REU Site: Training in Basic and Applied Psychological Science

该项目由SBE理事会的本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划资助。除了将研究和教育结合起来之外，它还具有科学和社会效益。来自美国国家科学基金会和美国心理协会的统计数据表明，在心理学领域，非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、亚裔美国人、美洲原住民和残疾个人的代表性持续不足。巴鲁克学院的REU网站为就读于巴鲁克学院、纽约市立大学(CUNY)内的学院以及纽约大都市区的其他教育机构的本科生提供高级研究培训。总体而言，巴鲁克学院和纽约州立大学拥有多元化的学生群体。虽然此次招生面向任何符合国家科学基金会条件的本科生，但该项目旨在增加少数民族、低收入、第一代大学生和残疾学生在科学心理学领域的代表性。具体地说，该计划做了以下工作：1)在整个纽约大都会地区发现早期有前途的少数族裔、残疾和经济困难的学生；2)增加心理学科学家对心理学研究中的文化和少数群体问题的接触；3)为REU学生进行心理学方面的高级研究生培训并最终在学术环境中就业做准备；以及4)发展一条渠道，提供一批有才华的、多样化的本科生，以成为未来的研究科学家。REU学生在REU教员的指导下进行独立研究，工作领域与学生表达的兴趣相匹配(例如，发展心理学、临床心理学、社会心理学或工业/组织心理学)。每个学生都专注于计划和执行研究，目的是在专业会议上发表论文，并向同行评议的期刊提交手稿。具体地说，REU的学生开发基于文献的研究问题和假设。为了回答这些新开发的研究问题和假设，REU的学生设计了研究方案并计划数据收集。然后，REU的学生通过实践经验学习统计分析的价值，使用统计软件对数据进行推断，以及展示技能来传播他们在研究中获得的结果。除了进行研究项目外，REU的学生还会完成一系列旨在为申请研究生院做准备的有组织的活动。这些活动，如参加专业发展研讨会和研讨会，参加心理学领域的座谈会，听取研究生项目招生办公室的特邀演讲，由巴鲁克学院REU项目协调。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits in addition to integrating research and education. Statistics from the NSF and the American Psychological Association indicate continual under-representation of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and individuals with disabilities in the field of psychology. The REU site at Baruch College offers advanced research training to undergraduate students who attend Baruch College, colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY), and other educational institutions in the New York metropolitan area. Baruch College and CUNY in general boast a diverse student body. Although the recruitment is open to any NSF eligible undergraduate students, this program is designed to increase the representation of minority, low-income, first generation college students, and disabled students in scientific psychology. Specifically, the program does the following: 1) identify early promising minority, disabled, and economically disadvantaged students throughout the New York metropolitan area, 2) increase psychological scientists exposure to cultural and minority issues in psychological research, 3) prepare REU students for advanced graduate training in psychology and ultimately for careers in academic settings, and 4) develop a pipeline to provide a pool of talented and diverse undergraduate students to become the research scientists of the future. REU students conduct independent research under the supervision of an REU faculty member working in an area that matches the student's expressed interests (e.g., developmental psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, or industrial/organizational psychology). Each student focuses on planning and executing studies with the intention of presenting papers at professional conferences and submitting manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. Specifically, REU students develop research questions and hypotheses that are grounded in the literature. In order to answer these newly developed research questions and hypotheses, REU students design research protocols and plan data collection. Then, REU students learn via hands-on experience the value of statistical analysis, use of statistical software to draw inferences about the data, and presentation skills to disseminate the findings gained in their research. Alongside with the conduct of their research projects, REU students complete a series of structured activities aimed at preparing them to apply to graduate school. These activities, such as attending professional development seminars and workshops, participating at colloquium in the field of psychology, listening to invited guest speakers from graduate program admission offices, are coordinated by the Baruch College REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.