There are so many ways to get involved

Are you interested in joining the lab? If so, you've come to the right place.

Interested in pursuing a Ph.D.?

Dr. Pasek is not recruiting a graduate student for fall 2025. However, if you are interested in applying for our doctoral program, you should feel free to reach out to Dr. Pasek to express your interest and/or to ask any questions. You can learn more about the Social/Personality Program at UIC here. For information about how to apply, click here.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship?

If you are interested in working with Dr. Pasek as a postdoctoral researcher, email him directly.

Interested in joining the lab as a research assistant?

Are you a highly-motivated undergraduate student at UIC or another Chicago-area institution? Do you want to get hands-on research experience? The Belief, Identity, and Group Relations Lab has great opportunities for you to get involved! Download and fill out this application, which can be emailed to us at bigr@uic.edu.

Are you a community member who wants to learn more or get involved?

As a research lab at Chicago's public research university, we believe that opportunities to get involved should be open to the broader community. We'd love to talk about ways we can work together.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

We celebrate diversity and strive to ensure that our lab is a place where all people feel like they belong. We believe that science is at its best when informed by the perspectives of people with different identities, beliefs, and experiences. We value and respect everybody’s racial and ethnic identity, religious identity and beliefs, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental and physical health and ability, socioeconomic status, and immigration status. We invite all of those who share these values to join us in making our lab a welcoming and safe space in which we can all learn and grow together.