Political Science Research Assistant Interest Form

The Political Science Department welcomes current Northwestern undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing research assistant (RA) opportunities to complete this form in order to provide us with information about your interests, experience, and skills. The Department will use this information to connect interested students with RA opportunities as they arise.


Please contact the Political Science Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Libby Wait (elizabeth.wait@northwestern.edu) if you have any questions about this form.

Personal information

List the term and year when you expect to graduate (e.g. Spring 2024).

Please provide a short (3 - 5 sentence) bio of yourself, including your areas of interest in political science or other areas of study.

Software and programming skills

Please select the programs/programming languages that you have experience using. You may list additional programs in the "other" field below

Please list any other programs you have experience using that are not listed above

Language & additional skills

Please list languages you have knowledge of and include level of proficiency (novice, intermediate, advanced, fluent, native speaker)

Briefly list any other skills or experience you would like to share with us

Are you a Federal Work-Study program participant?*

Students who are eligible for the Work-Study Program can elect to make their research assistant position work-study supported,.

Please attach your resume

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