Phillip Atiba Goff's Race and Social Justice Lab is a social psychology laboratory composed of Stanford undergrads, not all psych majors, led by Ph.D. candidate Phil Goff. For an idea of the type of research we conduct please click here. Research assistants engage in various tasks including survey distribution, experiment mediation, data entry and analysis, and also take part in the thought process involved in designing psychological studies. In addition to individual tasks, the lab group meets once a week in order to as Phil likes to say, "get deep in the problem space." It is a great experience in research for students of any discipline.

Participants in this lab group usually join in one of two ways. The first way is through Stanford University's Psychology Department, which allows undergraduates to receive credit (1 unit for every 3 hours of work/week in a given academic quarter) for supervised research. The second way to participate is for Federal Work Study students, who may receive their work study funds for participation in the lab.

Each member of the lab group pursues an independent research project while helping on a number of lab-wide projects. Since the lab group is dedicated to the pursuit of social justice, we try to create an intellectual and social community, not just a working environment. Each week, the lab gets together to discuss research projects and ideas, and several times a quarter, the lab takes mini-excursions. For bio's of past and current lab members click here. For more information, please contact the current lab administrator, John Shasanmi, or the lab director, Phillip Atiba Goff.