Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA)

Job Category

Student Employee

Job Title

Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA)

Department

UBCO | Research | Taylor | School of Social Work | Faculty of Health and Social Development

Posting End Date

December 18, 2023

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Aug 31, 2024

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and / or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Undergraduate degree in social work, psychology, or related social science
• Current enrollment in the MSW program at UBCO
• Experience conducting literature searches and writing literature reviews
• Strong reading, comprehension, and writing skills (the job requires reading numerous articles and documents and writing formal reports, letters, and emails)
• Ability to search the web for applicable literature and interviews
• Familiarity with databases and spreadsheets
• Preference is given to individuals who have experience using qualitative and quantitative analysis software (the student will enter data, help develop research questions, and interpret findings)
• Ability to work on a collaborative, interdisciplinary team
• Willing to remain with the project until October or November 2024

The person hired will participate in investigating how ecological systems, culture, behavior, cognitive-information processing styles, and psychological temperament interact and influence violent individuals. This is a sociocultural-ecological study informed by existing literature and available data.

The successful candidate will work directly with Dr. Edward Taylor and communicate with government and not-for-profit agencies. The GAA will attend regular meetings with the research team. Part of the assigned work can be completed off the UBCO campus. However, much of the research requires on-campus collaboration with team members.

The study uses existing published articles and documents along with computer-posted information to examine the development of violent individuals. This research aims to create a multidimensional description of individuals who intentionally engage in physical assaults. Harmonizing interacting elements rather than reporting singular concepts such as home situation or socioeconomic phenomena provides a more complete representation of how violent plans are formed. The study seeks to form a synchronized source of information that details the many dimensions of violent individuals.

Duties include the following :