Graduate Research Assistant, Computational Social Science (with Tim Thomas)
Posted: 6/3/2019 (Employment)
The UW Eviction’s Research Project is expanding our current work in the state of Washington (see https://evictions.study) to include Baltimore, Maryland and linking local homelessness service recipient data to understand links between evictions and homelessness, especially among young adults and youth. This work will inform policies on housing insecurity in upcoming legislative sessions and lead to several academic publications.
We are looking for one full-time or two part-time computational social science Graduate Research Assistant(s) (GRA) for paid hourly work for the summer of 2019. Candidates are required to have at least intermediate skills in R (e.g., you use R on a regular basis for your work and other projects), statistics, and academic research (e.g., literature reviews, writing, etc.). Preferred skills include git, python, machine learning, gis or spatial statistics, related computational skillsets, and an understanding of population and/or sociological research. GRA duties will include attending weekly meetings, data management and analysis, literature reviews and write-ups for reports and publications, and assisting in other tasks to move the project forward.
Depending on the pool of candidates, we may mix and match individuals with a partial list of the above skills and will train all candidates in any skillsets needed to accomplish the work. So, if you are at least interested, please apply.
Please email your CV and a cover letter (statement of interest and qualifications) to Tim Thomas at t77@uw.edu by June 9th. Applications will be reviewed until we fill the position(s).
Thank you!
Deadline: 06/09/2019
Location: UW Eviction's Research Project