Striking Findings from PSYC100 Student Researchers

Acknowledgments

A note of gratitude...

Dr. Rebecca Covarrubias's offering of PSYC100: Research Methods in Psychology has be strengthed and refined by the collective contributions of many over the years. Thank you to every educator who has participated and contributed as a teaching assistant, a course consultant, a thinking partner, and general supporter.

Thank you to all the students of PSYC100 who produced this brilliant work. And thank you to all the students who have taken this course for sharing your thoughts, experiences, and perspectives on ways to improve this course and other support structures at UC Santa Cruz.

Special thank you to the following people who have participated as teaching assistants across all iterations of PSYC100:

Anna Baker-Olson, Logan Barsigian, Jada Cheek, Yasmin Chowdhury, Camille Conrey, Santiago Diaz, John Diez, Wei Dou, Elise Duffau, Aiswarya Gangadhar, Elizabeth Goldman, Andrew Guydish, Veronica Hamilton, Sarah Harsey, Emily Hentschke, Kelsey James, Chris Karzmark, Giselle Laiduc, Grace Lamar, Tiffany Lockett, Miguel Lopezzi, Alix MacDonald, Edgar Martinez, Jade Moore, Audrey Morrow, Karinna Nazario, Mercedes Oliva, Vanessa Oviedo, Edward Pashkov, Paulette Garcia Peraza, Ryan Pili, Mel Prieto, Kat Quinteros, Daniel Rodriguez Ramirez, Desiree Ryan, Luz Salazar, Julia Soares, Nathan Stern, Andrew Takimoto, Vera Umansky, Michael Vallerga, Abby Walsh

Finally, thank you to the UC Santa Cruz Teaching and Learning Center for their hands-on support, to the Assessment for Learning Excellence and Equity Center for their support in rubric design, and to the Student Experiences Research Network for their generous funding.

These partnerships critically enhanced the Fall 2023 course structure and curriculum.