Behavioral Research Fellows
Northwestern University
About the Role
Kellogg Research Support Behavioral Research Fellows work with faculty and PhD students at the Kellogg School of Management, assisting with experiments and other behavioral research projects. Research duties will vary from project to project, but may span all aspects of the research life cycle. Experiments occur in either a laboratory or an online setting and fellows are expected to work in-person. This is a full-time, non-exempt 1-year appointment, with the ability to renew for a second year based on performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Reproducibility checks
- Literature reviews
- Designing experiments
- Programming surveys
- Testing
- Scheduling
- Running experiments
- Analyzing experimental results
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Qualtrics
- R
- SPSS
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree is required before the start date.
- Past experience with research, either as a research assistant or from doing independent research.
- Exposure to the methods and tools commonly used in psychology experiments and data analysis.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Applicants should want to apply to a Ph.D. program in social psychology, marketing, organizational behavior, or a related behavioral science field in the pursuit of an academic research career.
- This position is well suited for someone who has exposure to psychology research, but wants more research experience before graduate school.
Application Requirements
- Your application must include a cover letter.
- In your cover letter, please describe your academic career goals and how a predoctoral appointment at Kellogg will serve those goals.
- Your cover letter should also mention if you have a special interest to work in a certain academic area or with specific Kellogg faculty.
- Applications will only be accepted via online submission.
- Prepare all documents in advance as Adobe PDF files.
- Prepare a list of names and email addresses for your external academic references.
Compensation
- Salary: $25.55 per hour