Research Assistant: Montclair State University

See ad below for a research assistantship on child language development at Montclair State University in New Jersey:

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Research assistant position for grant-funded project investigating preschool language

A full-time position is available working on a project in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Montclair State University in New Jersey. The project is funded by NIH/NIDCD and focuses on preschool children who are typically developing and children with language disorder. Responsibilities include participant recruitment and scheduling, preliminary evaluations of participants for eligibility and classification, eliciting language samples from young children, transcribing audio-taped and video-taped language samples, transcript coding, and data analysis.

Minimum qualifications are a bachelors degree in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, speech-language pathology, or a related discipline with experience in the conduct of research involving human subjects. The ideal candidate would have prior experience working with young children and their families; experience with computerized language transcription and analysis; excellent interpersonal skills for interacting with adults and young children; excellent organizational skills; will be independent in carrying out responsibilities and willing to make a 14-month commitment to the position. A recent college graduate looking for additional research experience before going on to graduate school would be ideal.

Interested applicants should send a letter that includes a description of previous experience and a curriculum vitae, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Dr. Sarita Eisenberg, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 1515 Broad Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003; eisenbergs::AT::mail::DOT::montclair::DOT::edu.
Review of applications will begin immediately. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2010.