Key benefits Why research as an undergraduate student?
Participating in research as an undergraduate in Human Development and Family Studies at CSU will allow you to explore and deepen your passion, enhance your knowledge, and grow your community, all while preparing you for your future career—regardless of the path you decide to take.
Apply what you learn in the classroom to real-world projects with award-winning faculty mentors dedicated to helping people optimize their mental, physical, and social health and well-being.
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Student Stories Our Undergraduate Researchers
Get to know some of our Human Development and Family Studies Research Rams who took their education to the next level by participating in our HDFS research labs.
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Get Involved! Current Opportunities by Research Lab (SAMPLE OPTION 1)
Adolescent Wellness Lab | Lauren Shomaker
Get to know the Adolescent Wellness Lab.
What we do:
- Focusing on teens, we conduct several different research studies to learn more about programs that lower stress and depression, increase healthy behaviors, and decrease adolescents’ likelihood of developing physical and mental health problems.
How you can help:
- Assisting with research assessments and intervention delivery
- Creative flyer design
- Recruitment
- Data entry
- Cleaning
- Handling blood/saliva samples
- Preparing at-home kits for activity/sleep monitoring and processing data
CALMER Lab | Rachel Lucas Thompson
What we do:
- The Cultivating Awareness, Learning Mindfulness, and Examining Relationships (CALMER) Lab seeks to understand how the qualities of family relationships are related to adolescent biological and mental health.
How you can help:
- Assisting with the implementation of standardized lab tasks
- Data coding and data cleaning