Korean-Speaking Research Student Assistant

Job Description

50% - Support research project related to Korean-speaking populations including interviewing families and administering speech and language tests to children aged 4-6.

30% - Transcribe and score standardized speech and language tests administered to Korean-English bilingual children.

10% - Engage with Korean-speaking families in the Kansas City metropolitan area/Lawrence as needed.

10% - Perform administrative and organizational tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Must speak and write Korean fluently.
• Must be able to commit 10 hours per week.
• Must be available to work in person beginning August 2025 or earlier.

Preferred Qualifications

• Having a means of transportation to travel within and between the Kansas City metropolitan area and Lawrence is preferred but not required.
• Degree in or majoring in Speech-Language-Hearing (SPLH), Linguistics, Psychology, Education, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Applied Behavioral Science, Anthropology, allied health fields, or a related field.
• Experience with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and/or transcribing speech.
• Experience working with children and/or special populations.

Position Requirements

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).