Behind the Research Video Project

How can I use these videos in class?

These videos can give your students a brief introduction to a researcher before reading the paper they helped write. This can help give them insight into the scientific process, introduce them to an active researcher in psychology, and perhaps put a voice in their head when they read the paper.

See an example assignment from a research methods class here.

Have you used a video in your class? Let us know how!

Do I need permission to use these videos?

The video creators have granted permission for the non-commercial educational use of these videos. If you are interested in further use of a video see the "CC License" column in the repository to see whether individual videos are open-licensed. The copyright for all videos remains with the video creators; for additional permissions please contact the video creators directly.

Why should I contribute to the Behind the Research Video Project?

Making a Behind the Research video for your published paper takes just a few minutes, helps teachers and students, and increases the impact of your published research.

Who can make a video? 

Anyone who is an author of a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in psychology can contribute a video. The paper does not have to be recent. Each video should correspond to a specific paper, not your research program in general. Feel free to make more than one!

Prompt

Your video should include (1) you introducing yourself and indicating your connection to the paper, and (2) you talking about the paper. For the second part, consider questions such as: What was your journey to this research question? What do you find exciting about this project? This can focus on scientific motivation (e.g., “here’s what we were addressing in the literature”) and/or personal motivation (e.g., “here’s why researching this is interesting to me”). This not an abstract and you don’t need to summarize the paper. Please imagine a lower-division psychology student who is watching the video before reading the paper as your audience.

Style and Format

Imagine you’re chatting with a student in office hours. No visual aids needed — just you talking to the camera. Vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) video is fine.

Length

Aim for one minute. An extra 30 seconds is fine. If you have something that needs to be cut from your recording (e.g., if you misspeak and start again) feel free to send the unedited version with a note— I am happy to do that editing on my end.

Example

See a sample video here.

Use in Research

When you submit your video, you will be asked for your permission to use the video in research by the project team. The form includes optional demographic questions that may be reported in research. See the submission form for further information.

Submit your Video

Submit your video using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/844B2S7Hrka6TU6f7 

Thanks to research assistants Nathan Nguyen, Rob Santiago, and Dongbowei (Iris) Zhang. Thank you to the initial round of invited contributors in Spring 2022 (Viridiana Benitez, Meg Bishop, Gail Heyman. Christopher Madan, Shilpa Madan, Lace Padilla, Julia Soares, Margaret Tarampi, Chris Wahlheim, and Leigh Wilton) for getting this project off the ground.