Lab Manager/Research Associate position in the Kids' Socioemotional Development in Context Lab

3 weeks ago

Austin, Texas, United States The University of Texas at Austin Full time

Applications are invited for a Lab manager/Research Associate position in the Kids Socioemotional Development in Context Lab ( The Kids Lab ) under the primary mentorship of Laura Quiñones Camacho, Ph.D. The lab's research integrates developmental, behavioral, sociocultural, psychophysiological (RSA, PEP), and neuroscience (EEG, fNIRS) approaches, to advance our understanding of socioemotional development and risk for psychopathology in early childhood, with an emphasis on Latinx children. Given this emphasis fluency in Spanish is preferred (but not required).

This position offers an exciting opportunity for a junior researcher to gain hands-on experience in developmental cognitive neuroscience research through work involving both behavioral, physiological, fNIRS, and EEG data from preschoolers and caregivers. The successful candidate will coordinate data collection and subject recruitment, help in programming experiments, running studies with children, assisting with data cleaning and data processing, behavioral coding, helping complete administrative tasks for the lab, supervising undergraduate research assistants, scheduling, communicating with the Institutional Review Board, and engage in community outreach. This person will also have the opportunity to be involved in conference presentations and journal articles. Our growing lab includes a postdoc, graduate students, and undergraduate students who will work closely with the lab manager. Thus, this position is particularly appropriate to candidates hoping to increase their research training prior to applying to graduate school.

Applicants with potential availability for 2+ years are strongly preferred. Competitive salary . Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to submit materials by 05/01/2024. Questions may be addressed to Dr. Laura Quiñones Camacho at .

Applications can be submitted here: Link to application

Application materials:
- CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
- Letter of interest

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Development and Family Sciences, or related field. Ability to work independently, with other researchers, and with young children Effective time management and attention to detail Experience and comfort communicating with families and children under 10-years-old. Outstanding interpersonal communication. Willingness to work evenings and weekends to accommodate family schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

Spanish fluency (speaking and reading/writing) – strongly preferred. Experience collecting EEG, fNIRS, or RSA/PEP data – strongly preferred. Experience with child data collection – strongly preferred. Experience with recruitment and data collection in under-represented samples. Proficiency with statistical and programming languages/software (e.g., SPSS, R, Matlab, java, python) Familiarity with data collection software (e.g., Qualtrics), and basic office software suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

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