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Graduate Research Assistant

Posted: 5/14/2023 (Employment)

Graduate Research Assistant

 

Quarters: Summer and Fall 2023 (Summer employment may be hourly or half-time [50% FTE] full-term)

Unit: Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology

Application Deadline: May 26, 2023, or until the position is filled

Project PI: Jeanie Santaularia (njsanta@uw.edu)

 

We seek a graduate research assistant to join our research team to examine the impact of the Dobbs decision on family violence in US Google search data using a natural experiment that takes advantage of both the timing of the national-level Dobbs decision and the variation in abortion restrictions by states following the decision.

 

The largest responsibility of the RA will involve performing a literature review and assisting in writing papers, however, analysis of data in R may also be required. A more detailed list of responsibilities includes:

 

General Research Assistant duties:

  • Attending project team meetings
  • Managing and responding to project-related email
  • Supporting development of community partnerships
  • Working with project partners to obtain the research data
  • Checking and cleaning the data
  • Safeguarding the confidentiality of the data
  • Creating descriptive summaries of the data, numerically and graphically
  • Conducting statistical analyses of the data using R
  • Conducting literature reviews for the project
  • Contributing to the writing of one or more journal manuscripts related to the project
  • Other duties related to the project as determined by the research team

 

Requirements:

  • Experience with R, especially for data management, descriptive statistics and basic inferential statistics
  • Interest in reproductive health and rights
  • Ability to work and thrive in a collaborative team environment
  • Familiarity with Excel and Word
  • Strong communication and writing skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively

 

Preferred

  • Prior knowledge and/or experience in reproductive health and rights and violence
  • Familiarity with Git and Github
  • Familiarity with more advanced statistical methods (DID, bias analysis, interrupted-time-series)
  • Familiarity with Python

 

Deadline: 05/26/2023

Location: CSDE, University of Washington