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Learning & Brain
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Interested in joining our lab?

Open Positions

Dr. Markant is currently accepting Research Assistant applications for Summer 2024!

Dr. Markant is accepting graduate students for Fall 2025.

Post-Baccalaureate positions are not available.

Undergraduate Research
Assistants

We are always accepting applications for research assistants. If you are interested in applying to be an RA for Summer 2024, please send a copy of your CV and completed application form to our lab manager, Kayla Brown at kbrown32@tulane.edu by April 15th at 5 pm.

If you are interested in applying for an RA role for Fall 2024 or Spring 2025, please send Kayla an email expressing your interest so that she can make you aware of future application deadlines. RA applications for Fall 2024 will open in July.

Undergraduate Resources

What do Research Assistants do?

Research assistants (RA) assist graduate students with research projects. RAs typically help with participant recruitment and communications, experiment scheduling, data collection, and data processing. 

Do I earn course credit as a RA?

Yes! All of our research assistants earn course credit for working in our lab. Our lab requires RAs work a minimum of 9 hours/week which means you are able to earn 3 academic credits each semester. 

Can I volunteer with the LBD Lab?

Volunteer opportunities are not available. All research assistants earn course credit for their contributions in the lab.

What if there are not any open positions?

Each semester we evaluate RA positions based on our lab’s needs. If you are interested in applying, please send Kayla Brown at kbrown32@tulane.edu a copy of your application materials and we can keep them on file. Check back with us next semester for open positions!

Have any other questions?

Feel free to email our lab manager, Kayla Brown, with any questions you have about our lab, being an RA, and more!

Graduate Students

Dr. Markant is accepting graduate students for Fall 2024. Prospective graduate students can apply through Tulane University’s Psychology, School Psychology, or Neuroscience Ph.D. Programs. 

Information about the Program

Admissions Information

Post-Baccalaureate

No positions available at this time.

What if there are no open positions available at this time?

Please check in with us in future semesters for available positions!

      Open Positions

  • Dr. Markant is accepting graduate students for Fall 2025.

  • Research Assistant positions are open for Summer 2024!

  • Post-Baccalaureate positions are not available at this time. 

Undergraduate Research Assistants

We are always accepting applications for research assistants. If you are interested in applying to be an RA for Summer 2024, please send a copy of your CV and completed application form to our lab manager, Kayla Brown at kbrown32@tulane.edu by April 15th at 5 pm.

If you are interested in applying for an RA role for Fall 2024 or Spring 2025, please send Kayla an email expressing your interest so that she can make you aware of future application deadlines. RA applications for Fall 2024 will open in July.

Undergraduate Resources

What if there are no open positions available at this time?

Each semester we evaluate RA positions based on our lab’s needs. If you are interested in applying, please send Kayla Brown at kbrown32@tulane.edu a copy of your application materials and we can keep them on file. Check back with us next semester for open positions!

What do Research Assistants do?

Research assistants (RA) assist graduate students with research projects. RAs typically help with participant recruitment and communications, experiment scheduling, data collection, and data processing. 

Do I earn course credit as a RA?

Yes! All of our research assistants earn course credit for working in our lab. Our lab requires RAs work a minimum of 9 hours/week which means you are able to earn 3 academic credits each semester. 

Can I volunteer with the LBD Lab?

Volunteer opportunities are not available. All research assistants earn course credit for their contributions in the lab.

Have any other questions?

Feel free to email our lab manager, Kayla Brown, with any questions you have about our lab, being an RA, and more!

Graduate Students

Dr. Markant is accepting graduate students for Fall 2024. Prospective graduate students can apply through Tulane University’s Psychology, School Psychology, or Neuroscience Ph.D. Programs. 

Post Baccalaureate

We do not have any positions available at this time.