Job Description

Research Assistant at the Center for Infant Studies in the Department of Psychology (Director: Prof. Anne Fernald), where we do experimental research on early language development.  As an RA, you will help us with recruiting participating families, running experiments with infants and children, and data coding and analysis.  This is a terrific lab community with lots of student participation.

Qualifications

No previous research experience necessary!  What’s essential is that you bring to this work a desire to learn, high energy, a positive and professional attitude, and meticulous attention to detail in the many different jobs you’ll be involved in.

Conscientiousness, good organizational and interpersonal skills and punctuality are essential. You will work independently as well as part of a research team. Basic computer skills required (e.g. Microsoft Office).

For applicants who are bilingual native speakers of Spanish, we also have research opportunities working with Spanish-learning children at our community lab in East Palo Alto.

Work Options

• Paid job -  open to students eligible for FEDERAL WORK STUDY (@ $13.00/hr).  Flexible hours, from 8 to 20 hrs/week possible.

• Volunteer Research Internship for ACADEMIC CREDIT:  (9 hrs/wk for 3 units) through Psychology, Human Biology, or Symbolic Systems.

Please send a statement of interest to Chris Potter

cepotter@stanford.edu

phone: 650-723-1257