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, Filed Under: Research

Research Assistants Needed for SOGI: Health and Rights lab

Faculty Researcher: STEPHEN RUSSELL

Contact Details

Quinlyn Morrow
qmorrow@utexas.edu
512-475-7570

Description

The SOGI: Health and Rights laboratory focuses on the role of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in human health, development, and rights. Our projects focus on the links between SOGI and health/well-being, with an emphasis on how prejudice and stigma shapes daily life. Our research includes attention to the unique vulnerabilities and strengths of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) people across the lifespan, yet most of our studies focus on adolescents and healthy development.

Qualifications

We include research assistants at all levels in our projects – from just beginning, to advanced students with research project and statistical skills. Each semester we have a different set of needs, so contact us to see whether we have openings. Weekly lab meetings are open to anyone who wants to attend, so students may visit to learn more about our projects and how to get involved.

Duties

Research assistants may become involved in a range of duties: conducting literature searches and reviews; helping recruitment activities for ongoing studies; coding qualitative (interview) as well as quantitative (survey) data; conducting content analyses of qualitative data, or statistical analyses of quantitative data.

, Filed Under: Internship, Research

Austin EcoNetwork – Environmental Research Intern

Join the Austin EcoNetwork team as an Environmental Research Intern! The Austin EcoNetwork is an environmental news site based in Austin, Texas and we need your help in creating quality, fact-based journalism.

This will not be a busywork kind of internship. AEN’s Environmental Research Intern will have the opportunity to jump right into the action, researching information about a variety of different environmental issues, as well as assembling charts, graphs, and infographics.

The hours are flexible and enthusiasm is a must.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Helping to conduct research to support stories or projects the Austin EcoNetwork is currently working on. This will include research on everything from water quality to renewable energy.
  • Helping to assemble that research in a way that is clear, simple, and easy-to-understand
  • Brainstorming ideas for new research topics and other innovative ideas to share information about local environmental issues

Who should apply:

  • Environmental Studies, Sustainability Studies, Journalism, and Communications majors with strong research skills and a love of the environment
  • Creative individuals who are self-starters and are ready to put their passion behind an exciting project

Please send a resume and cover letter (no longer than 3 paragraphs) to Amy Stansbury at content@austineconetwork.com.

, Filed Under: Internship, Research

Internships at the Ransom Center

Undergraduate Internships

 

The Ransom Center funds internships designed to provide University of Texas at Austin undergraduates with experience in the nature and operation of a major humanities research library and museum. The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research projects, in possible graduate studies, and even as a career option in such fields as librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work, as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming and event management.

 

Once selected, interns will choose from a variety of opportunities within the center. These vary from year to year, but will likely include:

processing collections

teaching with the collections

planning exhibitions

performing editorial and publicity work

working on website enhancement projects

assisting marketing, public affairs, and development

To learn more about internships at the Ransom Center and to apply, please go to our website at: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/about/internships/undergraduate/.

Or, find us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ransomcenter/

Or, read our current blogpost about the program: http://blog.hrc.utexas.edu/2017/01/31/2017-2018intern/