Undergraduate Students

MSW interns with Dr. Futris

We welcome motivated and curious students to our research team. Our lab offers a collaborative and supportive environment where you’ll have the opportunity to pursue independent projects, develop new skills, and contribute to applied research on couple relationships. If you’re passionate about advancing healthy couple relationships and are eager to grow as a scientist, we’d love to hear from you!

Want to volunteer or intern with us?

We welcome motivated students interested in applied research and programming to join our research team. 

Why Get Involved 

  • You are interested in going to graduate school and you need research experience

  • You are seeking a career where you conduct and use research

  • You want to help youth and adults develop healthy relationships 

Opportunities for Involvement 

  • Review and summarize research literature 

  • Contribute to program design and implementation 

  • Help recruit couples to participate in our relationship education programs 

  • Provide case management to program participants 

  • Assist with data collection, entry, coding, and analyses 

  • Contribute to research presentations, reports, and manuscripts  

Requirements 

  • Minimum GPA of 3.25 

  • Coursework in HDFS or other relevant classes required 

  • Completion of a research methods course preferred  

Expectations 

  • Must be able to commit at least 6 hours per week to working in the lab, in-person.

  • Commit at least two semesters to the lab, starting as a volunteer for at least one semester.

  • After volunteering, you may choose to enroll in credit hours either as a directed study, research intern, or Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) student.  

Question? Email Dr. Ted Futris (tfutris@uga.edu) and Dr. Evin Richardson (evinr@uga.edu).

Apply Here!

Interested in CURO?

Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) in the CARE Lab are open to all undergraduates pursuing faculty-mentored research and who have completed at least one semester as a volunteer/intern in the lab.

Former CURO Students and Projects: 

  • Meghan Wolsifer, Biology (Class of 2025). Project: The association between mental health and couples’ perceived experiences in relationship education

  • Lydia Shepherd (Class of 2025). Project: The association between relationship skills improvement, loneliness, and social support.

  • Abigail Scott Gilbert, Psychology (Class of 2024). Project: The Impact of COVID-19 on couple relationships before and following relationship education.

  • Yali Phillipson, Psychology (Class of 2023). Project: Reducing adolescent risky sexual behaviors through relationship education.

  • Annabelle Armah, HDFS and Psychology (Class of 2021). Project: Changes in coparenting quality following the Together We Can Program: The moderating effects of race and maternal distress.

  • Sol Moreno, Psychology (Class of 2020). Project: Variations in relationship quality for Latino versus non-Latino couples following relationship education

  • Taylor Hawley, Psychology (Class of 2020). Project: Relationship quality following a couples’ relationship enrichment program: Variations based on marital and stepfamily status.

  • Sara Dean, Psychology (Class of 2020). Project: Changes in unmarried mothers’ mindfulness, parenting stress, and co-parenting relationship following the Together We Can program

  • Hayley Cohen, Psychology (Class of 2020). Project: Changes in financial distress and relationship quality following a couple relationship and financial literacy program.

  • Rachel Nagey, Psychology (Class of 2019). Project: Variations in coparenting and parenting functioning among at-risk couples following participation in couples relationship education.

  • Monica Han, HDFS (Class of 2018). Project: The association between program fidelity and impact: How facilitator engagement and program adherence influence couples following relationship education.

  • Angela Hendricks, HDFS (Class of 2016). Project:The efficacy of relationship education on middle school aged adolescents

  • Avery Campbell, HDFS (Class of 2016). Project:The influence of formal and informal sources of support on foster parents' couple and co-parenting relationship quality.

  • Lauren Head, Biology and Psychology (Class of 2014). Project: Differences between cohabiting and Nnn-cohabiting couples who participated in premarital education.

  • Helen Moser, HDFS (Class of 2012). Supported training and technical assistance efforts of state-funded teen pregnancy prevention program.