We are a diverse team of graduate and undergraduate students mentored by Rebecca Covarrubias, associate professor of Psychology. We are dedicated to research on issues of identity, culture, health, and education.
Learn more about the current CREA research team. Past CREA research teams can be found here.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
CREA is currently not accepting applications for Fall 2024 entry. Read more information about the Ph.D. program in Social Psychology.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
CREA will be accepting new student researchers for Winter and Spring 2024.
This year the CREA undergraduate research team will conduct a participatory action research project centered on the topic of “servingness” within Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Learn more about what an HSI is through this video created by the UCSC HSI Initiatives team. Servingness, broadly defined, is a framework that considers how institutions can holistically serve racially- and economically-minoritized students on their campuses (Garcia et al. 2019).
The CREA servingness team will include 8-10 undergraduate researchers, graduate mentor Kat Quinteros, and faculty mentor Dr. Covarrubias. You will read relevant literature on servingness, learn how to develop a participatory research project with a team, conduct research on a topic the team selects and learn how to communicate that research in varied ways (e.g., presentation, poster).
These are paid research positions that require 15 hours of work in a week. By offering payment, we want to intentionally provide financial support to student researchers while also providing the opportunity for professional and career development.
Interested students should complete the following form. Please answer all questions thoroughly. You must be available in winter and spring quarters to participate. To be considered for an interview, please complete the application by Friday, October 27 at 5pm PST. We will review applications shortly after this deadline; please allow a few weeks before you receive a response from us.
Access the CREA servingness research project application here.