Research Assistant Position
Job Description
Professors Stefanie DeLuca (KSAS Sociology) and Nicholas Papageorge (KSAS Economics) are looking for staff to assist with their policy-relevant research on poverty, race, inequality, education, labor and housing by: managing social media and website presence; drafting op-eds, policy briefs and research summaries; providing weekly briefings on relevant news and policy developments. Candidates should have very strong writing skills. Ability to analyze basic descriptive data in STATA and R is preferred, as is basic to intermediate competence with ARCGIS.