Volunteers Needed to Join the Longhorn Literacy Project

This project closes on November 28, 2025. Applications are due by November 28, 2025.

The Empower Lab is recruiting motivated students interested in supporting K-4 youth in Austin ISD. This research assistant's primary role will be to tutor youth 2x a week for 45 minutes during the school day hours (8 am-3 pm) on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the research process, current education research, and working with children. 

If you are interested, please email the School/Clinical Child Psychology Graduate Student your CV and contact information to set a time to meet with her. 

Contact: Daisy Barrientos at db48728@my.utexas.edu

Qualifications
  • Professionalism
  • Organization and attention to detail in following procedures
  • Timely communication

Preferred qualifications:

  • Bilingual (Spanish-English)
  • Interested in working with Children
  • Previous work/volunteer experience with youth and families 
Project Timeline

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. 

Duties

Recruitment, scheduling, data collection, conducting literature searches, data entry/cleaning, and other duties.

Typical Time Commitment
2-5 hours/week
Desired Length of Commitment
2+
Tags
bilingual
spanish
elementary schools
school psychology
special education
literacy
language development
child psychology
early childhood
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Project Lead
Who to Contact
Daisy Barrientos
Contact Email
db48728@my.utexas.edu

I'M INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?

The Office of Undergraduate Research recommends that you attend an info session or advising before contacting faculty members or project contacts about research opportunities. We'll cover the steps to get involved, tips for contacting faculty, funding possibilities, and options for course credit. Once you have attended an Office of Undergraduate Research info session or spoken to an advisor, you can use the "Who to contact" details for this project to get in touch with the project leader and express your interest in getting involved.

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