PACS Lab Structure

Our lab can include Doctoral, Master’s, and undergraduate students. We utilize Google Drive to store non-confidential lab documents. We also have secure server space through SDSU, accessible only on campus.

We hold required lab meetings in Lamden Hall, Room 428 (LH-428) or through Zoom video conferencing. All students working in the lab must attend lab meetings.

Lab Member Orientation and Ongoing Evaluation

All Students

Ph.D/MS Students

Undergraduate Students

Lab Structure

Graduate Lab Assistants (Ph.D/MS student)

  • Contributes to PACS Lab tasks (see below)
  • Oversees undergraduate interns
  • Monitors Google Drive
  • Orders materials
  • Independent work on thesis or project

Undergraduate Lab Interns (BS/BA students)

  • Can be assigned to support PACS Lab activities and Graduate Lab Assistants

Lab Tasks (not all tasks applicable to all projects):

Research Project Support:

  • Observational and qualitative coding
  • Participant recruitment
  • Material development and refinement
  • Intervention implementation support
  • Data collection and entry
  • Administrative tasks

Manuscript & Grant Support:

  • References management
  • Article extraction
  • Literature searches
  • Literature reviews
  • Creating tables and figures
  • *Manuscript/grant writing

Master’s Thesis Development:

  • Research question identification
  • Data collection (if applicable)
  • Data analysis
  • Thesis preparation
  • Manuscript preparation

Master's Project Development:

  • Project goal identification
  • Project development
  • Project implementation
  • Project write-up

*Authorship Guidelines: 

  • First author typically the individual primarily responsible for the project
  • Upfront promises about authorship prohibited. First author to make authorship decisions after evaluating individual contributions (but during manuscript writing process, not after).
  • Ask: Could this project have been done without this person’s conceptual/ technical contribution?