Research Assistant
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Full-time
Education
Posted on January 28, 2019
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is seeking a Research Assistant who will assist in conducting a research project on spoken and written language development in children. Responsibilities include recruiting child participants; working with children’s families to schedule studies; driving children and their guardians to and from the laboratory; performing language, cognition and hearing assessments on them; testing them in eye-tracking and other experimental paradigms; assisting in experiment design and development; managing data; and participating in other research tasks.
This work is a part of a large research team that includes the PI and several staff members, as well as graduate and undergraduate students. Key duties include; Working with children and their families to schedule research studies, running eye-tracking studies and perform assessments on participants (including weekends and evenings).
Education Required:
Experience Required:
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days (December 19, 2018 – January 2, 2019). This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. For questions or additional information, please contact Jamie Klein-Packard.
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.
This work is a part of a large research team that includes the PI and several staff members, as well as graduate and undergraduate students. Key duties include; Working with children and their families to schedule research studies, running eye-tracking studies and perform assessments on participants (including weekends and evenings).
Education Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology, education, speech pathology, linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience such that one can perform beginning level research in psychology.
Experience Required:
- Demonstrated experience with word processing and spreadsheet programs, and the ability to learn new technical skills quickly. (Working knowledge)
- Must have flexible schedule – weekend and evening hours are regularly needed. (Working experience)
- Ability to supervise undergraduate students. (Working experience)
- Experience working with children between the ages of 5-12 (Working experience)
- Ability to perform and score standardized clinical assessments of language and cognition, or to rapidly learn those skills. (Working Experience)
- Ability to use or rapidly learn to use eye-tracking hardware and software (including data processing). (Working Experience)
- Must have valid driver’s license and the ability to meet University Driving Policy standards.
- At least 6 months research experience in psychology, speech pathology or education, preferably in cognitive or developmental psychology. (Working Experience)
- Must demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and strong organizational skills. (Basic experience)
- Experience with audio equipment, speech processing or speech synthesis packages, and/or acoustic analysis. (Working knowledge)
- Experience with computer programming (any language). (Working knowledge)
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop, and/or Microsoft Access. (Working knowledge)
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days (December 19, 2018 – January 2, 2019). This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. For questions or additional information, please contact Jamie Klein-Packard.
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.