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Graduate Students

Professor Kawakami will be accepting MA and PhD students to begin in September 2025. For more information, please contact her at kawakami@yorku.ca. Additional information about the Social Personality graduate program at York University is available at here.

Honours Thesis Students

If you are a psychology student at York who is interested in doing your honours thesis with Professor Kawakami, please contact her at kawakami@yorku.ca. Dr. Kawakami is no longer accepting honours thesis students for the 2024-2025 school year. Additional information about completing an honours thesis at York University is available here.

Research Assistants

The Social Cognition Lab offers opportunities for bright, motivated, conscientious students who want first-hand experience conducting psychological research. We conduct rigorous and in-depth laboratory studies that will give you invaluable experience for graduate or professional school admission or a career in research.

We recruit our research assistants during the summer and recommend applying during April–June to be considered for positions beginning in the fall semester. Any applications we receive are currently being considered for the 2025/2026 school year.

If you are interested in volunteering as a research assistant, please contact Hannah Tran at kawakamisocialcoglab@gmail.com. In your email, please include your unofficial transcript, resume, and a short description of your plans for the next few years (1-3 sentences). While research experience is an asset, it is not a requirement to apply!