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Posted: 15-Mar-24
Location: Princeton, NJ, US, 08544
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Categories:
Other Staff/Administrative
Internal Number: 238112435
Senior Research Specialist
US-NJ-Princeton
Job ID: 2024-18308
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Research and Laboratory
Princeton University
Overview
Princeton Universityâ™s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is looking to hire a full-time pre-doctoral research assistant for the Criminal Justice @ SPIA Initiative. The position entails close collaboration with two faculty members, Laurence Ralph and Maria Micaela Sviatschi, on projects related to criminal justice research. The research assistant will provide support on a variety of research tasks. Projects include working with data for a project on organized crime, migration, and inequality in Latin America, and discourse and content analysis for a project on the history of police torture in the United States.
In addition to working closely with faculty, research assistants participate in the vibrant academic life of Princeton University, including taking graduate or undergraduate courses, attending seminars, and engaging with graduate students and other research assistants.
This is a one-year term position.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Tasks include cleaning datasets, scraping data, and creating summary statistics.
- Analyze texts and conduct an extensive literature review for grant submissions.
Perform other research tasks and research coordination as needed.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree
- Discourse/content analysis
- Data analysis and processing (e.g. cleaning, summary statistics, scrapping data)
- Strong research and writing skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience with academic literature review preferred
We at the School of Public and International Affairs believe that it is vital to cultivate an environment that embraces and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion - fundamental to the success of our education and research mission. This commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment and hiring as we actively seek colleagues of exceptional ability who represent a broad range of viewpoints, experiences and value systems, and who share Princeton University's dedication to excellence.
Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.
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