Each summer, PBS department members mentor students, helping them perform specialized research projects. The William Lee Science Impact Program (Lee SIP) is a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program designed to expand and broaden participation in undergraduate research. Lee SIP scholars are mentored directly by research faculty, work within a research team, and participate in professional development workshops.
The Summer Pre-College Research Intensives place high-achieving high school students in professional working labs alongside distinguished faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Participants gain valuable UMass experience and complete a research project of their own. Check out these posters from some of our talented student researchers, summing up their awesome projects!
Lee SIP
Sari Saint-Hilaire
Evaluating Correlations Between Riskiness, Risk-Assessment, and Risk-Taking Measures Across Different Pubertal Ages
Individual Differences in Development Lab directed by Kirby Deater-Deckard
Sherley de la Rosa Mejia
Effects of Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication on Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood
Self-Regulation, Emotions, & Early Development (SEED) Lab directed by Adam Grabell
Rebecca Williams
Examining the Links between Acculturative Stress and School Belongingness
Family Relationships, Affective Science, & Minority Health (FAM) Lab directed by Evelyn Mercado
Research Intensives
Amulya Jonnalagadda
Examining Structural Reasoning and Political Ideology as Predictors for Modern Racism and Sexism
Cognition Across Development Lab directed by Tara Mandalaywala
Katherine Wang
Assessing the Correlation Between Parent-Child Relationships and Brain Development and Cognitive Functioning in Early Adolescents
Individual Differences in Development Lab directed by Kirby Deater-Deckard