Description
Join the Youth and Media team! The Berkman Center’s Youth and Media team is looking for smart, dedicated full and part-time Research Assistants to help with its various research initiatives, such as “online privacy”, “blurring lines between play and work”, and “child rights”.
This position represents an ideal opportunity for those interested in taking a year off before graduate school or continued academic studies.
About Youth and Media:
YaM is a collaborative, fast-paced group that brings together young people, leading researchers, and developers from the Berkman Center, and mentors from the Center’s broader network to engage creatively with the core challenges and opportunities that youth
face online. More information about YaM can be found on our website (http://youthandmedia.org).
About you:
Research assistants will have the opportunity to become key members of the Youth and Media team and participate in the larger Berkman Center community while gaining valuable professional, writing, and research experience in a dynamic environment.
Successful applicants will be detail-oriented, hard working, and have a passion for or interest in researching the relationship between young people and technology. Above all, candidates must be good writers and editors. While the job requires prowess in various types of writing (grant writing, memo writing, academic writing, report writing, newsletter writing, and so on), successful candidates will have both experience and an interest in academic writing.
Qualifications:
-- Knowledge of and/or interest in issues surrounding youth engagement
with digital technology.
-- Experience in fields such as social science, media studies, communications,
library and information science, anthropology (ethnography), or law.
-- Strong writing skills.
-- Detail-oriented.
-- Experience with copy editing as well as editing for flow and style.
-- Excellent critical reading comprehension, with the ability to absorb
material quickly.
Desired skills/experiences include:
-- Advanced research skills (transcript analysis,data coding, and
study design).
-- Quantitative research experience (conducting surveys).
-- Qualitative research experience (conducting interviews or observational
studies).
Benefits/Other Information:
“Full-time” means that the time commitment for this position will cycle between two different periods: it will start with 90 days of full-time (35 hours/week) work, transition to 60 days of part-time (17.25 hours/week) work, and then continue this transition back and forth for the term of the position.
Exclusively part-time positions may also be available. For these, the time commitment would not exceed 17.25 hours a week. Compensation is the standard Harvard RA rate of $11.50/hour. No other benefits are provided.
This position is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and remote participation is not possible for this opportunity. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor a visa for this position.
To apply: Please send your current CV or resume and a cover letter summarizing your interest and experience to the Youth and Media team (youthandmedia@cyber.law.harvard.edu) with “Application for Youth and Media RA” in the subject line.
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