Research Assistant Opportunity for a Doctoral Student in Sociology
Fall 2018 – Summer 2020 (24 months), if in good standing
Information about the position:
The selected research assistant will work as a member of an interdisciplinary research team, studying air quality and its socially and geographically uneven effects on children’s health, under the direct supervision of Dr. Sara Grineski. Potential projects that the student could contribute to include: environmental injustices in exposure to air pollution and other hazards at US elementary schools; social vulnerability and environmental injustice after Hurricane Harvey in Houston and/or the effects of air pollution on children’s academic performance and socioemotional health, including unequal impacts by race/class/gender and identification of protective factors (e.g., reduced social stress). The student will gain training in scholarly writing, data management, and quantitative data analysis skills. She/he will have the opportunity to coauthor journal articles and conference presentations with the team, as well as break out an individual project, required for graduation. These experiences will help the student to be well-prepared to pursue research and/or faculty positions after graduation.
Qualifications:
The ideal applicant will be curious; motivated to learn; passionate about environmental justice, health equality, and social justice-related topics; and interested in working with data and using quantitative methods. Previous experience with research or statistics would be helpful, but is not required.
How to apply:
If you are not already a student in the program, apply for the Ph.D. program in Sociology by February 1: http://soc.utah.edu/graduate/admissions.php. Indicate your interest in the position in your statement of purpose and send me an email letting me know that you have applied: segrineski@utep.edu
If you are already a student in the program, contact me via email letting me know you are interested in applying for the positon.
If you have questions:
Contact Sara Grineski – segrineski@utep.edu
Incoming faculty member in the University of Utah Sociology Department, effective January 2018
(Currently, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at El Paso)
See here for samples of the type of work my team does: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IKSypQYAAAAJ&hl=en