Hi all -



Please send your most talented students our way! We're looking for a graduating senior or recent grad who would consider a full-time research position before starting a Ph.D. program or has equivalent skills and wants to do research before going into data science as a career.



Bright Line Watch/Online Misinformation Research Fellow (one year starting Sept. 2022 - exact date negotiable)

https://apply.interfolio.com/104044



Description



We are recruiting a research fellow to work with Bright Line Watch, an organization that researches the state of democracy in the United States, and with Professor Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College who studies misinformation. Nyhan and Professor John Carey, another political scientist in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, are two of the four organizers of Bright Line Watch and would supervise the research fellow’s work on its initiatives.



The fellow’s responsibilities include:



• Supporting the development and fielding of surveys by BLW or Nyhan, including survey design, pre-testing, data collection, archiving, and analysis.



• Collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data measuring online (mis)information exposure and dissemination from Twitter and online panels.



• Conducting research to support public reports and scholarly articles by BLW or Nyhan, including literature reviews, writing/editing, creating graphs, and estimating models.



• Assisting in the planning and organization of BLW conferences and events in conjunction with partner scholars and institutions.



• Providing administrative support for BLW and Nyhan and conducting outreach to external audiences, including maintenance of the BLW website.



• Other projects to be determined.



The fellowship requires a one-year commitment, from September 2022 to August 2023. The exact start and end dates are flexible to accommodate the schedule of the fellow and the needs of BLW and Nyhan.



The research fellow will be in residence at Dartmouth College and will be provided with institutional affiliation (including library and computing resources), access to shared work space, the opportunity to attend academic events at the host institution, and will be eligible to enroll in or audit one class per academic term without paying tuition fees.



The fellowship requires a commitment to work 40 hours per week on research under the supervision of Nyhan and Carey. Salary is $45,000.



Qualifications

• Has completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in political science or a related field;



• Intends to pursue graduate studies in political science or a related field or to work in data science;



• Has developed strong skills in data management, analysis, and visualization, including extensive experience with R, Stata, and/or Python;



• Has strong substantive interests in research on democratic erosion and misinformation;



• Wants additional experience in research design, data analysis, and project management;



• Is prepared to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic research environment.





Application Instructions



Applicants should provide the following information via Interfolio. BLW will begin reviewing application materials as of April 1, 2022 and will continue to consider applications until the position is filled.



Required documents to submit:



• Resume or CV - make sure to include the following:



• Name



• Email and phone/text contact



• Current position, or academic affiliation



• Date of (expected) undergraduate degree



• Academic concentration(s)



• List all academic classes (and final grades) you have completed that focus primarily on statistics, computer science, data visualization, applied mathematics, or other quantitative research methods.



• Briefly describe your data management and analysis skills. Include programming languages and/or software and levels of proficiency.



• Briefly describe any experience in conducting or assisting original social science research. If you worked as a research assistant, include the name and contact information for the faculty member or your direct supervisor.



• Most recent academic transcript (undergraduate or graduate)



• Brief personal statement describing your educational and career goals and how the position would advance them (maximum 200 words)



• Brief research memo (maximum 200 words) proposing either:



• A novel analysis of existing data from Bright Line Watch or Nyhan



• A survey question, battery of questions, or survey experiment that is consistent with BLW or Nyhan’s research agenda that could be included in a future study





Optional:



• If you have produced original social science research yourself or in collaboration with another author, you may submit it as a separate writing sample. (Note: A writing sample is not required to complete your application.)



Brendan Nyhan

James O. Freedman Presidential Professor

Department of Government

Dartmouth College

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https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/





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