Research
Research
Hunter Psychology Department faculty are actively involved in research involving human participants and a wide variety of animal species. Whether you are a graduate student or an undergraduate, being involved in original research with a faculty member and other students is one of the most interesting and valuable experiences you can have. You can volunteer to work on faculty research and/or you can receive course credit via independent research courses.
Remember, research is work! Depending on whose research project you join, you will be expected to spend anywhere from 9-15 hours a week working on the project and doing background reading for the project. It's important to establish this ahead of time with your research sponsor. Typical questions are: how many hours per week you will be committing to the project, what work you will do, and what final product you will produce?
Be sure to read each faculty member's description of his or her project carefully. In that way, you will know whether you have the background and interests appropriate for the project. You will also find out what your responsibilities would be and what you would learn from being part of the research project.
Facilities
Facilities include specialized equipment for studies on human & animal physiology, speech analysis, human & animal learning, and developmental & social psychology. Students have access to the department's microcomputers and the college's academic computing services. In addition to conducting research in their laboratories at the college, many faculty members have affiliations with other institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rehabilitation Research Institute of the International Center for the Disabled, the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Rockefeller University, the New York University Medical Center, and the New York University Center for Neural Science.