Undergraduate Research Assistant (Student), American University, US

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College of Arts & Sciences

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Summary:

The Undergraduate Research Assistant will provide overall study support, including assisting with data collections and managing the survey distribution. They will assist and lead aspects of the research including but not limited to literature reviews, data collection, and data analysis.

Examining Blackness in Postsecondary STEM Education through a Multidimensional-Multiplicate Lens is an exploratory sequential mixed methods study that strives to understand how Black undergraduate STEM students understand and engage Blackness in relationship to their STEM engagement and perspectives of racial equity in STEM. This project engages critical theories of Blackness, mosaic ethnography, critical mixed methodology, critical quantitative and intersectional qualitative analyses.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct literature reviews.

• Collect and/or analyze data.

• Write articles and conference proposals.

• Provide administrative support for research activities.

• Attend research project meetings.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• Part-Time.

• Student.

Salary Range:

• $17.95 per hour.

Other Details

• This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

• Please note this job announcement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• American University is an E-Verify employer.

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