Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

Please remember to complete the post-appointment survey regarding your recent pre-registration advising appointment. Thank you!

Students who are interested in applying for a Supervised Field Placement at Family Resources for Fall 2025 should schedule interviews now through the end of May. More information about the site and supervised field placements can be found here: https://www.psychology.pitt.edu/undergraduate/experiential-and-enhanced-learning/supervised-field-placement-1900

The Department of Psychology will host a social celebration of graduates on Friday, May 2, 2025. All students who have applied for April graduateion, those who were confered for December graduation, and those who apply for summer 2025 will be invited. Please watch your Pitt email for additional details as they become available. 

You can find graduation application information here. 

You can find University commencement information here as it becomes available.

The University Store on Fifth, in partnership with the Office of Special Events, will host Graduation Central at the University Store on Fifth. Graduation Central is going to be longer this year with even more events so stay tuned for more information!

At Grad Central, students will:

• Receive information about the ceremony
• Purchase caps and gowns
• Enter to win exciting prizes

Students also will be able to purchase graduation announcements, class rings, diploma frames, and additional alumni gear.

Location: University Store on Fifth, Oakland

Event dates: Tuesday, April 8 - Thursday, May 1

If you are participating in commencement, Graduation Central is the key event to kick-off the season!

Shop regalia and find more information here: https://www.pittuniversitystore.com/SiteText?id=89311

We are a group researchers from Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) working on an NIMH-funded project focusing on Training Mental Health Supporters with Virtual Patients and are currently recruiting a small number of undergraduate and graduate Research Assistants to help with annotating therapist-client conversations. This role involves reading and annotating transcripts of some (public) therapist-client conversations. The RA annotations will help us evaluate how well LLMs can replicate human judgements.

About the Project
This research aims to develop immediate, personalized feedback systems to train novice mental health supporters and social workers. The project develops virtual environments with LLMs-based Virtual Patients to simulate therapy sessions, providing a scalable and adaptive training solution for mental health practice.

RA Responsibilities

• Complete a brief pre-task and training to ensure clarity and consistency
• Annotate excerpts from therapist-client sessions based on provided definitions and conversation context.
• Provide feedback during/after your annotation experience (optional follow-up interview)

Time Commitment
Training: ~ 2 hours
Annotation work: ~16-18 hours (depending on task distribution and availability)

Compensation
Hourly pay rate: $14-18 per hour (depending on school years)

Requirements

    Required:
        Native or fluent English reading ability, capable of understanding therapy transcripts without translation tools
        Completion of at least two Psychology or Counseling-related courses
    Preferred:
        Interest in mental health or Human-Computer Interaction

If you're interested, please fill out this survey
This helps us evaluate your readiness and match you with appropriate training materials.

Feel free to contact Siwei Jin, Canwen Wang, or Bob Kraut if you have questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

We are inviting you to participate in two studies, the Interpersonal Interaction Study and Dyadic Interaction Study!

These studies involve a very brief screening survey to determine whether you are eligible, and then a 1-hour session where you will come into the lab and answer questions about your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and potentially complete a reading and writing task. Additionally, we will ask you to have a conversation with other participants.

While there is no compensation for filling out the brief screening survey, eligible participants can earn $10 for each study!

To sign up for each study, you can take a brief screening survey by following the links below:

1. Interpersonal Interaction Study: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bmwSoIcSrEmGKZE

2. Dyadic Interaction Study: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7Uw27JzbOKjSaPQ

These studies have been reviewed by the University of Pittsburgh’s IRB.

If you have any questions, please contact the lab manager, Nalanda Ray, at IIRLAB@pitt.edu.

We are accepting applications for a lab manager position to oversee administrative aspects of multiple grant-funded clinical research projects (including IRB submissions, budgeting and purchasing, hiring and onboarding, supervising research techs and students).

For more details and to apply: https://ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/10006675

The Precision Psychopathology and Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab at the University of Pennsylvania is recruiting a full-time research assistant. This position will have the opportunity to work on a variety of new studies including immunopsychiatric trials, depression prevention trials, and precision stress experiments.

This position is a great fit for applicants interested in pursuing graduate degrees in clinical psychology and/or precision medicine or looking for a long-term administrative position in a research lab. I would greatly appreciate it if you would please consider sharing this message with potentially interested candidates. We are very excited to find a new team member to work closely with.

Applications received by end of day 4/23 will receive best consideration.

Apply at: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/job/Research-Specialist--The-Precision-Psychopathology---Dynamic-Immunopsychiatry--PPDI--Lab_JR00104761