Our research at the Anxiety & Health Behaviors Lab focuses on anxiety disorders (e.g., PTSD, panic, social anxiety, specific phobia) and associated health behaviors that affect the course of these disorders. We employ an integrative technique to treat these disorders, pulling from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness, as well as behavioral interventions such as smoking cessation, exercise, yoga, and medication (i.e., cognitive enhancers). You can read more about our research here: http://labs.la.utexas.edu/smits/. We are looking for motivated undergraduates to work in our lab for at least 2 semesters, 10 hours a week. Please email s.witcraft@utexas.edu if you are intersted in applying.
Research
Research Assistant Position for Spanish Speaker
This project studies the representation of Mexican indigenous “informants,” collaborators, and authors in their own right during the twentieth century in anthropological and linguistic research (specifically related to Nahua culture, Nahuas being native speakers of Nahuatl – language of the Aztecs and more than 1.5 million people today). For the majority of the twentieth century many of the indigenous people who provided the information for academic studies were seen as sources of raw data that the “intellectual” academician would then analyze and interpret. In reframing indigenous peoples as intellectuals in their own right, I argue for an expanded understanding of indigenous intellectualism addresses both the tensions and complementary nature of oral and written modes of creating and transmitting oral and written indigenous knowledges. At the same time, with this approach as example, I advocate for a return to early twentieth-century anthropological and linguistic studies in order to tease out and recover voices of indigenous intellectuals that can and should inform contemporary studies of Nahua culture.
I need assistance with downloading all of the 42 volumes of the journal Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, coding essays for general topics, and assessing how the indigenous person who provided the source material (usually called an informant or collaborator, but sometimes author) is recognized in the essays.
Qualifications:
Required: Advanced proficiency in Spanish; knowledge of Word and Excel.
Preferred: Interest in Indigenous Studies
Time Commitment: Negotiable
Begins: As soon as possible
Duration: 2-4 months
Compensation: Credit in the acknowledgments of the completed article
The sponsor of this project is available for weekly meetings in person or via Skype
For more information please contact Kelly McDonough at kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu
Undergraduate Research Grant
Spring 2015 Undergraduate Research Grant Application
The Senate of College Councils invites you to apply for this semester’s Undergraduate Research Grant (URG). The URG seeks to encourage students to become actively involved with research in their undergraduate experience by providing funding to a deserving applicant.
Eligible applicants include students assisting a faculty member with a research project, as well as students conducting independent or partnered research. Applicants must be a full-time undergraduate student as determined by the University of Texas at Austin’s Office of the Registrar.
One winner will receive a $1,000 grant from the Senate of College Councils to be used toward funding his or her research.
UPDATE: The deadline for all required materials is March 27, 2015 at 5:00 PM. Please note that you must provide a Social Security Number when applying for this grant. The application is available on the Senate of College Councils HornsLink page, under forms.
In the event that an electronic submission is not possible, you may submit your application in a manila envelope, in person, to Becky Carreon. Her desk is located in the Senate of College Councils’ office in SAC 2.102.
Please contact Kyle Ford and Melissa Flores at SenateURC@gmail.com with any questions regarding the application.