We have around 10K - and no real lab space (we aren't even really near the
main campus!). We did have a separate building with lab space - but that
building was condemned and was to be turned into parking spaces (but that
hasn't happened either - so just a condemned mildewy building). We were
also promised lab space in a new building, but that has been squelched as
well. We do have some meeting rooms that we can use for research, but
nothing that you could put equipment in. We have a 3-4 teaching load and
are expected to do research.
At 09:41 AM 5/3/2007 -0400, you wrote:
Good morning all!
As Chair of our department I have been asked to produce a document
describing our department's current status, our goals, and the major
obstacles to achieving our goals. One thing that I've identified and
mentioned in many previous reports is lack of lab space assigned to
Psychology faculty. So, I'd like to ask, how many of you are at
institutions where you have no assigned lab space? Do you feel that not
having a lab hampers your professional development? Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
BTW - Shepherd is a fairly small institution of about 4500 students. We
have 4 full-time faculty and about 170 Psychology majors (and about
another 90 students who minor in Psychology). Within the past two years we
moved from being Shepherd College to Shepherd University and with that has
come an increasing emphasis on publication. I'm trying to make the case
that, at least in Psychology, publication means data collection, and that
data collection is hampered by not having a lab (we won't even mention the
12-hour teaching load each semester).
Best to everyone,
Larry
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Larry Z. Daily
Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology Department Chair
Department of Psychology
White Hall, Room 216
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
Psychology phone: (304) 876-5297
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW:
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Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(229) 333-5994
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