Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst: Migration

Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst: Migration

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Posting Details

Position Information:

• Posting Number: 20255395V
• Position Title: Graduate Research Assistant - Data Analyst: Migration
• Posting Type: Graduate Assistant
• Hours/week: 8-10 hours/week
• Eligibility: Graduate Assistant Semester 2025 Spring
• Location: Widger Law School Building
• Number of positions: 1
• Department: 241-Law School Instruction
• Contact Name: Robyn Lieberman
• Contact Phone/Extension: 415-730-0416

Position Summary Information

Job Description Summary:

Villanova University’s Strategic Initiative for Migrants and Refugees (“the SIG”) is working on a research project to identify and scale innovative models in immigration legal services, including building the enabling environment to expand the Department of Justice-Recognized Organization and Accredited Representatives program (“R+A”). In 2024, the SIG partnered with the Center for Migration Studies of New York to launch the first-ever national study of the R+A practitioners. We are currently looking for support from a data analyst to work with a senior researcher to clean/recode data files from two Qualtrics surveys and create data visualizations of the recoded data files.

Important Information:

• The position is virtual – you do not need to work from campus.
• Timeline: The research team projects 8-10 hours of work per week, conducted over 6-8 weeks in February-April 2025.
• Salary: The data analyst will be a Graduate Research Assistant for the Strategic Initiative for Migrants and Refugees, compensated at $18/hour.

To apply: Submit a resume/CV and sample data cleaning/recoding code in Stata to Robyn Lieberman, Principal Investigator, at RLieber2@villanova.edu.

Requirements:

• Experience using Stata to clean and recode raw survey data, and to produce tables, figures, and other visualizations.
• Experience producing maps using ArcGIS or other statistical mapping platforms is a plus.

Additional Information:

• Wage Rate: $18/hour
• Closing Date (11:59pm ET): 04/28/2025
• Open Until Filled: No

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