Research and Evaluation of UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics - Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program
Tina Trujillo, Professor
Education
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2023 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2024.
At the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP), researchers are using an interdisciplinary approach that combines basic science, professional preparation, and public education. In the 2023-24 academic year, the Center will begin training practitioners to safely facilitate psychedelic experiences in therapeutic and research settings.
I am seeking URAP students to work on a team that will study the BCSP’s professional preparation certificate program. The program is a first-of-its-kind, university-based experiential learning program for diverse, inclusive cohorts of students to train as psychedelic facilitators. The Center will serve as an educational model for best practices in training psychedelic-assisted professional caregivers. The training will make multiple theoretical and practical contributions to the fields of psychedelic science and to career development for mental health and spiritual care practitioners. The program’s ultimate goal is to prepare chaplains, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other professionals to provide mental and spiritual care using psychedelic therapy. The program’s emphasis on training professionals in learning settings that are sensitive to considerations of equity offers the potential to significantly expand psychedelics' therapeutic benefits for marginalized communities in ways that current research, training, and public education do not.
Graduate School of Education Professor Tina Trujillo serves as the Principal Investigator for a longitudinal, ethnographic case study of the Center’s training program, as well as an internal evaluation of the program. She is seeking URAP applicants who are interested in gaining experience supporting instruction and analyzing its themes.
Role: URAP students will work on an interdisciplinary team to provide in-classroom instructional support via audio and visual technology support, conduct classroom observations (qualitative data), and analyze themes from the observational data. URAP students will attend full-day, in-person instructional sessions, support all AV technology needs, and then collect and analyze data on all classroom discourse.
Qualifications: Required qualifications
Experience working successfully on a team
Excellent audio-visual technology skills
Availability to attend every in-person instructional weekend throughout the academic year
Interests in psychedelic science; professional preparation, and educational programming
Experience working with under-represented communities
Ability to conduct and analyze classroom observations guided by a structured protocol
A strong track record of punctuality at work and reliable performance of varied, sometimes unpredictable tasks
Preferred qualifications
Experience collecting or analyzing qualitative data
Experience setting up data management systems
Familiarity with emerging psychedelic science
Students from under-represented backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: The Alembic, 2820 Seventh St, Berkeley, CA 94710
Related website: https://bcsp.berkeley.edu
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology