Information for Prospective Students

Admission

In accordance with its mission statement, the GENESIS lab has a strong emphasis on research that will involve activities such as participation in ongoing funded projects, literature reviews, or the analyses of archived data sets. Such activities will culminate in the generation of student authored or co-authored poster presentations, publications, and grant applications. Therefore, a successful applicant will have research ideas that he/she is interested in pursuing in graduate school that fall under the domains explored in the GENESIS lab. In addition, successful applicants should have strong GRE scores and GPA, research experience in psychology, and well-supported letters of recommendation. The GENESIS lab consists of students from the DCBN and Clinical programs.

Student Lab Activities

Following acceptance to the UH Psychology graduate program to work in the GENESIS lab, students in both the DCBN and Clinical programs are expected to participate in one or more research projects in the lab. Activities will vary according to the needs and timeline of active projects. They may include the development of research instruments (e.g., surveys and assessments), data collection, data management, or data analyses. All students will engage in paper-writing activities.

Through their research in the GENESIS Lab, graduate students will have the opportunity to meet and interact with researchers at other institutions in the U.S. and abroad. For example, students may collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds topics ranging from the developmental trajectories of children in Russia at risk for language difficulties; interventions that may best support orphans and vulnerable children in rural Zambia; to the development and evaluation of innovative teaching programs for juvenile delinquents at risk for reading disabilities.

Tuition + Funding

Every graduate student who joins the GENESIS Lab may expect to be funded as a Research Assistant (RA) at 50% by the project on which they will be primarily working. This will be given as a monthly lab RA stipend.  Other benefits include an excellent comprehensive state employee health benefit package (after a 60-day waiting period) at low cost to the student, a waiver of non-resident tuition rates for out-of-state students, and a doctoral tuition fellowship that covers the cost of twelve credit hours for the Fall and Spring semesters and up to six credit hours for the Summer semester plus fees.  Thus, students should not expect to pay for tuition and fees out-of-pocket.  In order to qualify for the health benefits and a waiver of out-of-state tuition, students must maintain at least a 50%-time employment appointment, be registered as a full-time student, and remain in good standing.  To qualify for the tuition fellowship, students must be registered as a full-time student and in good standing.  As part of the application for admission to graduate school, students are also considered for available scholarships.