Graduate Students

My lab offers opportunities for graduate students to develop their research and applied skills in Organizational Behavior Management (OBM). For example, students work in hospitals, manufacturing, construction, and other settings to gain experience and conduct applied research. Because I have consulting experience, I am able to support students in finding applied experiences and achieving successful outcomes. I am committed to growing students as scientists, researchers, teachers, and professionals.

A Ph.D. is a research degree and therefore, students interested in applying to the UF graduate program should expect to spend significant time on research activities. Our lab space offers a suite of rooms for conducting analog studies. Students are provided space to work within the lab or in shared offices on campus. The students in the lab are collegial and collaboration is emphasized. We work hard to create an inclusive and supportive lab culture, and we are interested in having a lab with diverse representation in terms of gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, experiences, and interests.

The University of Florida offers a competitive funding package for graduate students. All students receive 5 years of 9-month funding as a teaching assistant with full tuition support. There are additional funding opportunities available to select students including fellowships and the Grinter Award.

My model of training students is a junior colleague model, meaning I treat students as colleagues and work with them collaboratively as they develop their skills. Students are expected to develop their own interests and take on a variety of research and applied opportunities to gain experience and learn. Students who will thrive in this lab will be good at time management, willing to try new things, resourceful, communicative, conscientious, collaborative, and open to giving and receiving feedback. Senior students help mentor more junior students, and our lab collaborates across disciplines and universities. I offer students a lot of feedback and support, and communicate frequently. I expect students to work with a degree of independence, taking initiative to move projects along and asking for help and feedback when needed. I believe learning through experience is most likely to produce a robust research and applied repertoire that can meet a wide variety of challenges. In the words of Stokes and Baer (1977), I “train to generalize.”

I typically accept 1-2 new graduate students each academic year. If you are interested in applying, please email a brief introduction and a CV and I will look for your application. At this time, I do not accept meetings or interviews with prospective graduate students until applications have been reviewed.

Undergraduate Students

Our lab accepts undergraduate students as research assistants at the start of each semester. Undergraduate students perform a number of activities including running research participants, data collection, coding articles, conducting literature reviews, and more. In addition, students should plan to attend a weekly lab meeting run by graduate students that will include professional development activities such as learning to graph, create data sheets, and presenting on research articles. Some undergraduate students in our lab earn authorship on projects, when their contributions meet the threshold. Others are mentioned in manuscript acknowledgements for their support. Contact me if you are interested in joining the lab.