Behavioral Research Fellows

Northwestern University; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition benefits

Paid medical/sick leave

Parental leave

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

Kellogg Research Support at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL is seeking Behavioral Research Fellows to assist with experiments and behavioral research projects alongside faculty and PhD students. Duties span the research life cycle, including reproducibility checks, literature reviews, designing experiments, programming surveys, testing, scheduling, running experiments, and analyzing results.

A bachelor’s degree is required, with strong interest in pursuing a Ph.D.

Qualifications

• Past experience with research, either as a research assistant or independent work.
• Exposure to methods and tools commonly used in psychology experiments and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist faculty and PhD students with experiments and behavioral research projects.
• Conduct reproducibility checks, literature reviews, and data analyses.
• Design experiments, program surveys, test, schedule, and run experiments.
• Work in-person in laboratory or online settings.

Skills

Research experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Qualtrics

R

SPSS

Job description

Department: Kellogg Research Support

Evanston, Illinois

Behavioral Research Fellows work with faculty and PhD students at the Kellogg School of Management, assisting with experiments and other behavioral research projects.

Research duties will vary from project to project, but may span all aspects of the research life cycle. Duties may include: reproducibility checks, literature reviews, designing experiments, programming surveys, testing, scheduling, and running experiments, and analyzing experimental results. Experiments occur in either a laboratory or an online setting and fellows are expected to work in-person.

We seek applicants who want to apply to a Ph.D. program in social psychology, marketing, organizational behavior, or a related behavioral science field in the pursuit of an academic research career. If selected, you will be offered a one-year appointment with a summer start-date, with the ability to renew for a second year based on performance. It is required that you complete at least a bachelor's degree before the start date.

The ideal candidate will have: (i) past experience with research, either as a research assistant or from doing independent research of one's own (ii) exposure to the methods and tools (e.g. Qualtrics, R, SPSS) commonly used in psychology experiments and data analysis (iii) and strong organizational skills and attention to detail. This position is well suited for someone who has exposure to psychology research, but wants more research experience before graduate school.

Your application must include a cover letter. In that letter, please describe your academic career goals and how a predoctoral appointment at Kellogg will serve those goals. Your letter should also mention if you have a special interest to work in a certain academic area or with specific Kellogg faculty.

Salary: Compensation: $25.55 per hour

This is a full-time, non-exempt 1-year appointment.

Benefits

At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful and competitive benefits. The available benefits package for this position will include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; paid medical/sick and parental leave; tuition benefits for the employee and dependents; pre-tax and flex spending accounts for commuting and dependent care; generous retirement savings options; and wellness programs. For a comprehensive overview of available benefits, including eligibility details, visit us at https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/index.html to learn more.

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