Kellogg Research Assistant (RA) Application

The Kellogg School of Management provides paid opportunities for Northwestern students or community members to participate in various aspects of the research processes. This survey serves as your application of interest in a RA (research assistant) position. Non-students may be eligible.


The information you provide in this survey will be kept confidential within the Kellogg School of Management and will be subject to the Kellogg School's privacy policy. When or if an opportunity arises that matches your experience, we will notify you from our email RAmatch@kellogg.northwestern.edu.


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Contact information

Academic information

What year are you in school?*

What term/year will you graduate? (e.g. Spring/2026 or n/a)

What is your major or program of study? If you have not decided, write "undecided."

Econometrics

How many college courses have you taken in econometrics?

Economics

How many college courses have you taken in economics?

Accounting

How many college courses have you taken in accounting?

Finance

How many college courses have you taken in finance?

Math

How many college courses have you taken in math?

Statistics

How many college courses have you taken in statistics?

Computer science

How many college courses have you taken in computer science?

Social sciences

How many college courses have you taken in social sciences?

Please select the Kellogg department(s) that you are interested in working with. If you are a Kellogg graduate student, please select your current program.

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Do you speak any languages other than English? If so, please write them below.

RA experience length

Have you worked as an RA before? If so, for how long?

If you have worked as an RA before, please list the professors/labs you worked for below.

Programming languages and operating systems

How would you rate your expertise with the following programming languages and operating systems? Limited = You can open up the program and run basic set up like commands (e.g., open a file, set up a script, etc.); Fair = You are able to run basic commands (e.g., merging and sorting files for the stats software; Good = You use the program regularly and are familiar with the core functionality; Excellent = You are able to write efficient code.

Java or Javascript

How would you rate your expertise with Java?

Python

How would you rate your expertise with Python?

SQL

How would you rate your expertise with SQL?

R

How would you rate your expertise with R?

Software

Excel

How would you rate your expertise with Excel?

Matlab

How would you rate your expertise with Matlab?

SAS

How would you rate your expertise with SAS?

SPSS

How would you rate your expertise with SPSS?

STATA

How would you rate your expertise with STATA?

Qualtrics

How would you rate your expertise with Qualtrics?

NVIVO, ATLAS.ti, Dedoose

How would you rate your expertise with NVIVO, ATLAS.ti, or Dedoose?

Additional areas or activities

Read basic financial reports

How would you rate your expertise with reading basic financial reports?

Data management with statistical packages (e.g., merging datasets, extracting subsamples, etc.)

How would you rate your expertise with data management with statistical packages (e.g., merging datasets, extracting subsamples, etc.)?

Process and code text data (e.g., content analysis, natural language processing, thematic coding)

How would you rate your expertise with process and code text data (e.g., content analysis, natural language processing, thematic coding)?

Writing research summaries or reports

How would you rate your expertise with writing research summaries or reports?

Programming psychology / behavioral economics tasks (e.g. PsychoPy, zTree, oTree, etc.)

How would you rate your expertise with programming psychology / behavioral economics tasks (e.g. PsychoPy, zTree, oTree, etc.)?

Running participants in lab sessions

How would you rate your expertise with running participants in lab sessions?

Data entry

What is your experience with data entry?

Work Status and Availability

Previous campus job*

Have you had a campus job before?

Please list all other departments on campus through which you are currently working and/or receiving funding, if applicable.

Are you an International Student?*
Social security*

Do you already have a social security number?

Federal Work-Study*

Do you participate in the Federal Work-Study program?

Work availability school year*

Please indicate your work availability during the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms, in an ordinary week.

Work availability summer*

Please indicate your work availability during the Summer term, in an ordinary week.

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