Hello all -- this (below) arrived in my inbox. It's a job posting for a two-year research assistant position in Jesse Snedeker's language acquisition lab at Harvard, If you're just about to graduate with a Linguistics major (or a Psychology major) and are looking for something to do, this looks like a nice position.
-Paul
Research Assistant
Harvard University
Department of Psychology
Snedeker Lab
We are seeking an energetic and intellectually-engaged research
assistant for studies of language comprehension in typically-
developing children and children with autism spectrum disorders.
Responsibilities include: preparing stimuli, contacting families,
testing children and adults, coding data, assisting with data
analysis, training undergraduate assistants, managing a summer
internship program, maintaining equipment, coordinating the use of
space, organizing meetings, and assisting with grant management.
Necessary qualifications:
*An undergraduate degree in psychology, linguistics or cognitive
science
*A strong interest in the psychology of language
* Prior experience working with young children
* Comfortable with technical trouble shooting
* Well organized, calm under pressure, and comfortable juggling half
a dozen things at once
Skills that would be put to good use include:
*Experience with eye tracking
*Knowledge of ToBI prosodic coding
*Experience with E-prime
*Coursework in semantics, pragmatics or syntax
*Experience with CHILDES and corpus analyses
*Experience with kids on the autism spectrum
*A sense of humor
Our lab is part of larger communities both within Harvard and in the
wider Boston area, which offer rich resources for students interested
in developmental psychology, psycholinguistics and linguistics.
Research assistants are encouraged to make use of these resources.
Folks who have held this position in the past have gone to graduate
programs in psychology, linguistics, speech and hearing sciences, and
clinical linguistics.
Potential applicants should email me: a letter of interest, a CV, and
three references (email addresses and phone numbers are best). Please
feel free to write with questions as well.
This is a two-year, limited-term position with the possibility of
renewal. Review of applications will begin immediately and the start
date would be between June 1st and July 5th.
Jesse Snedeker
snedeker(a)wjh.harvard.edu
