RA jobs

Professor Otto Santa Ana, UCLA (on leave, and working as Associate Dean at UDC) will need 2 graduate student research assistants who are in the DC area. In the coming academic year I will be working on several pieces, including a book project, an edited volume, a few short articles, and a good deal of grant writing. I seek graduate students who have interest in developing their capacity to do R1 scholarship by working with me.

All these projects require lots of background work, to compile and organize multimedia materials, and learning to use analytic tools to study media. I will pay around $15 hourly.

I am a sociolinguist and critical discourse analyst. I study mass media imagery of minorities (particular Latinos) and the imagery of political concepts in general. The tools I use are useful for other empirical explorations of the mass
media surrounding and flowing through us.

Graduate Student Requisites:
§ Prior humanistic or social science research
§ Solid writing skills
§ Interest in news media
§ Multimedia skills
§ Ability to work in teams
§ Ability to move a project forward without supervision
§ Ability to finish your tasks under deadline

Responsibilities:
§ Library and mass media material research
§ Preliminary data analysis under the professor's indirect supervision
§ Secondary analysis working directly with Professor Santa Ana
§ News media data organization and other project administrative work
§ Transcription of dictated texts
§ Critical review of bibliographic sources

To apply for the job:
• In the body of the email, please describe in a few paragraphs why you would like to work for me. Include GPAs, the academic objectives you aspire to, and names of people who can vouch for your capacities and character. Attach your resume. You may also attach a brief writing sample if you wish.

• email: otto@ucla.edu
• My title: Professor Santa Ana
• Subject heading: Research Assistant position