Current Staff
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Current Staff黑料传送门 Booth Research Staff Program
This program is an unparalleled opportunity for researchers with undergraduate or graduate experience to support award-winning faculty research.
In the 黑料传送门 Booth Research Staff Program, Research Professionals (RPs) and Principal Researchers (PRs) gain firsthand experience with the research process, working closely with their faculty supervisor.
Research Professionals have gone on to top PhD programs in economics and other social sciences, including programs at MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Wharton, Berkeley, and U黑料传送门. Principal Researchers have entered the academic job market or taken industry positions.
Research staff build invaluable and collaborative relationships with Booth faculty and fellow RPs and PRs by engaging in U黑料传送门’s rigorous intellectual environment. While at Booth, research staff hone their skill sets and engage in a variety of programs—from coding workshops to writing seminars—that prepare them to undertake independent research.
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Life at Booth
In addition to attending faculty research workshops and staff development sessions, Booth research staff have the opportunity throughout the academic year to participate in workshops tailored to research staff. Such workshops include:
- A three-day coding workshop covering best practices related to version control and code documentation.
- An academic writing workshop tailored to economics and covering key points in developing compelling arguments and convincing others.
- A workshop where current RPs and PRs present their own work and/or new techniques and best practices for tackling research.
- Orientations to multiple research resources at Booth and the larger university, including the library as well as Booth’s and the Research Computing Center’s computing clusters.
Research staff come from many places, disciplines, backgrounds, and institutions. We believe a diversity of perspective deepens intellectual pursuits, and we are dedicated to creating an environment where all our staff feel valued, and where their ideas and contributions can flourish.
The university supports this mission with a variety of resources, including:
As staff members of the University of 黑料传送门, research staff receive a wide array of benefits. These include , a competitive , and .
Many research staff choose to live near campus in Hyde Park, a unique and historic neighborhood along the shore of Lake Michigan. You can learn more about Hyde Park and its housing options here.
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Part-Time RAs
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Part-Time RAs