IRB and Thesis Specialist

The Office of Graduate Education, Grants, and Sponsored Research is responsible for all policy issues related to our graduate programs, for the oversight of research involving human subjects with the Institutional Review Board, and the final edits of theses and dissertations written by our graduates. The IRB and Thesis Specialist role is designed to be supervised and work directly with the Coordinator of Student Research to initially evaluate all incoming applications to the Institutional Review Board, all theses and dissertation submissions, and other administrative duties as assigned.

Fellowship Required Qualifications

Position Requirements: 

  • Ideal candidates would have some longevity in this role and thus we are looking for students who will be available for two years or more.
  • This role utilizes a wide variety of technologies and software platforms.  Ideal candidates should have a good familiarity with using technology and a good comfort level to learn new software
  • Successful applicants for this position need to be in good academic standing. New graduate students or graduate students currently in their program need a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher.

Fellowship Preferred Qualifications

Candidates for this position should be motivated, organized, detail oriented, and have previous experience in writing and editing academic papers in APA format and/or technical documents. This position can be challenging with the high volume of communications, follow up with faculty and student clients, and prioritizing numerous projects and tasks. Some experience with human subjects research protocols and best practices is a plus.