Join TNTLAB

tntlabProspective Graduate Students

Study as an industrial/organizational psychologist-in-training in TNTLAB is a highly rewarding experience, in terms of both your academic and financial future.  You will gain:

  • Expertise in the application of technology to understand workplace assessment, learning, and research methods
  • Successful presentations at international conferences
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals
  • Research design skills and experience
  • Leadership skills and experience
  • Writing/editing skills and experience
  • Presentation skills and experience
  • Connections to an enthusiastic network of I/O psychologists, including alumni plus unique academic and industry connections
  • A group of friends and mentors that will stick with you for the rest of your I/O career

Prospective Undergraduate Research Assistants (URAs)

URAs may be involved in projects like:

  • Determining how well people can be hired using their Facebook profiles
  • Using Big Data techniques to learn about people’s personalities and abilities from content they’ve created on the Internet
  • Designing “gamification” interventions to turn regular work processes into games
  • Identifying how much control an online learner should have over their own learning

URAs in TNTLab work closely with paired graduate student mentors.  Tasks vary widely by project but may include:

  • Collecting data from research participants
  • Serving as a confederate (pretending/acting in the context of a research study)
  • Recruiting research participants
  • Helping to design research studies
  • Assisting with preparation of research article manuscripts and conference submissions
  • Conducting background research
  • Reading and making judgments about data (i.e., coding)

Skills, experiences, and other benefits you may gain by working as a URA for TNTLab:

  • Specific research skills (see above)
  • Specific research experiences for your personal statement (a critical part of your graduate school application)
  • Time management and organizational skills
  • Self-confidence in yourself as a researcher
  • Preparation for graduate school
  • Letters of recommendation

If you’re interested in these opportunities and are a student at UMN, please complete the URA application linked here.  If you are not a UMN student, it is generally not possible to participate as a URA.