[CogSci] Full-time RA position at Harvard University

[Samuel Mehr]

(apologies for cross-posting)

Dear CogSci, we are recruiting a full-time RA to start in August 2021 or
thereabouts. Please circulate the below posting to anyone who might be
interested.

thanks,
Sam

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Samuel Mehr
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
*Be a citizen scientist at themusiclab.org <http://themusiclab.org/>!*
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The Harvard University Department of Psychology seeks a full-time Research
Assistant to work with Dr. Samuel Mehr in The Music Lab (0.7 FTE) and with
Dr. Steven Pinker (0.3 FTE).

Responsibilities in The Music Lab include including designing and
implementing citizen-science experiments on themusiclab.org in javascript
and jsPsych, Shiny, HTML, and CSS; creating stimuli with video and audio
editing software; managing databases; contributing to grant proposals and
research papers via writing, editing, and analyzing data; setting up and
maintaining equipment; and coordinating and carrying out in-lab experiments
with people of all ages, including infants, children, and their parents.
The RA will participate in the lab's intellectual community by attending
and participating in lab meetings and working with Dr. Mehr to develop
independent research projects.

Responsibilities for Dr. Pinker include maintaining websites; replying to
correspondence with modified form letters; making travel arrangements and
processing reimbursements; monitoring grant expenses; creating and
modifying graphs in Excel; analyzing data; maintaining databases; and
running experiments.

The RA must possess excellent organizational and communication skills, and
must demonstrate the ability to work independently. Experience with some of
the software packages and programming languages we use is a plus, including
R, Stata, javascript, CSS, HTML, Python, SQL, AWS, Audition, Premiere,
MTurk, Qualtrics, etc. Experience with web development is not required but
is a plus. More important than experience with these tools is a
demonstrated ability to learn new technical skills independently.

Hours will occasionally include evenings and weekends. This position is
ideal for people interested in developing a strong research background
before applying to graduate school. An undergraduate degree in psychology,
cognitive science, neuroscience, or a related field is preferred, though
candidates at other career stages and with other backgrounds will also be
considered. Background or strong interests in music and/or sound
engineering is required.

We are particularly interested in recruiting and supporting candidates from
diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be
underrepresented in health-related research. Candidates may be eligible for
supplemental funding via the NIH (see
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-071.html).

All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. This is a one-year
position, with benefits, to start 1 August 2021, with a possibility of
yearly renewal. The start date is negotiable. We will review applications
on a rolling basis until the position is filled. To apply, visit
https://forms.gle/7pcip1dAUyTj9arg9. Please direct any questions to
musiclab+jobs at g.harvard.edu.
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