Interdisciplinary Writing Research Project

This position requires:

• Minimum 2 hours of work per week ($10.25 per hour), averaged across approx. 13 semester weeks (e.g. in one week you may be required to work for 1 hour, while in another week you may be required to work for 3 hours; schedule of work will be arranged in advance; additional hours may be available depending on research funds available)
• Initial commitment for one semester (you may choose to sign up for at least one additional semester of work)
• Commitment to meeting time of 60-120 minutes per week (averaged across the semester; in some weeks we may not need to meet; in some weeks we may need to meet for 1 hour in other weeks we may need to meet for longer than 1 hour; notice will be given in advance)
• Willingness to undertake the following activities:
  
  • research skills/planning meeting attendance & participation
  • completion of assigned background reading
  • completion of training on research protocols
  • coding writing samples as per research protocols
  • careful recording of coding results; sharing of results via file sharing system
  • results analysis
  • collaboration with other project researchers
  • abiding by FERPA guidelines
• Student has attained at least junior status

This position will give you:

• Opportunity to attend a professional conference (travel expenses paid for by the project – conference opportunity in Spring 2012)
• Opportunity for acknowledgment in publications arising from the research project
• Opportunity for learning about writing in and across the disciplines
• Research experience on a real research project (which may be successful or not)