Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
Please find below projects seeking research assistants in the Department of Linguistics. Available positions are limited each semester. This page is under ongoing development. Please check back regularly for updates.
APPLICATION PERIOD for SPRING 2024: November 20-30, 2023
**Deadline for RA position with J. Alderete (Promoting Diversity in Tech Careers): November 27, 2023 (closed)
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FUTURE APPLICATION PERIODS:
Summer 2024: March, 2024
Fall 2024: July, 2024
Spring 2025: November, 2024
**Deadline for RA position with J. Alderete (Promoting Diversity in Tech Careers): November 27, 2023 (closed)
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
FUTURE APPLICATION PERIODS:
Summer 2024: March, 2024
Fall 2024: July, 2024
Spring 2025: November, 2024
The types of positions we advertise are either:
- Volunteer: Unpaid; hours and length of commitment are variable (often entry stage to a paid RAship);
- Paid Research Assistant: Paid from a research grant or department funds; hours and length of commitment are variable.
Application Instructions: Please read each posting carefully for specific requirements. If you're interested in volunteering or working as an RA, please fill out this application form. Please note that you will need an advising transcript and recent resume. You may apply to more than one project in your application.
Applications are assessed on the basis of academic excellence and stated qualifications. All applicants will be informed by email regarding the outcome of their submission.
| Professor, Project Information | Seeking Students? |
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| John Alderete Technology, Job Placement, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Promoting Diversity in Tech Careers: Please note earlier deadline for this position. Seeking one RA to read and summarize research articles on EDI for job placement in technology careers; examine online tools for EDI, possibly questionnaire data, and attend bi-weekly meetings. Start: End of November Duration: 4 months Open to: Advanced undergraduates (third year or higher preferred) Application deadline for this position: November 27, 2023 (now closed) --------------- |
No (closed) 1 RA (paid) to start end of November, 2023 5-7 hrs/wk Qualifications:
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| Ashley Farris-Trimble Phonology PhonoLab RA: Seeking one volunteer RA to work on the Phonological Learning project. The encumbent will help implement experimental design and collect experimental data, including with the eye-tracker. Open to: Current undergraduate students in LING --------------- |
Yes: 1 volunteer RA for Spring 2024 5-6 hrs/week Qualifications:
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| Yue Wang Experimental Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Computational Linguistics Volunteers, Language and Brain Lab: Seeking 2 volunteer RAs to work on the project Adaptations in conversation: Engaging voices, faces, brains and AI. Paid position may be available after a semester's involvement. Seeking Japanese speaker (preferred) for one of the two positions. If you speak Japanese, please note this in your application and describe fluency. Duties may include:
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Yes: 2 volunteer RAs for Spring 2024 6 hrs/week Preferred experience:
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| Henny Yeung Production, Acquisition, Experimental Linguistics LangDev Lab RA: We are seeking one volunteer RA to work on the project Linguistic analysis of infant- and child-directed speech in one's first and second Languages. Linguistic abilities outside of English are preferred (particularly Spanish, Cantonese, or Russian), but not required. If you speak additional languages, please note them in your application and describe fluency. Duties may include:
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Yes: 1 volunteer RA for Spring 2024 5 hrs/week Preferred qualifications:
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If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Research Grants and Projects Coordinator.