Graduate Research Assistant - College of Education and P-16 Integration AY 26-27

The College of Education and P-16 Integration is seeking to hire master’s and doctoral level students to be employed as Graduate Research Assistants throughout the 2026-2027 academic year. In the role of Graduate Research Assistant, the student will have the opportunity to support faculty with their research while gaining valuable mentorship from the faculty as they collaborate to produce publishable research projects or external research grant proposals. GRAs are assigned to specific research projects and will work directly with the faculty who are conducting those projects.

Graduate Research Assistants’ work time should be spent on research-related work. Duties will vary depending on the project and assigned research/scholarly functions or other creative projects. Examples of research-related work may include but are not limited to:

• Completion of Human Subjects Protection Training
• Transcribing interview data
• Locating professional articles on a research topic
• Writing a literature review
• Running statistical analyses
• Organizing data into Excel and SPSS
• Collecting data through interviews and/or surveys
• Assisting in the preparation of conference presentation proposals
• Creating PowerPoints or handouts for research presentations at conferences
• Writing parts of a manuscript such as implications for practice
• Editing and preparing a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal
• Other research-related duties as assigned

Required Documents

1.Curriculum Vitae or Resume

2.Writing Sample
3.Other - Recommendation Letter
4. Cover letter that addresses the following:

• Why are you interested to become a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) in the College of Education and P-16 Integration?
• What are your research interests?
• How much experience do you have working in Research? Please elaborate on the experience as well as roles/tasks you have served in the research process, if applicable.
• How much experience do you have working with external research grant proposals or projects? Please elaborate on the roles/tasks you have served in the grant writing process, if applicable.
• What is your academic background and what are your relevant work experiences that will help you work as a GRA in the College of Education and P-16 Integration (see scope of job above for information about possible research-related responsibilities)?
• What are your long-term educational (e.g., Master’s degree, PhD, etc.) and career (e.g., position in higher education, K-12 administrator, etc.) goals?
• What knowledge and skills do you hope to gain from your experience as a GRA in the College of Education and P-16 Integration?
• What type of mentoring and feedback do you hope to receive from working as a GRA?
• Are you fluent in multiple languages? Please specify the language(s) and level of fluency in speaking, reading, writing.