The CAMP has many volunteers helping with various aspects of conducting research. Duties range from running participants through experiments to designing new studies and helping prepare manuscripts. The lab typically takes on new students in three ways:
1. As research assistants (volunteer or through PSYC240). This is usually the way students start in the lab, and the best way to apply is through the PSYC240 portal (even if you don't intend to take PSYC240, you can submit your interest and information through that portal). The portal opens around July and November of every year.
2. As an honours student. Undergraduates enrolled in the honours program are required to complete a research project under faculty supervision, along with taking specific courses. In our lab, these usually also involve working closely with one of the graduate students. Frequently, volunteers or PSYC240 students who have spent some time in the lab tend to be taken on as honours students, with a project topic organically emerging from work that has been done in the lab. If you are interested, please reach out via the contact form below.
3. As a directed studies student. Directed studies students work closely with a faculty member and graduate student on a specific research project. As with honours student, directed studies students have typically spent time in the lab beforehand or have had some experience with Prof. Shariff in classes. If you are interested, please reach out via the contact form below.
Dr. Shariff will be looking to take a new graduate student during the Fall 2026 application cycle.
For those who are interested, please consider other faculty within the UBC social/personality psychology area who you may be interested in working with (most students are co-advised by at least two faculty members), and please be sure to write the Graduate Record Examination.