Research Assistant (Student)

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Department:

School of Public Affairs

Time Type: Part time

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

Assistant Professor David Miller (Government) seeks a research assistant to help collect data for a project on gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial elections. This position will run from June 2025-August 2025. The research assistant will collect biographical information about gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates in elections from 1968-present.

Responsibilities:

Utilize web and archival sources to locate biographical information on gubernatorial/lieutenant gubernatorial candidates.

Record biographical information in spreadsheets in a systematized way.

Coordinate with supervising faculty and other project personnel in location and recording information across states and election cycles.

Position Type/Expected Hours Of Work:

Part-Time.

20 hours per week.

Position duration is 6/01/2025 through 08/15/2025.

Salary Range:

$22.70 per hour.

Required Education and Experience:

Familiarity with historical newspaper archives and databases.

Ability to coordinate data collection tasks in the context of a large team recording the same kind of data for different cases.

Comfortable with Microsoft Excel and Zoom.

Preferred Education and Experience:

Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a social science field at American University (e.g., economics, political science, sociology) preferred.

Previous experience manually coding information about candidates for political office preferred.

Other Details

This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

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