The following positions are regularly available at SSDAN. If you are interested in applying for one or more of these positions, please fill out our online application. You can submit a resume to supplement your application by e-mailing it to ssdan@isr.umich.edu. No phone calls, please.
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Research Assistant
Research assistants will be exposed to hands-on experience in social science research and in communicating research results to educators and policymakers through a variety of media. Potential to write and publish significant original works. Research using U.S. Census data to study demographic and social change in America. Depending on skills, interests, and background of research assistant, position will include writing social science curricular and tutorial materials, researching and writing about demographic issues, and creating tables in Excel.
Qualifications: strong interest in the social sciences, good writing skills, experience using Excel. Applicants with experience using GIS-mapping software are strongly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to students in junior or earlier standing, as well as to students whose skills overlap with other needs (e.g. web-design, programming, and/or graphic design). 8-15 hours/week, flexible.
Programmer
Programmer will have opportunities to work on independent projects and develop resources of their own design. Programmer will hold lead role in working with team of designers and writers to maintain and update current websites. Responsibilities include writing and revising CGI scripts, designing and updating web databases, and administering web server. Existing scripts include data set search engines and dynamic graphing routines to communicate demographic research results to educators and policymakers.
Qualifications: Experience with network/server administration, Perl, UNIX, Apache, MySQL, and HTML. Experience with Visual Basic, Flash, Scheme, or GIS is a plus. Strong preference for students interested in social and demographic issues. 8-15 hours/week, flexible.
Web Designer
Web designer will work on team with programmers and writers to build and maitain nationally visible web sites. Designer will help design site look-and-feel, prepare web-ready graphics, define site architecture, and write HTML. Existing sites, including www.CensusScope.org and www.frey-demographer.org, support social science curriculum development projects, provide access to publications, and provide easy-to-use Census data access.
Basic qualifications: HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, UNIX. Desired qualifications: style sheets (CSS), Flash, print design experience, Excel, ArcView. Hours: 8-15 hours/week, flexible.
is an archive of census-based datasets and teaching modules designed to provide educators with resources to integrate data analysis exercises into their curricula.
displays U.S. demographic trends through eye-catching maps, graphics, and exportable trend data.
is a portal of teaching and learning resources for infusing quantitative literacy into the social science curriculum.
