The INSPYRE research lab (directed by Dr. Samantha Slade) is currently recruiting undergraduate mentors for a three-hour course in the fall 2024 semester. Mentors spend lunch and recess with an elementary school student twice each week. In return, mentors receive three hours of course credit and many great experiences.

Mentors are required to: pass a background check, have reliable transportation to and from the elementary school, lunch availability from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at least twice a week and be available for a training at the beginning of the semester.

The class, PSY 608 – Special Investigations, does not meet regularly like a traditional class. Students will, however, have a course syllabus, class readings and paper assignments. Mentors will receive training at the beginning of the course and a grade at the end based on attendance and completion of assignments. Students from any college or major are encouraged to apply.

For more information, contact the INSPYRE research lab at inspyre@wichita.edu.

The INSPYRE research lab, directed by Dr. Samantha Slade, is recruiting undergraduate mentors for a three-hour course in the spring 2023 semester.

Mentors spend lunch and recess with an elementary school student twice each week. In return, mentors receive three hours of course credit. Recruitment is open to students of any college or major.

Mentor requirements:

  • Pass a background check
  • Have reliable transportation to and from the elementary school
  • Have lunch availability from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at least twice a week
  • Be available for training at the beginning of the semester

The class, PSY 608 – Special Investigations, does not meet regularly like a traditional class. The student’s time spent mentoring takes the place of class time.

Mentors will receive training at the beginning of the course and a grade at the end based on attendance and completion of assignments.

For more information, contact the INSPYRE research lab at inspyre@wichita.edu.

Are you a first- or second-generation immigrant student? Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS) is conducting a study to explore college students’ experiences as first- or second-generation immigrants through in-person group discussion.

The purpose of the study is to understand how we can increase mental health resources for immigrant college students.

Once student consent is obtained, students will be provided an e-mail in which a location will be provided for the group discussion. The discussion will take approximately 45-60 minutes. Participants must be at least 18 years old, must identify as either first generation (i.e., I was born in another country) or second generation student (i.e., one of my parents was born in another country), and must be able to read English

Please click the link below to be directed to the survey which will determine eligibility for focus group discussions..

Please contact Dr. Young at marci.young@wichita.edu with any questions.

Are you a parent of a teenager? The INSPYRE Research lab at Wichita State University is conducting a study to explore how parent and child values relate to how adolescents respond to bullying situations.
 
To be a part of the study, parents and their teen must be together at the start of the survey, and parents must provide permission for their teen to participate. Researchers will ask parents to complete demographic questions and study measures. Then parent will hand the study off to their teenager to complete the remaining survey.
 
This study should only take 15-20 minutes to complete in total. Parents must be older than 18 years, and adolescents must be between the ages of 10-17 years old. Both must be able to read English. At the end of the study, the family has the opportunity to be entered into a raffle to win one of three Amazon Fire tablets.
 
If you have any questions, please e-mail Dr. Samantha Slade, director of the INSPYRE lab at inspyre@wichita.edu or call at (316) 978-6180.