Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program, 2008

 

The Family Institute at Northwestern University is sponsoring a ten-week paid summer research internship for advanced undergraduates who are interested in gaining valuable research experience. The Institute’s research program, which is closely linked to the Psychology department, conducts research on couples and family dynamics, mental disorders, and psychotherapeutic change. The Family Institute provides 43,000 therapy sessions to more than 4,300 individuals, couples and families per year, which makes it an ideal context for conducting clinical research. Much like a teaching hospital in the medical arena, The Family Institute is a center for direct care, professional education and new discovery.

The program requires a 30-hour time commitment per week for the summer months (June – August). The intern will spend 27 hours completing research related tasks, and 3 hours in seminars or meetings per week.  Interns will receive a stipend of $1500 for completing the ten week program.  The Internship is based at The Family Institute on Northwestern University's Evanston, Illinois campus.

The summer intern will choose to primarily work on one of the following research projects:

• The Psychotherapy Change Project

P.I.: Dr. William Pinsof, President and Research Program Director, The Family Institute

Director, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies

Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology

• Interpersonal Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder project

P.I.: Dr. Rick Zinbarg, Patricia M. Nielsen Research Chair, The Family Institute

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology

• Depression, Marital Distress and Couples

P.I.: Dr. Lynne Knobloch-Fedders, Research Program Assistant Director, The Family Institute Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology

 

Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the research section of our website for more detailed descriptions about each of the research projects.

How to Apply

We are currently not accepting applications at this time for our undergraduate summer internship program.  Tentatively, we will be accepting applications in March 2009 for the June –August 2009 class.  If you have questions regarding the internship, please contact Dr. Kate Goldhaber at (847) 733-4300, ext. 506 or kgoldhaber@family-institute.org for more information.

The Family Institute at Northwestern University actively seeks applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups so that our body of faculty, staff, students and fellows will more closely reflect the diversity of American society. Furthermore, The Institute is committed to broad inclusiveness and affording equal opportunity to all without regard to age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation or physical ability.