Graduate Statistics Associate — Library Data & Consulting

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Virginia Library StatLab seeks a Graduate Student Associate for the spring 2027 semester. The role collaborates with full‑time statisticians to provide statistical consulting, write instructional articles, and contribute to data analysis projects across disciplines.

Responsibilities include helping design studies, performing analyses, interpreting results, data wrangling, and contributing to open‑source materials.

Qualifications

• Graduate student standing.
• At least a year of statistical coursework and willingness to learn more methods.
• Proficiency in R and willingness to learn Stata, SPSS, or Python.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical consultations to UVA students and faculty across disciplines.
• Write online instructional articles and contribute to data analysis projects.
• Collaborate with Library statisticians on internal and external projects.

Skills

Statistical consulting

Research design

Data wrangling

R programming

Python (basic)

Oral and written communication

Education

Graduate student standing

Statistics coursework (1+ year)

Tools

R

Stata

SPSS

Python

Job description

The University of Virginia Library StatLab seeks a Graduate Student Associate for the spring 2027 semester. The role collaborates with full‑time statisticians to provide statistical consulting, write instructional articles, and contribute to data analysis projects across disciplines.

Responsibilities include helping design studies, performing analyses, interpreting results, data wrangling, and contributing to open‑source materials.