• Job Description

  Req#: 509241

  Department Overview:	The Consumer Science department is committed to fostering a fair and healthy marketplace that promotes the well-being of families and individuals across the U.S. and internationally. We apply social science theories and rigorous quantitative methods to the study of household and consumer interactions, offering keen insights and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing socioeconomic challenges.
  Anticipated Start Date:	9/3/25
  Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):	5/8/26
  Remote Work Eligibility Detail:	Partially Remote
  Anticipated Hours Per Week:	Minimum: 13
  Schedule:	The 33% PA position will be approximately 13 hours per week over the course of the academic year. Applicants must be able to attend weekly 30-minute check-in meetings.
  Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:	Minimum: 2583
  Number of Positions:	1
  Qualifications:	Graduate student in good academic standing.
  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:	• Experience with Stata and/or R for data management & descriptive analysis • Experience with Qualtrics survey software • Formal knowledge of personal finance and consumer affairs (whether through coursework, educational credentials, or work experience) • Ability to flag inaccurate, fraudulent, and illegal financial information and to detect other forms of financial misinformation • Detail-oriented • Excellent time management and organization • Illustrated interest in at least two of the following areas: social media & financial influencers, young adults, financial literacy, media literacy, financial education, economics of information, communication sciences
  Position Summary/Job Duties:	• Assist in logistics for securing survey administration companies • Assist in designing the planned survey and administering data collection under direction of the PI • Clean and organize collected survey data • Assist in conducting analyses under direction of the PI • Draft sections of the resultant manuscript under the direction of the PI • Set regular meetings and organize tasks to ensure that deadlines are met
  Physical Demands:	None
  Institutional Statements:	Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce. Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu Accommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

• About the company

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