Seeking RAs for 2019-2020

The Phonetics Lab in the Department of Linguistics at UC Davis is recruiting applications for undergraduate research assistant (RAs) positions for Fall 2019- Winter 2020 (with possibility of extension). RAs are expected to work approximately 6-8 hours a week in the lab and will receive 2 units of LIN 199 credit per quarter (4 units count as upper division elective toward LIN major). 

RAs will

• Get hands-on experience with running experiments in the lab 
• Schedule and run subjects independently
• Use tools for automatic acoustic analysis
• Use Praat to annotate / measure acoustic properties of speech data
• Receive 2 units of 199 (Research) per quarter

Desired qualifications

• Interest in research! (Prior experience not required) 
• Background in acoustic phonetics / linguistics 

Application deadline: September 21, 2019

To apply, email the following to Dr. Michelle Cohn (mdcohn@ucdavis.edu)

• CV / Resume
• Unofficial academic transcripts
• 1-2 paragraph description of your interest in the RA position (why do you want to be an RA? Why do you think you'll be a good fit?) 
• Fall 2019 course schedule