LCC members can apply to use the services of a 10-hour per week graduate research assistant for a short period of time (typically 4-6 weeks). Priority is given to projects that (a) have a life course or population studies focus, broadly construed; (b) can quickly result in a publication and/or grant proposal; (c) can clearly benefit from short-term research assistance; and (d) do not already have external funding. Preference will be given to junior faculty. This is a free service.
Applications for Short-Term RA service during Spring 2025 are now open. We review applications on a rolling basis, and in batches on set dates TBD.
To apply for this service, please complete this form and include the following information:
- Your name and departmental affiliation
- Details about your project: A title and a short (~2 paragraph) description of the overall project's goals and activities
- Describe the relevance or alignment of the project with the LCC research themes
- Information about the product that will result (e.g., a publication, a grant proposal, a conference presentation) and when that product will be produced
- A statement about current external funding support for the project
- A description of the specific activities the research assistant would do and (if not obvious) how they fit into the overall project
- The number of weeks the research assistant's services would be needed (at 10 hours per week) and a proposed starting date
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
The Fall 2024 short term RAs are Xiaowen Han and Lillian Norman.
Xiaowen's Skills and Experiences:
- Statistical Software: Stata, R, Python
- Coursework: MS courses in Biostatistics (biostatistical inference, theory of statistics, causal inference, survival analysis, R visualization, multilevel modeling for longitudinal data), quantitative methodology in sociology, formal demography
- Experiences: published multiple solo- and co-authored research papers in major sociology journals; worked as a graduate research assistant for many research projects, with responsibilities ranging from survey data collection/administration, undergrad RA mentoring, literature search and review, statistical analyses of the data, and manuscript preparation.
See more information on her LCC webpage or personal website.
Lillian Norman's Skills and Experiences:
- Statistical Software: Stata, R, ArcGIS, NVivo, Qualtrics, Excel
- Coursework: Statistics and Econometrics for Public Affairs, Program Evaluation, Population Studies Practicum, GIS for Planning and Policy, Industrial Organization
- Experiences: Statistics (casual inference, research design, and data visualization), ArcGIS (buffer construction, data joins and relates, visualization), Qualitative Analysis (survey design, coding, transcribing, and thematic analysis)