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Prospective Graduate Students

Dr. McIntosh will be reviewing applicants for Fall 2025 admission. If you are interested in the DU psychology graduate program, please visit the department website to learn more about how to apply. If you are interested in the DU/Iliff Joint PhD program in the study of religion, please visit the program application site. 

Research Assistants

Being a research assistant (RA) provides lab-based experience critical to exploring psychology as a career. RA positions in our lab are competitive, and require an application and an interview.

RAs generally help with tasks such as data and stimulus coding, stimulus generation, running participants, and later in their time in the lab, more advanced and intellectually-enriched tasks, such as data analysis.

RAs spend 8–10 hours per week in the lab and are asked to commit for 3 quarters in total (the first quarter enables us to evaluate if this is a good fit for you).

• Research Assistantship for Credit

  RAs learn a great deal about the basic elements of the research process and can therefore get class credit for their research assistantship (PSYC 2112 credits). PSYC 2112 credits can count towards your major or minor elective credits.

• Research Assistantship as Work-Study

  If you have a work-study allowance, you can work as an RA as a work-study student. To complete work-study hours, you need to have been awarded a federal work-study award in your yearly FAFSA award package.

• Requirements and Application Process

  If you are interested in joining the lab as an RA, please fill out the application. If you have questions, please email Dr. McIntosh at daniel.mcintosh@du.edu. 

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