About this role
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Position Information
Employee's Effective Start Date 10/26/2026
If this is a Temporary position, provide end date or enter N/A for any other position type. 09/30/2027
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD student in Early Childhood Education
- Attendance at the Essentials Instructional Practices in Early Literacy Training of Trainers (TOT) in Birth to 3 and/or Prekindergarten
- Knowledge and/or experience designing surveys
- Knowledge and/or experience conducting interviews and focus groups
- Strong background in qualitative research
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Good command of Google Suite
- Open to learning new technology and research approaches
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience with program evaluation
Position Purpose
The Department of Human Development and Child Studies (HDCS), housed in the School of Education and Human Services, invites applications to a part-time Research Assistant position to work on a research and evaluation project on Early Literacy training of trainers.
Job Duties
Responsibilities include literature review, document review, instrument design; develop interview/focus group protocols and conduct interviews/focus groups; managing/arranging data collection, including supervising focus group interviewers; survey data collection, entry, cleaning, and processing; coding and data analysis; help with report writing; and additional tasks as assigned.
Job Open Date 10/26/2026
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled No
Position Specific Questions
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Documents Needed to Apply
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Optional Documents