Where to include research experience in resume?

emmacs516

During my undergrad I spent time working and earning college credit in various labs (neuroscience, psychology, and criminology). These labs offered me a lot of experience. I am very proud of the work that I completed and grateful for the opportunities. I want to highlight this experience somewhere in my application because I believe it was a big part of my undergrad career and it contributed to my personal development. The work has not yet been formally published. I think it would fit in my resume, but I am unsure where it would most make sense. Experience seems tricky because it was not a paid position but it also does not seem to fit well into Education. Any advice is appreciated!

SubpoenaColada

That can absolutely go under experience. Taking a look at sample resume on law school websites might give you a good idea of the general overlay / where things fit on your resume. This one from Yale places research assistant right under experience: https://law.yale.edu/student-life/career-development/students/toolkit-student-job-seekers/resume-advice-samples#:~:text=Activities:,are of the same genre

dianakmezag

I agree with the comment above, you can have an umbrella category just called Experience and it works fine.

For me though, I put my professional experience as one section and research experience as a separate category for clarity because I thought it flowed better. But I have also been out of college for a few years now so it made sense for me to separate my research from more recent work experience.

If total you just have maybe 3-4 things you want to include then maybe a general section would work best and keep things simple; I had three research projects and 5 jobs I wanted to include from the last few years so it just looked overwhelming when I put it all together.