Wanted: Laboratory Coordinator
March 2008

The Infant Language Project at the University of Delaware needs a highly
capable, eager, talented, organized, well-spoken individual to serve as
laboratory coordinator, starting in July, 2008. A new college graduate
looking for additional research experience before going on to graduate
school would be perfect as my former laboratory coordinators have gone on to
graduate school at wonderful places.

The focus of my lab is how children learn language and how they learn
through play. We bring in parents and children anywhere between the ages of
4 months and 10 years and, depending on the study, test adults as well.  As
we have roughly 10 projects going on at the same time, the ideal candidate
is someone who functions at a high level with many balls in the air.

Responsibilities include: Data collection and human subjects updates, study
design, supervising research assistants, interacting with participants and
their parents, and analyzing and coding data.  The coordinator needs to have
excellent writing skills as additional duties include writing grant reports,
conducting literature reviews, and producing manuscripts and abstracts for
conferences.  The job offers full benefits and an excellent working
environment since we treat laboratory coordinators as a fully integrated
member of our research team, more as colleagues than employees.  
Qualifications:  A recent degree in psychology or a related field with at
least some research experience.  Experience with children is always a plus
as is excellent interpersonal skills as the laboratory coordinator
interfaces with the public and supervises other students in the laboratory.
Maturity and the ability to be a self-starter is essential.  If you are
interested or know someone who is, please contact me at Roberta@udel.edu.
Thanks!

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
H. Rodney Sharp Professor
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
http://copland.udel.edu/~roberta/
302-831-1634