Seeking RAs (Winter 2020-Spring 2020)

Come join the lab!

​The Phonetics Lab is recruiting applications for undergraduate research assistant (RAs) positions for Winter 2020 - Spring 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
• Act as a confederate in interactive experiments
• 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: December 11, 2019 (by midnight PST)
 
To apply, email the following to research coordinator, Melina Sarian (msarian@ucdavis.edu): 

1. CV / Resume
2. Unofficial academic transcripts
3. 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?) 
4. Winter 2020 course schedule