Prospective Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
The Mechanisms of Affect Dysregulation Lab (MADLab) is particularly well suited for those interested in a career in academia and research in university and medical research settings. Graduate students gain experience in administering diagnostic interviews to assess adult psychopathology, particularly affective aggression and personality disorders (i.e., SCID, SID-P, IED-Interview), as well as experience running behavioral and psychophysiological tasks with participants. Opportunities exist to explore a variety of research interests, including those relating to Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), affective aggression, self-injurious behavior, suicidality, neuropsychology, executive functioning/cognition, fMRI data analysis, emotion regulation, psychophysiological methods, and impulsivity. Collaboration between graduate students on grant-related and independent projects is common. Graduate students are also strongly encouraged to pursue opportunities to present and publish research. More information on the program and how to apply can be found here.
Dr. McCloskey will be reviewing applications for the 2025-2026 academic year. Temple’s deadline is November 15th, 2024. While he greatly appreciates your enthusiasm for the lab, Dr. McCloskey declines all requests to meet with prospective applicants ahead of the application deadline out of fairness to all applicants.
Prospective Research Assistants
The lab is also an ideal fit for undergraduate students and post-bacs who demonstrate a keen interest and motivation in gaining clinical research experience, particularly those wishing eventually to apply to graduate school in psychology. RA responsibilities include participant screening and recruitment, assisting participants with behavioral/laboratory tasks, conducting literature searches, and managing the daily demands of lab projects. RAs who demonstrate exceptional potential, are dependable, and are able to make a longer commitment to the lab are often able to gain additional experiences, including administering cognitive assessments and contributing to projects that could lead to authorship on papers and/or conference presentations. We are not currently recruiting volunteer research assistants. We plan to recruit 3-5 new volunteer research assistants during the Spring, 2025 semester, to start with us in Summer/Fall 2025. If you are interested in having your application materials filed for the next available position, please send your CV/resume and a completed application to our Research Coordinator, Lynette Krick (lynette.krick@temple.edu). Work-study and course credit opportunities are generally only provided to those who have been with our lab for a few months (usually at least 1 semester).
We are not current recruiting paid lab manager/post-bac positions.
**Please note that if you have participated in an in-person research study in the MADLab, you will not be considered for a research assistant position to avoid dual relationships. Participation in only the online study will not disqualify you for a research position in the lab.**