I became a research assistant at Stanford

August 20, 2016 1 minute read

Research Assistant, Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

Cohen Lab, Stanford University, PIs: Drs. Geoffrey Cohen & Bruce McCandliss
Research project: Stereotype Threat and Task Switch Ability
- Conducted 4 behavioral studies to examine the effect of stereotype threat on women’s math ability through lowering the task-switch ability
- Reviewed literature; prepared IRB and pre-registration materials; independently designed studies and experimental materials; programmed experiments using E-prime and PsyToolkit; corresponded with French VR company Teemew and troubleshot for VR studies; analyzed data using SPSS; presented at conferences
Research project: How Voting Machines Induce Cognitive Biases in U.S. Presidential Elections
- PI: Dr. Jon Krosnick
- Examined whether voters experience more cognitive bias (such as the primacy effect) when voting on touchscreen (relative to paper and punch cards)
- Collected sample ballot propositions and designs from U.S. presidential elections, and designed experimental materials with Photoshop for 2 studies; programmed the experiment on Qualtrics using JavaScript Code; data analysis; wrote report
Research project: Social Antecedents and Effects of Growth Mindset on Academic Achievement in China
- The research examines the effect of social background factors on growth mindset, and how it affects academic performances
- Data analysis using SPSS

Lab Manager, May 2017 - Jun 2018

Cohen Lab, Stanford University, PI: Dr. Geoffrey Cohen
- Managed 16 undergraduate RAs in total; recruited RAs with diverse backgrounds; created schedules and managed lab work; developed weekly reports