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
- SDSU Human Subjects Research Training (save completion certificate and provide copy to Dr. H-S)
- PACS Lab Questions (Word doc)
- PACS Lab SMART Goals Sheet (Word doc)
Ph.D/MS Students
- PACS Lab Graduate Student Overall Goals Sheet (Word doc) (MS and Ph.D students only)
- Individual Development Plan (MS and PhD students only)
Undergraduate Students
- Intern Evaluation Form (Word doc) (completed by Dr. H-S every 3-6 months)
- Evaluation of Dr. H-S (Word doc) (completed by 499 students only at end of semester)
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?
