Prospective Trainees

Undergraduate Research Team

Undergraduate students wishing to contribute to research in the All Families Lab must be reliable, conscientious, detail-oriented, and highly motivated. Undergraduate students must dedicate up to 10 hours per week and at least 12 months to the position, although two or more years of commitment is preferred. Evening, weekend, and summer availability is mandatory due to the nature of our work with families. Required qualifications include a minimum 3.5 cGPA with As in psychology courses and prior experience working with parents and/or children. If you are interested in joining the lab, please see below for openings and instructions to apply.

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Current openings:

We are looking for new undergraduate research team members to join our lab in early 2025. Students who will commit to lab responsibilities (see description above) until August 2026 and beyond are welcome to apply. We are especially interested in students who have at least 2+ years left in their studies at SFU and will stay on with the lab until/after they graduate. If interested, please email Dr. Kil (hali_kil@sfu.ca) with your cover letter, unofficial transcript, and a copy of your CV detailing your experience with families and/or children. Next application review: February 10, 2025. Select candidates will be invited to an in-person interview.

 

​Dr. Kil also expects a forthcoming opening for 1 undergraduate student with Serbian-English bilingual fluency beginning Summer 2025. The individual will work directly with Dr. Kil alongside high school teachers and fellow RAs from the University of Belgrade. Duties include data entry, translation tasks, and knowledge translation (in Serbian), and regular Zoom meetings with the research team and teachers. If you are interested in this position, send your CV and unofficial transcript to Dr. Kil via email. 

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Reference Letters: Dr. Kil will only provide reference letters for students who are currently part of the All Families Lab and have been working with us for least 1 year. No reference letters are provided to students who have only taken classes taught by Dr. Kil. Students who are volunteering on one project and not officially as part of the lab are also not eligible for a letter from Dr. Kil, but may be eligible for one from the graduate student lead of the project to which they are contributing. Students requesting reference letters must provide the following at least 1 month prior to the earliest deadline in an application cycle: (i) a document outlining number of years and months of lab involvement and listing all research activities completed as part of the lab, (ii) a table detailing the name of the university, specific program, and due date for all applications, (iii) a current CV and unofficial transcript, and (iv) a basic research statement or personal statement that will be submitted as part of applications.

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Honours, Directed Studies, and Research Engagement: Dr. Kil typically limits supervision to undergraduate students who are already part of the All Families Lab as Undergraduate Research Team members. 

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Graduate Supervision

The Fall 2024 application cycle is now closed. Check back in September 2025 for news on whether Dr. Kil will be reviewing applications for the Fall 2026 cycle. The SFU departmental and faculty guidelines for graduate school applications can be found here. ​Please note that Dr. Kil will only be reviewing applications that align with the following research topics for the coming few years (as of 2025): psychological well-being in multiracial and multiethnic children and parents.