Grad Student Applications

Dr. Guevarra will review graduate student applications for the upcoming 2024-2025 application cycle (Ph.D. start date of Fall 2025). Dr. Guevarra can be a primary advisor in the Social Psychology Ph.D. program or co-advise students in both the Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology Ph.D. programs at Miami University.

Dr. Guevarra is looking for students who are ready to conduct research at the PhD level and whose research interests align with the lab.

Interested in applying? If you have any questions about the Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab, email Dr. Guevarra at guevarda@miamioh.edu.

Research Readiness

Although research presentations and publications can be useful heuristics for gauging research readiness, they are not necessary for your application. People have different access to research opportunities, which can differentially impact an applicant's research experience and ability to develop. I expect you to know the following things:

  • Have some understanding of the research literature or experience approaching a literature

  • Have a basic or intermediate understanding of research methods

    • Knows how to run a basic within- and between-subjects experiment

    • Knows how to design basic correlational study

    • Have experience with designing, conducting, and/or interpreting and presenting research

  • Have a basic or intermediate knowledge of statistics

    • Know how to wrangle or prepare simple data for analysis

    • Know how to do basic data visualization

    • Know how to run and interpret basic to intermediate statistical analyses, such as correlation, basic regression, the family of t-tests, within- and between-ANOVA, and mixed-ANOVA

    • Bonus: Have basic and intermediate coding skills in R and MATLAB

  • Strong reasoning and writing skills

    • Knows how to identify key arguments in a paper

    • Knows how to structure writing in a logical and coherent manner

  • Demonstration of learning complex tangible research skills

    • Experiencing learning technical research skills (Like R or MATLAB)

  • Evidence of maturity, motivation, and persistence

    • Experience with managing academic-related stress, rejection, and failures

Research Interest Fit

Our lab studies specific research questions related to affect and affect regulation. In addition to being research-ready, it is important that your research interests overlap with those of the lab. You are a good fit if you are interested in the following topics:

  • Interested broadly in affect and affect regulation

  • Interested broadly in how the mind impacts the body

  • Interested in using EEG and other psychophysiology measures

  • Specifically interested in placebo effects in affect regulation

  • Specifically interested in identifying and developing new regulation strategies

  • Interested in well-being interventions