The EMPOWER (Elevating Multilingüe learners Prácticas and Oportunidades Within Educational Research)lab is recruiting motivated individuals interested in supporting multilingual and Latine/x students and families. Dr. Romero's research focuses on strengthening school-community partnerships by developing culturally and linguistically responsive practices. This research assistant's primary role will be to collect data and conduct a systematic search through various databases for relevant studies. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the research process, current education research, and working with the Latine/x multilingual children/families.
Current Projects Include:
- Home-Based Literacy and Language Intervention
- Cultivating a Community-Research partnership with Newcomer families in an Early Childhood Setting
- Systematic Reviews of La Comunidad Latina/e en School Psychology Research
- Social-emotional learning interventions in elementary schools
- Professionalism
- Organization and attention to detail in following procedures
- Timely communication
Preferred qualifications:
- Bilingual (Spanish-English)
- Interested in working with Emergent Bilingual Children (preschool to middle school) or Latine/x population
- Previous work/volunteer experience with youth and families
Start time is as soon as possible, and all RAs are asked to complete a minimum of two semesters. RAs can continue past the two semester commitment.
Recruitment, scheduling, data collection, conducting literature searches, data entry/cleaning, and other duties.
