Job Description
The Research Coordinator will support ongoing and new interdisciplinary research projects on youth voter engagement, climate action, and resilience, as well as projects related to conversation, neuroimaging, and other topics of interest to the division, in collaboration with community partners. The research coordinator will work with a project team including the PI, staff, postdocs, and graduate students, as well as external collaborators. The Research Coordinator will provide direct research…
support to the PI and project team to design, develop, and execute study protocols. This position is an excellent stepping stone for candidates seeking to pursue doctoral training who want to further develop their research skills and expand their CVs. Ideal candidates will already have substantial research experience and a desire to author scientific papers.
Responsibilities:
- Leading Institutional Review Board protocol preparation and maintenance.
- Developing data collection and data management protocols.
- Recruiting participants and performing data collection in the field and online.
- Managing project-specific finances including participant payments.
- Managing and curating data, including data cleaning, processing, and quality checking.
- Managing undergraduate Research Assistants and coordinating the project’s study team.
- Performing literature searches and reviews.
- Analyzing behavioral and fMRI data and authoring research papers.
- Building and maintaining relationships with community partners.
- Collaborating and conducting research with community partners.
- Providing administrative assistance.
This is a one-year position that will begin summer 2026.
