Lab for Social and Moral DevelopmentResearch Assistant Positions
FLYER
Description:
Social Inequalities in Nepal • How do children and adolescents in Nepal reason about social
inequalities? • Do they think that children from rich and poor families could be friends? • How would they allocate schoolbooks and painting materials to rich and poor schools? • Would they address prior inequalities between schools? If you are interested to know the answers to the questions above, you should apply as a research assistant for the Nepal study at the Social and Moral Development Lab. We are eager to recruit Research Assistants from a range of racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. RAs in this project will learn about the process of research, read the literature in developmental psychology, meet with a research group once a week, and in particular, will learn how to analyze the qualitative data from interviews of children and adolescents from disadvantaged and more privileged social groups in a developing country (Nepal).
Responsibilities:
-Qualitative data analysis
-Coding of answers from adolescents
-Discussion of findings
-Regular meetings in the group
-Other tasks may be assigned based on interest
Qualifications:
-Good analytical skills
-Availability minimum 6 hours per week
-Interest in social or developmental research
-Experiences with excel would be preferred
How To Apply:
TO APPLY: First, go to the lab website under “lab announcements” and download the 1-page application: https://education.umd.edu/labs/social-and-moral-development-laboratory Next, email jgrutter@umd.edu with the following 3 items attached: 1. Your completed 1-page application (WORD or PDF) 2. Your unofficial transcript (WORD or PDF) 3. Your resume (WORD or PDF)
