Start Date: Flexible
End Date: Flexible
Paid: $32.66 per hour
For Credit (DACSS 698): yes
Skills Required: Basic understanding of LLMs
Research Position Description: Flexible
Contact Info: Email Weiai (Wayne) Xu at weiaixu@umass.edu with resume, transcript and paragraph indicating interests and experience.
Start Date: Beginning of Fall 2024 semester
End Date: End of Fall 2024 semester
Paid: No
For Credit (DACSS 698): yes
Skills Required: social media text analysis skills, survey analysis
Research Position Description: 8 hours per week conducting text analysis
Contact Info: Email Soo Young Bae at sooyoungbae@umass.edu with resume, transcript and paragraph indicating interests and experience.
Start Date: Beginning of Fall 2024 semester
End Date: End of Fall 2024 semester
Paid: No
For Credit (DACSS 698): yes
Skills Required: R, regression analysis, visualization
Research Position Description: For Fall 2024, this role will involve working 6-9 hours per week on data analysis focused on nonprofit organizations and the networks involved in grantmaking for social justice causes. You will also be responsible for visualizing foundation locations and analyzing the characteristics of the organizations they support. This will require identifying networks, patterns, and relationships within the grant-level data to better understand the distribution and impact of grantmaking activities.
Contact Info: Email vivianachius@umass.edu with CV, transcript and cover letter indicating interests and analytics/statistical experience
Students can submit their resume here to try to be matched with a faculty member looking for research assistance.