The Youth Policy Lab is seeking up to four Research Assistants (RAs) to help with our National Cell Phone Policy Project. 

The research assistant will help:

• collect and systematize information gathered from websites

• conduct interviews with school staff to gather information on cell phone policies

• clean and analyze large datasets, and

• draft short reports and data visualizations.

A large portion of this work will entail conducting interviews with staff from schools around the country. We are seeking RAs who can commit to approximately 10-15 hours/week. We anticipate RAs will contribute 15-20 hours most weeks through June 2025, with possible extension into the Summer or next year on this or related school policy projects.

The ideal candidate is someone who:

• is highly organized,

• a courteous and professional communicator

• has experience with qualitative data collection (ex., interviews, focus groups) and analysis (ex., thematic coding)

•  proficient with Stata and Excel, and has completed statistical coursework.

• The position is open to undergraduate, Master’s, or PhD students with the requisite interests and skills.