lab coordinator -- Temple

[Brian MacWhinney]

Lab Coordinator: Temple University Infant Lab

The Temple University Infant Laboratory at Ambler is looking for a  
laboratory coordinator who has experience working with babies and  
young children and is looking for an opportunity to participate in  
cutting-edge research. The Temple University Infant Lab at Ambler,  
directed by Professors Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Nora Newcombe, conducts  
research on language acquisition, parent-child play interactions,  
spatial development, and memory development. Managing the day-to-day  
operations, the Lab Coordinator is responsible for developing research  
initiatives and research designs, recruiting research participants,  
collecting and coding data, conducting preliminary data analyses,  
performing literature reviews, and writing preliminary drafts of grant  
reports, conference abstracts, and manuscripts. Additionally, the Lab  
Coordinator manages the administrative duties, including the  
purchasing and replenishing of administrative supplies, keeping track  
of grant budgets, scheduling participants, organizing lab meetings,  
and planning events (arranging for visitors, organizing promotional  
events, etc) as well as supervision of Temple undergraduates and  
volunteers. This position offers those with a Bachelor's degree in  
psychology an opportunity to be a potential collaborator in research  
that will be presented at major conferences and in publications.

Qualifications:

Required: Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Linguistics or related field.

Preferred Skills:
preferably six months experience working with children between the  
ages of 7 months to six years in a research setting; computer skills  
and proficiency with MS Office Suite and SPSS/SAS software packages,  
excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to  
interact with a diverse population of program participants, excellent  
organizational skills, ability to work independently as well as part  
of a team, and ability to travel to off-site locations that may not be  
accessible by public transportation.

If interested, please forward a resume to the infant lab coordinator  
at wendy.shallcross at gmail.com



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