AY Psych Student Research Assistant (WS-ST2)

Job Description

Job Title: Psychology Student Research Assistant-Valdesolo (WS-ST2)

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

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Department Name: Psychology

Unit Number (5 digits):


Length of Position: See Employment Authorization


Contact Person/Supervisor: Piercarlo Valdesolo

Wage Range: $12.00-13.00/hour

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position):


Research Assistants will contribute to an ongoing project investigating the relationship between experiences of gratitude and inequity aversion. They will aid in literature review, programming experiments into online data collection software, executing data collection, organizing and analyzing data (depending on experience with statistics), and designing follow-up studies.
Specifically, we will test whether participants who experience higher levels of trait gratitude also report being less averse to inequity and injustice, particularly when the self is disadvantaged.


Transferable Skills:


Data Analysis, Experimental Design, Online Data Collection

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Aid in literature review
• Program experiments into online data collection software
• Collect data
• Organize and analyze data
• Design follow-up studies

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills)


Psychology majors who have completed Research Methods.


This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.