Research Coordinator
About the role
The Climate Communication Division of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) is a hub for interdisciplinary, translational research on climate communication, resilience, action, and policy. This division focuses on topics at local scales (e.g., environmental justice initiatives in West Philadelphia), global scales (e.g., the development and evaluation of media campaigns that communicate climate science knowledge), and the neural, psychological, and sociological mechanisms that motivate belief, attitude, and behavior change, as well as resilience and social connection.
APPC’s work in this space aims to educate and co-create scholarship with others across the academy, the public, policymakers, and journalists, who are key contributors and beneficiaries of the division’s research.
Responsibilities
- Leading Institutional Review Board protocol preparation and maintenance.
- Developing data collection and data management protocols.
- Recruiting participants and performing data collection in the field and online.
- Managing project-specific finances including participant payments.
- Managing and curating data, including data cleaning, processing, and quality checking.
- Managing undergraduate Research Assistants and coordinating the project’s study team.
- Performing literature searches and reviews.
- Analyzing behavioral and fMRI data and authoring research papers.
- Building and maintaining relationships with community partners.
- Collaborating and conducting research with community partners.
- Providing administrative assistance.
Qualifications
- B.A., with background in psychology, neuroscience, communication science, or a related field.
- 1-2 years of prior research experience in a university setting (e.g., previous lab/research assistant experience).
- Demonstrated ability to lead or coordinate research projects.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team.
- Excellent organizational, and interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Ability to proactively solve problems with support from the PI and project team.
- Ability to work on multiple tasks and projects with attention to detail.
- Ability to develop solutions to basic technical problems (e.g., with R, Python, Qualtrics).
- Ability to independently conduct statistical analysis (e.g. in R, SPSS, Matlab, SAS).
- Previous experience leading scientific papers as first author.
- Interest in climate communication.
Preferred Experience
- Using Qualtrics or other survey software.
- Experience with data management.
- Experience with linguistic/natural language processing analysis.
- Experience working with Institutional Review Boards.
- Programming skills (e.g. in R, Python, Matlab).
- Experience working with fMRI data (e.g. SPM, fsl, AFNI or other imaging analysis package).
- Experience with voter engagement or canvassing.
- Experience working with community partners.
- Experience with and/or interest in conducting action-oriented research to motivate civic engagement and climate action.
- Experience with and/or interest in conducting psychological network analysis.
- Previous experience in social/cognitive neuroscience or communication research fields.
- Experience with open science practices/reproducibility, including version control (e.g., git/github).
- Successful publication record.
Job Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Department / School
Annenberg School for Communication
Pay Range
$45,278.00 - $45,500.00 Annual Rate
Salary Offers
Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job’s level. Internal organization and peer data at Penn are also considered.
Equal Opportunity Statement
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state or local law.