Graduate Research Assistant - Wordplay Project - Winter & Spring 2025

Description

Start Date: 12/16/2024

End Date:  06/15/2025

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9 PM Pacific Standard Time, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. 

Required Applicant Status: Graduate Students.

The University of Washington Information School is seeking a UW graduate student to provide Research Asisstant (RA) support for Amy Ko’s Wordplay project.

Wordplay is an educational programming language that aspires to be accessible, liberatory, transparent, cultural, obtainable, democratic, and enduring. We are seeking students to help with Wordplay's front-end development, implementing features that advance these goals (and probably a few bugs too). You would work closely with Professor Amy Ko, joining the team of maintainers for the project. See more at https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/wordplaypen.

The RA will perform some or all of the responsibilities listed below. The position will require approximately 20 hours per week.

Responsibilities may include some or all of the following duties:

• Participation in the research team
• Gathering data
• Developing research prototypes
• Evaluating prototypes
• Reporting results in academic publications
• Other research-related duties as needed

Compensation:

This role will pay between approximately $2,984 to $3,865 per month, per the Graduate School's salary schedule.

This role is tuition and benefits eligible. Questions regarding salary and benefits should be directed to Information School Human Resources at iHRhelp@uw.edu.

 

Note:  This job classification is governed by a negotiated labor contract and is subject to union shop provisions. For more information about union shop provisions, visit: www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/union-info.html

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate student at the University of Washington
• Enrolled in at least 10 credits during Winter & Spring 2025
• Responsible, organized, and able to get tasks done on time
  
  

Conditions of Employment:

• Sexual Misconduct Disclosure (Non-UW employees)
  
  

Application Instructions

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9 PM Pacific Standard Time, Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.