Social Science/Humanities Research Associate I. Full-time

Social Science/Humanities Research Associate I

Lori Holt, a Professor of Psychology at UT-Austin and Principal Investigator of the project, is seeking a Research Associate to assist with laboratory management and coordination of studies. The Research Associate will collaborate with team members and work closely with Professor Holt to coordinate day-to-day lab operations and research. Data collection occurs online and in person. This is a 2 year fixed-position.

Purpose

The primary research in the lab focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural bases of auditory processing, especially as it relates to speech, among adult participants. Under the direction of Professor Holt, the candidate will work on federally funded research to uncover the basis of listening behavior. Current projects focus on learning, selective attention, natural communication, and psychophysics. Laboratory studies include collecting multimodal behavioral data, eye tracking, computational modeling, and electroencephalography data.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will vary day-to-day depending on the needs of the laboratory, for example:

• Assisting the PI with training laboratory members and maintaining lab documentation.
• Assisting with new experiment set-ups (hardware and software).
• Collecting in-person data.
• Summarizing data with supervision.
• Drafting and editing research reports, with supervision.
• Coordinating Laboratory meetings.
• Searching and summarizing the literature.
• Assisting with grant reporting, ethics approvals, financial reconciliation, and laboratory record keeping.
• Coordinating, training and working with undergraduate research assistants.
• Lending research support to laboratory team members.
• Performs related duties as needed to advance the research project.

Required Qualifications

• BA or BS in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience or related field
• Fluency in speaking and writing in English
• Flexibility and an ability to learn quickly
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong initiative in consistently and creatively meeting project goals
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a scientific team
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn new skills independently
• Accuracy and attention to detail and high levels of organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior research experience
• Coding experience (Python, R, Matlab, e.g.)
• Statistics training
• Previous exposure to auditory cognitive neuroscience or a strong interest in perception, learning, cognition, or related fields

Salary Range

$40,000 annually

Working Conditions

The position will involve working in standard office environment, with the potential for repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest