Job Title: Research Assitant
PVN ID: CC-2209-005090
Category: Research
Location: The CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

Job Description

General Description

The Hispanic Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (H-AGEP), a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is a collaborative effort between City College of New York (CCNY), The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Queensborough Community College (QCC), LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC), and El Paso Community College (EPCC).  The primary goal of this Alliance is to develop, implement and study a model for training and transitioning Hispanic STEM doctoral students at CCNY and UTEP, who have completed all coursework and who are dissertating, as they transition to STEM instructional faculty or staff positions at community colleges (CC) or other associate degree granting institutions.  Participating doctoral students are referred to as the H-AGEP Fellows.

The research goals and objectives for this grant are to gain greater understanding of the career decision-making of the participating H-AGEP Fellows, and their decisions around deciding to/or not to teach at the community college level. Specifically, we aim to contribute further to the knowledge base and literature on:

  • The processes by which Hispanic PhD STEM students decide on their career goals
  • Key factors that influence Fellow’s career decision-making
  • Impact of the H-AGEP interventions on Fellow’s career-decisions
  • Concerns about the professoriate that could have detrimental effects on choosing an academic position, and how these concerns can be addressed
  • Differences, if any, among Hispanic populations, e.g. Mexican origin and Caribbean origin, in how they perceive academia as a career choice

Other Duties

The job responsibilities of the Research Assistant (RA) include: 

  • Conduct literature reviews independently related to our research goals
  • Design qualitative and quantitative studies in collaboration with research lead
  • Assist with aggregating data from questionnaires and transferring data into software
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative data analyses, primarily using SPSS and MAXQDA software programs
  • Write, in collaboration with research lead, manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals related to research efforts
  • Prepare and submit conference proposals to present H-AGEP research findings
  • Attend Alliance monthly meetings and prepare presentations on research efforts as needed

Qualifications

Applicants must be a current master’s or doctoral level graduate student, have experience conducting education research. 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
NOAA CESSRST Center
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$20.00-$30.00
Hour(s) a week
12.00-19.00
Closing Date
Dec 30, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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