Description:
This position is for individuals interested in empirical research in the fields of economics, finance, data science, and related fields. Research Assistants will work on projects designed by faculty members or designed by themselves and supervised by a faculty member. Students will have the opportunity to work with the Health Education Action Lab and other participating professors on their research projects.
We are looking for individuals willing to work 10-20 hours per week. The pay is $9 per hour. The hours and weeks worked are flexible.
If you feel like you don’t know how to do research, please don’t let that stop you. We will be providing a training program for all research assistants to improve your research tools and teach you statistical software like STATA, R, SQL, etc. We are looking for individuals with an interest and passion to ask and answer interesting and important questions through research.
If your research interests are not in this area, please reach out to Dr. Joshua Price to see if we can find a way to work together this summer.
Qualifications:
In order to be considered for this position, you will need to be enrolled in one live summer course.
To apply, email the following to Dr. Joshua Price (japrice@suu.edu):
- Resume
- Cover letter that addresses potential research interests and courses taken that have prepared you for research.