Research Opportunities for Undergrads
NEW OPPORTUNITY with the LANGUAGE AND BRAIN LAB
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 22, 2026
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
After you fill out the application form, you will be asked to attach a resume and a current copy of your advising transcript. Please specify your unique skill sets and experience very clearly in your application.
Our research opportunities are either paid or volunteer, as noted in the description. Volunteer positions often lead to paid RAships in later semesters. The hours and length of commitment vary, depending on the project. Paid RAships are funded by the supervisor's research grant or the Linguistics endowment fund. Applications are assessed on the basis of academic excellence and stated qualifications.
| Professor, Project Information | Seeking Students? (Yes/No) and Further Details |
|---|---|
| Yue Wang Experimental phonetics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics Language and Brain Lab: Seeking a team of volunteer RAs to work on the project Adaptations in Conversation: Engaging voices, faces, brains and machines. Paid position may be available after RA's initial semester(s). Duties to include:
------------------------------ |
YES: 3+ volunteer RAs for Summer 2026 5 hrs/wk (plus 1-hr weekly lab meeting) Qualifications:
|
| Jozina Vander Klok Field linguistics, language documentation, language description, fieldwork methodologies, linguistic analysis Linguistic Field Research Lab: All interested students are invited to join the lab's weekly reading group discussions. The group meets weekly on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 pm, in-person or online. The focus is on research surrounding topics on language documentation, language description, fieldwork methodologies, as well as on linguistic analysis of data. The reading group began meeting in October, 2025 and started with several chapters from Applicative Constructions in the World's Languages (eds. Zúñiga & Creissels, 2024), with the goals of (i) building a dataset for systematic comparison of some of the morphosyntactic alternations and (ii) creating a questionnaire for linguistic field research. Anyone can join this research and discussion series; however, it is volunteer-only at this point. Students are also welcome to share ongoing research on this topic. Open to: Current SFU students. To join: Email lingrsch@sfu.ca. ------------------------------ |
YES (ongoing, volunteer) 1-hr weekly meeting (drop-in) Qualifications:
|
If you have any questions about these opportunities or about the application process, please contact the Research Grants and Projects Coordinator.