social Psychophysiology of Compassion

Faculty Research Projects:

Our diverse faculty mentor research interests have allowed us to create a unique REU program in SPC, to match the interests and experiences of our applicants, and to provide each student with the best research experience possible. Twelve Psychology Department doctoral faculty have committed to participate in the summer REU program from 2013-2015, with each of 8 students assigned to a faculty member according to student interests. Each mentor will provide a rewarding and complete research experience for their mentee, including membership in an ongoing research team, reviewing, analyzing, and integrating relevant research literature, formulating hypotheses, designing a study, submitting for or reviewing (where already received) the IRB application, collecting and analyzing data, presenting findings, and participating in manuscript preparation. Each potential mentor’s research interests, theoretical foundations, and possible research questions follow. Please click on their link below for a complete description.For Summer 2013, the following mentors have committed at this point to supervise REU Interns: Drs. Birkett, Collier, Stevens, Weidler, and Woodruff.

Melissa Birkett
Psychophysiology of compassion, anxiety, and stress

Ann Collier
Cross-cultural mood states, health behaviors, self-injury, and compassion/self-compassion

Meliksah Demir
Self-compassion, compassion towards others and psychosocial well-being

Laurie Dickson
Instructional techniques and compassionate
teaching

Andrew Gardner
Functional analysis of compassionate parenting and child-rearing

Ann Huffman
Role of compassionate behaviors and diversity in the work-life interface

 

 

Larry Stevens
Electrocortical (EEG) and psychophysiological correlates of compassion

Sumner Sydeman
Anxiety, depression, compassion, and cardiovascular health

Andrew Walters
Role of compassionate behaviors in sexual health practices across cultures

Heidi Wayment
Cross-cultural compassion, perceived similarity, identification, and The Quiet Ego

Daniel Weidler
How close relationships affect the self-concept and the cognitive structure of the self

Chad Woodruff
Mirror neurons, empathic resonance, and electrocortical (EEG) manifestations of compassion
and cruelty

 

Department of Psychology Northern Arizona University