Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant: Call for Applications

Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant for Arctic, Greenland, and social-environmental research

Hours:                              15-25 hours per week during summer (flexible schedule)
Hourly Wage:                   $15.00 per hour
Location:                          flexible
Start Date:                        June 2022
Supervisor:                      Professor Mark Carey
Application Deadline:      June 10, 2022

Job Description:  Interested in doing research on an interdisciplinary National Science Foundation funded grant focusing on Greenland fjords, Indigenous communities, glaciers, icebergs, environmental change, and oceans?  Do you like interdisciplinary research that links the natural sciences and social sciences?  Would you like to join a lab group exploring a variety of social-environmental topics?  Professor Mark Carey of the Environmental Studies Program and Geography Department is looking for responsible, self-motivated undergraduates to serve as research assistants for summer 2022 and possibly beyond.

Successful research assistants may be invited to join the Glacier Lab on a longer-term basis. Past research assistants and Lab members have co-authored published articles, gone on research trips (even to Peru), won grants and fellowships, and gotten into excellent graduate programs after graduation, most recently to Berkeley and Duke.  Research assistantships like this one in the Glacier Lab allows students to work alongside Professor Carey and an array of graduate students to help advance professional training in ways far beyond typical coursework.

Qualifications:  Responsible, reliable, self-directed, attention to detail. Research skills. Any major and any education level, from freshmen to juniors at UO (seniors ineligible if graduating this spring or summer).

Application Deadline:  June 10, 2022

To Apply:  Please send your application that includes the following materials BY EMAIL to Mark Carey: carey@uoregon.edu:

1. cover letter including the following information: (a) your qualifications; (b) your interest in this particular position; (c) explanation for how the position fits into your broader academic and career goals;
2. Resume listing your GPA and relevant coursework;
3. Names and contact info for two references (letters of recommendation not required).