Lehman College Psychology Research Development

描述(由申请人提供)：雷曼学院/纽约城市大学(CUNY)心理学系拥有超过四分之三的少数族裔本科生和活跃的研究人员，非常适合为大量少数族裔心理学学生提供从事心理健康相关研究的必要背景。本申请要求在经过八年成功的M-RISP支持后重新申请资金，通过改善设施和提供资源支持教员的研究，改善了雷曼学院心理学系的研究环境。这种增强的研究环境的结果是提高了教职员工的工作效率，并提高了雷曼心理学系在学院中的知名度。这项提议的研究发展(基础设施)部分的具体目标是：(1)磨练个别教员的研究技能；(2)提高个别教员的生产力；(3)为少数族裔本科生提供成功攻读博士学位所需的智力和激励工具；(4)通过提供心理学系的成员，在教职员工和学生之间建立一种共同体意识 通过师生联合活动，扩大知识，拓宽研究技能，增加专业联系；以及(5)培养少数族裔学生对心理健康相关领域基础研究的兴趣。这些具体目标将通过提供一名行政助理和一名计算机技术员的形式提供教员研究支助，并为非终身教员提供研究时间来实现。部门活动包括为学生和教职员工举办的专门研讨会，其中包括来访演讲者、带互联网接入的学生计算机/自习室，以及主修心理学的学生参与教职员工研究计划。目前的申请包括心理学系新的未终身教职教师提出的三项个人研究提案，他们正在开始研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With an undergraduate student population that is over three-quarters minority and an active research faculty, the Department of Psychology at Lehman College/City University of New York (CUNY) is ideally suited to provide a large pool of minority psychology students with the necessary background for careers in mental health related research. The present application requests renewal of funding after eight years of successful M-RISP support that enhanced the research environment in the Lehman College Psychology Department through the improvement of facilities and provision of resources to support faculty research. The outcome of this enhanced research environment has been increased faculty productivity and greater visibility of the Lehman Department of Psychology in the college. The Specific Aims of the research development (infrastructure) component of this proposal are to: (1) sharpen the research skills of individual faculty members; (2) increase the productivity of individual faculty members; (3) provide minority undergraduate students with the intellectual and motivational tools required for success in Ph.D. programs; (4) establish a sense of community among faculty and students by providing the members of the psychology department with joint faculty-student activities that will expand knowledge, broaden research skills, and increase professional contacts; and (5) foster the interest of minority students in basic research in areas related to mental health. These specific aims will be met through provision of faculty research support in the form of an administrative assistant, a computer technician, and released time for research provided to untenured faculty. Departmental activities include a specialized seminar for students and faculty that includes visiting speakers, a student computer/study room with Internet access, and participation of student psychology majors in faculty research programs. The current application includes three individual research proposals from new untenured faculty in the Department of Psychology who are beginning research programs.