Weekly Opportunities

Welcome to Fall 2024 Weekly Opportunities:

As the Fall 2024 semester comes to a close, the Psych Student Services Office (PsychSSO) wishes everyone success on final exams and a happy, safe holiday season and winter break! Weekly Opportunities will return during the first week of classes in Spring 2025.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Office Closure
The Psychology Student Services Office will be closed for the winter break at 12pm PST on Friday, 12/20/2024 and resume regular hours on Thursday, 01/02/2025.

2. We Are Hiring!

Join our team of Psychology Peer Advisors!

Becoming a Psychology Peer Advisor is a great way to get involved in the department, help fellow students, and gain professional experience in advising, counseling, and student affairs. We are seeking students who are enthusiastic about our major and passionate about helping others succeed at Berkeley.

This position is open to only declared psychology majors. It is not paid employment.

Job Information:

• Successful candidates must be able to perform the job duties  starting Spring 2025 through Fall 2025
• Be able to commit 3-9 hours a week
• Duties will fall under: Advising and Programming/Publicity
• Earn 1-3 units of Psych 197

Qualifications:

• Must be a registered UCB student, and in good academic standing
• Declared in Psychology Major
• Completed at least one UD Psychology course
• See the Handshake Posting for further qualifications...

Find the position on Handshake: job #9533409

Submission Deadline: 01/03/2025

3. We Are Hiring!
Join our team of student office assistants!

The Psychology Student Services Office is looking for a reliable administrative assistant to support our operations from Spring 2025 and onward. This position is a great opportunity if you are looking for paid work experience that will help you develop organizational, administrative, and communication skills. You will gain real-work work experience while supporting the mission of the university.

This position is open to only students who are eligible for the work study program. It is not open to psychology majors.

Job Information:
Seeking candidates with:

• Sharp administrative acumen
• High attention to detail
• Organizational skills

Strongly preferred:

• Content production experience (Instagram, Photoshop, Canva, Figma, etc.)
• Web editing experience (HTML 5)

Qualifications:

• Eligible for Work Study
• This position is not open to Psychology Majors.
• Be able to commit 8-10 hours a week, to this hybrid position
• A commitment of 2-3 semesters is a plus!
• For more details refer to the full posting...

Find the position on the Work Study Management System: job #7841894119

Application Deadline: open until filled

The Social Origins Lab of UC Berkeley Internship

The Social Origins Lab at UC Berkeley, under the direction of Dr. Jan Engelmann, is now accepting applications for the summer 2025 internship program. The lab explores how social and cognitive abilities arise and interact with one another in human development and across species and cultures.

The lab hosts an 8-week summer internship for enthusiastic undergraduates looking for research experience. Interns will spend their time in Berkeley working alongside graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and fellow undergraduates to develop and run research studies . This will include data collection at local museums and camps, learning to analyze and code data, and helping pilot and improve ongoing projects.

Summer interns will also have the opportunity to participate in weekly professional development events covering topics such as graduate school applications, academia vs. industry, discussion of scientific papers, ongoing projects in the Berkeley Developmental Labs, and more.

Interns are expected to commit to the entirety of the internship and will work approximately 30 hours/week. They are granted a $2400 stipend for the summer. Our summer internship takes place from June 2nd - July 25th in Berkeley, CA. For those on the quarter system, the start date can be adjusted accordingly. The application is due February 12, 2025. Learn more at socialoriginslab.com/summer-internship.Please direct any questions to lab manager Harriet Caplin at socialoriginsmanager@berkeley.edu. 

REMINDERS:

-Update: Important Changes to the Major Application: Effective summer 2024 our major application process includes changes to areas of applicant eligibility and application processing, refer to our major requirements and the apply to the major webpages. Please fully review the new policies prior to contacting us. We are currently experiencing a high volume of requests and appreciate your patience as we answer your questions. Applications for Spring 2025 will open January 2, 2025 at 9am and close February 3, 2025 at 4pm.

-Connect with Psych Academic Advising:

We are here to provide guidance, support, information, and referrals.

• Appointment Info: Academic Advising (appointment availability resumes starting 01/02)
• Contact us at: psychsso@berkeley.edu
• Follow us on social media! Instagram:@ucbpsychadvising and Facebook: UCB Psych Peers

WEEKLY OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS:

1.Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) Deadline January 27th, 2024

The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) provides an opportunity for Berkeley undergraduates to work with faculty members and research staff on cutting-edge research projects. Working closely with mentors, students will deepen their knowledge and skills in areas of special interest, while experiencing what it means to be part of an intellectual community engaged in research. The program is designed to stimulate awareness of advanced research and interest in graduate study. Students are not paid for their participation; instead, they earn 1 unit of academic credit for every 3 hours of research work completed (limited to 4 units per term

• Spring 2025 projects open to new applicants will be posted starting in mid-December. The spring application opens on January 17th, the deadline to apply is January 27, 2025 at 4 p.m.
• Fall projects are listed here
• Check out our Peer Advisor Step-by-Step Guide for Applying (to be updated soon) here.
• More information here: https://research.berkeley.edu/urap/

2.  Graduate Program (M.Ed.) in K-12 school counseling at the University of Virginia
Currently recruiting students for a graduate program (M.Ed.) in K-12 school counseling.  No GRE required.  Applications are due on January 5th, 2025.

3. UC Berkeley's Youth Camps Summer Employment Opportunity

Hello! I hope this message finds you well and safe! I am Minha, I work as the Wellbeing and Inclusion Coordinator at UC Berkeley's Youth Camps. I am reaching out with information regarding a summer job for psych students! I am hiring a team to help with this Summer's Camp. I have listed their brief descriptions below and when they are posted students can use this link to apply:https://recwell.berkeley.edu/youth-recreation/youth-recreation-jobs/ (they should be posted sometime in January)

Inclusion Lead:

Inclusion Leads report directly to the Wellbeing & Inclusion Coordinator as they work hand in hand to scope through accommodation requests to create behavioral plans for campers. The leads then train the interventionist on how to implement the plan to ensure the camper has everything they need to succeed at camp.

Behavioral Interventionist:

Behavioral Interventionists directly engage and interact with the campers, participating alongside them and implementing behavioral techniques when fit. Interventionists will work directly with the Wellbeing & Inclusion Coordinator as well as the Inclusion Lead, having daily meetings to discuss feedback and new ways of helping campers

Please feel free to reach out to mkhan14@berkeley.edu with any and all questions!

4. Hiring One Full-Time Research Assistant (RA) at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

The RA will assist with NIMH-funded studies aimed at improving short-term risk prediction for suicidal behavior in youth. We are particularly seeking candidates who demonstrate the character, integrity, and work ethic to excel in a collaborative work environment with a clinically sensitive population. Studies assessing proximal risk for suicidal behavior use computational methods to model neurocognitive markers and/or ambulatory indices (i.e., mobile technology including actigraphy, passive sensing of physiological arousal, passive sensing of social engagement and physical activity, and ecological momentary assessment) in psychiatrically hospitalized youth.  For a full list of studies and weblinks to these studies, refer to the end of this webpage under “Jobs” to view it in our live google doc.

The RA will work under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Liu and Dr. Taylor Burke at Massachusetts General Hospital. This position is particularly well suited for individuals seeking to gain research and clinical experience prior to graduate or medical school. RAs who demonstrate potential and excel in this position often have opportunities to receive mentorship on conducting independent research projects and grant-writing. More details about these opportunities and a list of our RAs' 1st author papers and extramural grants from their time in our lab may be found here.

We also anticipate posting for additional hires in the spring!

Application information: The start date is summer 2025. Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and CV through this link. Any questions may be directed to Devika Goel at mghmoodandbehaviorlab@gmail.com.

5. Dr. James McPartland’s Postgraduate Fellowship: McPartland Lab at the Yale Child Study Center. 
The Sara S. Sparrow Fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience of Autism is appropriate for recent college graduates with interest in cognitive neuroscience and clinical research in autism.  The application deadline is February 1, 2025, for a start date of July 1, 2025.

More detailed info and the application can be found here:  https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/mcpartland/jobs/fellowship/

6. New Berkeley Support Portal

Berkeley Support Portal is a single entry point for all UC Berkeley community members to find support for themselves or others about a variety of concerns.

7. Important Berkeley Way West (BWW) Reminders:

• It is critical that everyone accessing the building after hours or entering key-carded areas of the building be sure to tag (use key card) to access these spaces for themselves, when at Berkeley Way West. This especially applies after hours and at all times to any floors and interior spaces that require key card access.
• Those with key card access are not permitted to allow others into these secured spaces (tail-gating) for any reason and will lose after-hours access to BWW if they are found breaking this policy.
• BWW recently sustained extensive damage in January due to a breach of this policy. Your adherence to this policy will contribute to our community safety and security.