Undergraduate Research Assistant, Psychology

2 weeks ago

Saskatoon, Canada University of Saskatchewan Full time

**Undergraduate Research Assistant, Psychology**:
The Language, Culture, and Identity Lab is housed within the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Psychology and Health Studies. Research projects carried out are relevant to, and can inform, socio-cultural issues. Dr. Collins, the Principal Investigator, is especially interested in issues of language, culture, and identity.

**Primary Purpose**: The Language, Culture, and Identity Lab is seeking an individual to manually code approximately 250 news articles for a specific form a linguistic bias. This is an essential research task that requires a meticulous person with great attention to detail.

**Typical Duties or Accountabilities**:In your appointment of Research Assistant, you will be responsible for reading and quantitatively coding news articles. This will involve selecting relevant text, and determining the valence of the excerpts and the level of abstraction. Training will be provided. The Research Assistant will be required to populate and maintain a spreadsheet with coding results as well as any notes with updates, questions, or concerns. It is expected that coding one article will take approximately 15-20 minutes. In total, Research Assistants will be expected to code approximately 250 articles.

**Education**: Social Sciences Undergraduate Student, preferably in the third or fourth year of their degree.

**Licenses**: TCPS2 CORE Certificate is an asset.

**Experience**: Exposure to social science research through undergraduate research courses is an asset.

**Skills**:

- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Interest in language and bias research.
- Ability to work independently.
- Detail oriented.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

**Department**: Psychology
**Status**: Hourly
**Employment Group**: Undergraduate Students - Non-union
**Full Time Equivalent (FTE)**: 0.25-0.50
**Salary**: The salary range, based on 1.0 FTE, is $14.00 - 16.96 per hour. The starting salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
**Salary Phase/Band**:Salary Band 1
**Posted Date**: 1/24/2024
**Closing Date**: 2/7/2024
**Number of Openings**:4
**Work Location**:May be eligible for hybrid work under the terms of USask's Alternative Workspace Guidelines

**Criminal Record Check**:Not Applicable
**Driver's License and Abstract Check**:Not Applicable
**Education/Credential Verification**:Not Applicable
**Vulnerable Sector Check**:Not Applicable

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