Work-Study Research Assistant Program Faculty Name: Lisa Werkmeister Rozas Faculty School/Department: Social Work General Research Focus: The general focus of the research is around advancing the health and well-being of the Latine community in the Hartford and greater Hartford area. Currently, we are conducting listening sessions with Latine community members around policy issues, collecting oral histories of particular ethnic groups, and interviewing bilingual social workers to understand workforce development. We are also writing a grant to better understand Latine immigrant health. Brief Position Description: The research assist would be conducting interviews, focus groups, helping to develop and collect survey data, writing literature reviews for grants and publications, analyzing data, participating in team meetings and 1 or 2 trainings around research methods/data analysis. The student would also be helping to recruit study participants and write conference abstracts (and present them if desired) and manuscripts for publication. Students will learn how to collect different kinds of data (qualitative and quantitative), facilitate focus groups, interview participants, and be a part of community based participatory research projects. Students will learn how to code and analyze data and the basics of writing for conference presentations and publication. They will also learn how to collaborate with community organizations and community members. A "Student Interview & Survey Research Assistant - 202" will assist faculty in research efforts using survey research techniques. A student in this position may: - Interview participants
- collect survey data
- write literature review
- write conference abstracts
- analyze collected data
- prepare manuscripts for publication
- be involved in grant writing
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