Research Opportunities for Undergrads
Are you interested in becoming involved in linguistics research? Applications for Summer 2025 will open in March. Please check back for updates.
APPLICATION PERIOD FOR SPRING 2025: November 12-24, 2024 (CLOSED)
FUTURE APPLICATION PERIODS:
Summer 2025: March, 2025
Fall 2025: July, 2025
Spring 2026: November, 2025
The types of positions we advertise are either:
- Volunteer: Unpaid; hours and length of commitment are variable (often entry stage to a paid RAship);
- Paid Research Assistant: Paid from a research grant or department funds; hours and length of commitment are variable.
Applications are assessed on the basis of academic excellence and stated qualifications. All applicants will be informed by email regarding the outcome of their submission.
| Professor, Project Information | Seeking Students? |
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| Yue Wang Experimental Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Computational Linguistics Language and Brain Lab: Seeking 2-3 volunteer RAs to work on the project Adaptations in Conversation: Engaging voices, faces, brains and AI. Paid position may be available after a semester's involvement. Duties may include:
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No (closed): 2-3 volunteer RAs for Spring 2025 5 hrs/wk (plus 1-hr lab meeting) Preferred experience:
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| Henny Yeung Language Acquisition, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Word Learning Language Learning and Development Lab: Seeking 1 paid RA (Mandarin speaking) and 1 volunteer RA to work on the project Babytalk in a Second Language. Duties will include recruitment of Mandarin-speaking families (RA#1), and annotation/analysis of speech directed to infants. Open to: Current SFU undergraduate students in LING, Cognitive Science, or related fields --------------- |
No (closed): 1 RA (paid) and 1 volunteer RA for Spring 2025 5 hrs/wk Qualifications:
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If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Research Grants and Projects Coordinator.