Student Research Assistant
About The Position
The Student Research Assistant will assist the supervisor with engineering education studies. Work includes literature review, manuscript drafting and editing, IRB application preparation, data collection and analysis, and coordinating with the supervisor and other study team members. The work allocation is approximately 50% literature review and manuscript work, 40% IRB preparation and research activities, and 10% meetings to review progress and plan next steps. The schedule varies and is up to 10 hours weekly, with a limit of 20 hours weekly during the school year. Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by unit leadership and HR. This is an hourly, non-exempt position.
Requirements
- Be a current graduate student in engineering, educational psychology, or psychology.
- Have experience with qualitative data collection and analysis.
- During the semester term of the appointment, be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.
- For summer periods, meet at least one of the listed enrollment conditions: have been enrolled in at least 6 hours in the past spring semester; be pre-enrolled in at least 6 hours for the upcoming fall semester; be enrolled in summer session; or be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.
- Student employees cannot concurrently hold this hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA).
Responsibilities
- Conduct literature reviews for engineering education studies.
- Draft and edit manuscripts.
- Prepare IRB applications.
- Collect and analyze data.
- Meet with the supervisor to review progress and plan next steps.
- Meet with other study team members.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
