This is not a complete list of graduate and teaching assistant vacancies at UAlbany. Visit our Funding Graduate Studies page for more information.
Office of Justice Research and Performance: Graduate Research Assistant
The Office of Justice Research and Performance (OJRP) provides research, analysis and performance data to support New York’s criminal justice system. OJRP seeks a PhD or Master’s student to work as a Graduate Assistant beginning in Spring 2025. Based on funding and satisfactory performance, continued employment through the 2025-2026 academic year as a Graduate Research Assistant is expected. This position is covered under the GSEU agreement.
Duties: The successful candidate will support OJRP criminal justice research using a broad spectrum of data. Duties will include data cleaning and preprocessing, as well as conducting statistical analyses.The successful candidate will also assist with preparing written documents that summarize results ofdata analyses and preparing charts and graphs.
Required Skills: The position requires proficiency in data cleaning, data preprocessing, and analysis using Stata. In addition, the position requires understanding of social science research concepts and methods, and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs. The successful candidate musthave excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work effectively in a fast-pacedenvironment with firm deadlines.
Salary: Stipends range from $26 - $30 per hour depending on status, experience, and degree objective, with potential increases in the hourly rate based on contract agreements. Candidates are expected to be able to work 400 hours per semester, or 20 hours per week during the academic year.
Application Process: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and a resume including coursework in research and statistics along with a sample of your STATA coding work. The coding sample can be either a Do-File or a PDF version of a Do-File by November 29, 2024 send application materials to: [email protected] and [email protected]. This position requires the candidate to be fingerprinted. The selected candidate must pay for the fingerprint fee, which is approximately $87.00.
Office of Justice Research and Performance: Graduate Research Assistant/Student Assistant
The Office of Justice Research and Performance (OJRP) provides research, analysis and performance data to support New York’s criminal justice system. OJRP responds to the needs of the criminal justice community, addressing the most pressing criminal justice issues with up-to-date data and research.
OJRP seeks a PhD or Master’s student to work as a Graduate Assistant in the Community Corrections Research Unit, beginning in Spring 2025. Based on funding and satisfactory performance, continued employment through the 2025-2026 Academic Year as a Graduate Research Assistant is expected. This position is covered under the GSEU agreement.
Duties: The successful candidate will support OJRP’s work to update and share information about evidence-best practices in criminal justice programming. Additionally, the successful candidate will assistin developing self-assessment tools (SATs) to assess effective implementation and program modelfidelity for Alternative to Incarceration and Re-Entry programs.
Required Skills: The position requires understanding of social science research concepts and methods and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs. The successful candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines. It is preferred that the candidate be familiar with Alternative to Incarceration and Re-Entry programming.
Salary Stipends: range between approximately $26 - $30 per hour depending on experience and degree objective, with potential increases in the hourly rate based on contract agreements. Candidates are expected to be able to work 400 hours of service per semester, or 20 hours per week during the academic year.
Application Process: Interested candidates should submit a resume including coursework in research and statistics, along with a brief writing sample that is no more than five pages. The writing sample may be part of a larger document. By Nov 29, 2024, please send application materials to: [email protected] and [email protected]. The position requires candidates to be fingerprinted. The GRA must pay for the fingerprint fee, which is approximately $87.00.