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University Honors Program

 

Current Openings

Research Opportunities for Honors Students

Option to Receive Academic Credit

If offered, students have the option to receive academic credit for a research assistantship by submitting an Honors Contract by the designated academic term deadline. For more information please visit our Honors Contract FAQ page. 

Open Positions

Please Note: Positions are sorted by faculty home department. You do not need to have a major or minor in their department or school to apply unless specified otherwise in position description. 

NEW LISTINGS FOR SPRING 2026:

Digital Humanities Institute
Economics
International Affairs
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Political Science
Sociology
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

LISTINGS FOR FALL 2025:

Educational Leadership
ESIA, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy (IISTP)
History
Interior Architecture
International Affairs
International Education-Educational Leadership/International Affairs
Mathematics 
Organizational Sciences & Communication
School of Media and Public Affairs
Sociology 
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Strategic Management & Public Policy

Listings pre-Fall 2025, still active:

Art History
Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Political Science
 

RA Position Descriptions

Professor: Jozef Przytycki


Department: Mathematics

Title: Knot Theory, assisting in editing, programming, and research

Description: Knot Theory is a discipline of modern mathematics, part of topology (geometria situs). Student(s) will assist me with editing programming and doing research in Knot Theory.

Duties: Students under my supervision will be involved in tasks as below:
1. Student would assist in preparing/editing research paper for arXiv submission (and eventual publication). Student has to learn LaTeX and how to draw figures in xfig or other similar program.

2. Many invariants of graphs and knots require pattern testing which require to wrote simple (or not that simple) programs. Also programs are needed to analyze simple algebraic structures related to knots.

Time commitment: 4-6 hours per week (average)

Number of openings: 2

Credit hour option*: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: przytyckatgwu [dot] edu (przytyck[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If credit is sought, all registration deadlines and requirements must be met.  

Professor: Cynthia McClintock

Department: Political Science

Research Title: The Challenges to the Building of Political Parties: Peru in Comparative Perspective

Description: In some Latin American countries, political parties have rarely achieved institutionalization, and this has been particularly the case in Peru. This project explores explanations for party-building failure, considering in particular the implications of political culture (namely, a history of failures to build parties) and the implications of political economy (namely, shifts in a country's exports and economic production patterns). 

Knowledge of Spanish and/or knowledge of quantitative methods would be valuable. It would also be helpful if the research assistant is open to work that could arise for previous scholarly projects by the professor.

Research Assistant Duties: The construction of datasets, largely through online research, and also bibliographic reviews.

Number of openings: 1

Average weekly time commitment: 5-7 hours

Credit hour option*: 3 credits

Submit Resume/Cover Letter to: Professor McClintock (mcclinatgwu [dot] edu (mcclin[at]gwu[dot]edu))

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract.

Professor: Andrew Smith

Department: Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Title: Building a Reference Collection for the Development of Machine-learning Tools to Study Archaeological Sites in Jordan and Aid in the Cultural Resource Management of the World Heritage Site of Petra

Description: 

We are developing a reference collection based on archived archaeological image and text data from southern Jordan. We seek to build a reference collection that will serve as a platform for the development of two Machine-learning (ML) models of use to academics, educators, and conservators, in the preservation and management of archaeological sites associated with the World Heritage site of Petra, now a World Wonder, and other sites in southern Jordan associated with the ancient Incense Route. This reference collection and the ML models derived from it will facilitate the identification and dating of archaeological sites in southern Jordan and promote best practices in cultural heritage management. This reference collection’s data infrastructure and the ML models will also be transferable, allowing scholars in other regions to apply these tools to their datasets. These ML models will eventually form the underpinnings for an applied AI model. This is now a cornerstone project for the Center for Ancient Arabian Studies at GW. 

Duties include:

At this stage, the student will be engaged in mostly archival work. The student will mine journals and monographs for illustrations of archaeological ceramic material, scan them, and enter appropriate metadata.

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 1-2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: amsiiatgwu [dot] edu (amsii[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Jung-Sil Lee

Department: Art History

Title: Exhibition Curatorial Assistant

Description:

I am seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Exhibition Assistant to support the planning, researching, and execution of the upcoming exhibition (Oct to Nov.. 2025) titled Ecriture, Body, Empowerment: Korean Contemporary Women Artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and other venues. This exhibition explores themes of écriture (writing), body, and empowerment in contemporary Korean and Korean American art, featuring works by text-based artists. Accompanying the exhibition will be an artist talk, a lecture, and the publication of both a brochure and a book compiling research papers by selected students. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in curatorial practice and exhibition organization while deepening knowledge of contemporary female artists from Korea.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the step-by-step curatorial process, from research to installation
• Support the development of exhibition materials, including brochures and publications
• Help coordinate logistics across multiple venues
• Communicate effectively with artists, scholars, and institutional partners
• Provide organizational and administrative support for the artist talk and lecture
• Initial overview and compile student’s research papers

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week

Credit hour option: Not available

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: jsleeatgwu [dot] edu (jslee[at]gwu[dot]edu) 

Professor: Yisheng Peng

Department: Organizational Sciences & Communication

Title: Meta-analytic study of employees' emotional labor/emotion regulation strategies at work

Description:

This study will examine the impacts of emotional labor/emotion regulation strategies on employees’ well-being and work outcomes. I am also interested in examining whether younger and older employees manage/regulate their emotions differently at work. A quantitative, meta-analytic method will be used. I aim to complete the literature screening and coding by this semester. Findings will be presented in academic conferences and top tier journals.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Review/organize/code literature
  2. Recruit participants
  3. Prepare IRBs/administer surveys
  4. Analyze and manage research data
  5. Create Qualtrics and set up studies

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 4

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: yishengpengatgwu [dot] edu (yishengpeng[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Ethan Porter

Department: SMPA

Title: The Meaning Motive

Description:

For my next book, The Meaning Motive, I have surveyed thousands of people about what they find meaningful in life and in politics. I am very interested in better understanding the contents of these responses. Research assistants will help me evaluate these responses, which were provided in open-ended text boxes. We will understand the content and coherence and what people report finding meaningful in life and in politics. The results will be discussed in the completed book.

Key Responsibilities:

Research assistants will read through thousands of short responses to questions about what people find meaningful in life and in politics. They will code these responses according to pre-set criteria. Together, we will learn about what people do (and do not) find meaningful in life and politics.

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 1

Number of openings: 3

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: evporteratgwu [dot] edu (evporter[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Michelle Kelso

Department: Sociology

Title: Changing Girls’ Lives in Rural Africa: Impact of Empowerment Programming on Extreme Poverty, Gender-Based Violence and Climate Change Resiliency

Description:

While research has focused extensively on programming, little scholarship focuses on the impact holistic empowerment programs have had on economic and social sustainability, GBV prevention, and climate resiliency for adolescent girls and youth in rural areas. My project will complement existing work on gender and development (writ empowerment) while also expanding theory and praxis. In practice, development programs often offer gender-based violence as separate from other initiatives. I believe my research will reveal that a holistic empowerment model can greatly impact the lives of teenage girls living in extreme poverty in rural areas by increasing their economic and social stability, thus reducing GBV, even if it is not the primary intervention area. Empowerment can do so through confidence building, the creation of strong social ties and networks in communities, and microfinance grants and coaching for small business development. Thus my work will both complement and challenge existing paradigms, especially of GBV prevention models that use stand alone and targeted programming to decrease its prevalence

Methods: Survey research, focus groups and interviews.(Already completed)

Key Responsibilities:

Position 1: Quantitative data analysis assistant. I would love someone who can help us work with our data who is familiar with R and/or Stata. Experience required. Hours - 1-3 per week.. Credit hour option is possible.

Position 2: General research assistant. Duties include assisting with lit reviews, working with qualitative data and presentations. Willingness to learn NVIVO. Credit hour option is possible.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1-2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: mkelsoatgwu [dot] edu (mkelso[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Steven Livingston

Department: SMPA; ESIA

Title: Religious Media Content and the Ritual View of Communication

Description:

This project builds on two recent publications, both of which draw on James Carey's "ritual view of communication." In simplified terms, Carey asserts that we turn to the media sources that we do in a fashion similar to the way we turn to various religious experiences; we seek affirmation and reconstitution of animating norms and values. Joining a graduate research assistant and MA student, this project would ask that you work with me and the GTA downloading and coding religious online content. Here are two recent articles that provide a more complete theoretical explanation: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/P6FHAMQTQZZKBKPFGIEW/full https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/platforms-politics-and-the-crisis-of-democracy-connective-action-and-the-rise-of-illiberalism/A51164F80FB842AB578F8870C286ED35.
 

Key Responsibilities:

Working with Steven Livingston and second-year MA student Sarah Banholzer, the honors research assistant will help design a data collection strategy, download online content from about a dozen different content platforms (mostly YouTube), configure the data in a text format, and work with Gelman Library research librarians using Python to analyze content patterns. The main benefit for the student involves research design, data collection and analysis, and learning to work with a research team.
 

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: slivatgwu [dot] edu (sliv[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Susan Aaronson

Department: IISTP, ESIA

Title: Meta study Trust and AI

Description:

We need an RA to develop a listing and summarize (can use notebook LLM) the scholarly literature on trust in AI (how to develop it; sustain it, what it means etc.) from different disciplines. WE hope to then do a meta study. WE will then do trustworthy AI.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Do a library search of the literature.
  • Obtain the literature and summarize.
  • Work with us on drafting the metastudy.
     

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 4

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: saaronsoatgwu [dot] edu (saaronso[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Katrin Schultheiss

Department: History

Title: Women Rescuers during the Nazi Period

Description:

I am seeking a student research assistant for a new project that will document the largely unrecognized work of women who organized the rescue of Jews and other victims of the Holocaust in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. While a significant amount of research has been conducted on the efforts of a handful of prominent rescuers (for example, Varian Fry, Nicholas Winton), there is relatively little work on the hundreds of ordinary people who risked their lives to try to rescue Jews and other persecuted peoples from Nazi Germany and German-occupied countries. Especially noticeable is the absence of published work on women who used their professional and social connections to create pathways of escape for persecuted individuals and families. This project seeks to recover the history of these women in an effort not only to restore them to the historical record where they have been largely ignored, but also to reveal the many ingenuous strategies that women adopted to conduct their courageous and lifesaving work.

Key Responsibilities:

I am just beginning this project so the research assistant would have the opportunity to help shape its parameters and contribute meaningfully to its substance. Initial work would involve scouring the numerous on-line research databases and archival collections to develop a preliminary index of women who will be included in the project. That index will form the foundation on which further research will be built. I am looking for a highly organized, responsible, motivated research assistant with an interest in the history of the Holocaust and women’s history.

Required skills: Familiarity with using online archival sites; ability to accurately record and organize identified relevant material (attention to accuracy and detail is essential!); Reading knowledge of at least one relevant European language, e.g. German, Dutch, French, Polish.. (RA does not have to be fluent but they must be able to navigate a foreign-language-based website and understand the gist of the material on it.); ability to work independently and to take initiative.

Desirable background: Familiarity with the history of the Holocaust, Europe in the 1930s, women’s history; Experience with database creation and management.
 

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: kschulthatgwu [dot] edu

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Max Alekseyev

Department: Mathematics

Title: Study of Halving Partitions

Description:

Recently Clark Kimberling introduced a class of integer halving partitions, including partitions such as 13 = 7 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1, in which each next part equals half of the previous one rounded up or down. The number of halving partitions of n for small integers n is tabulated in the OEIS sequence https://oeis.org/A349552 The proposed project is aimed at exploring properties of halving partitions by establishing connections to divide-and-conquer sequences (Hwang et al., ACM Trans. Algorithms, 13, 2017) and/or payphone permutations (Alekseyev, Amer. Math. Monthly 131, 2024), and deriving an explicit formula for the number of halving partitions.

Key Responsibilities:

Read the suggested mathematical literature, learn about methods of combinatorial enumeration, carry out numerical experiments, derive and prove properties of halving partitions, prepare a final report and/or research paper with the exposition of obtained results. Project requires analytical thinking and some programming.
 

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 1

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: maxalatgwu [dot] edu (maxal[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Max Alekseyev

Department: Mathematics

Title: Smallest Tuples of Consecutive Harshad Numbers

Description:

A Harshad number is a positive integer that is divided by the sum of its digits. Cooper and Kennedy (Fibonacci Quart. 21, 1993) proved that at most 20 consecutive integers can all be Harshad numbers. The smallest n-tuples of consecutive Harshad numbers are known for n up to 14 as well as for n = 16 and n = 17 (see https://oeis.org/A060159). This project is aimed at closing the gap by finding the smallest n-tuples of consecutive Harshad numbers for the remaining values n = 15, 18, 19, and 20.

Key Responsibilities:

Read the suggested mathematical literature, design an algorithmic approach, carry out numerical experiments (possibly using HPC), prepare a final report and/or research paper with description of the algorithm and computational results. Project requires familiarity with elementary number theory and scientific programming.

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 1

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: maxalatgwu [dot] edu (maxal[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Erin Speck

Department: Interior Architecture

Title: Alvar Aalto's Paimio Sanitorium , WELL and LEED Strategies

Description:

The project is an analysis of Alvar Aalto's Paimio Sanitorium for compliance with current WELL (International WELL Building Institute) and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Standards.

Using the current LEED and WELL Standards along with floor plans, elevations and other written information about Paimio Sanitorium determine which, if any, strategies are evidenced.

To understand how thinking has remained the same and also advanced with respect to sustainability and human wellness.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Find information about the sanitorium including floor plans, elevations, and other orthographic and 3D drawings of the sanitorium.
  • Find articles and other information about the sanitorium.
  • Access the current LEED and WELL Standards.
  • Compare the information about the sanitorium with the Standards and note any evidence of the Standards being incorporated. Note where unusual features that were believed to be healthy were incorporated.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: jespeckatgwu [dot] edu (jespeck[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: David Silverman

Department: History

Title: For This World and the Next: The Religious Struggle for Native America

Description:

A wide-ranging book project about how religion has factored in struggles to control Native American societies, from ancient times to the present. I am seeking research assistance from three people for three different aspects of this work.

Key Responsibilities:

Project 1: Go through the microfilm records of Record Group 75 (Bureau of Indian Affairs) for each Indian Agency (or reservation setting) with a focus on the proceedings of the Court of Indian Offenses designed to combat "heathenish practices." I am interested in cases involving Native religious practice. This research will require reading nineteenth- and twentieth-century handwritten cursive English on microfilm at the National Archives in downtown DC.

Project 2: Using the National Indian Boarding School Digital Archives, examine student newspapers, administrative records, photographs, and various other materials from Native American Boarding Schools to determine the role of Christian teaching in these public institutions. Most records will be in typescript, but some will appear in cursive English. All the records are available online.

Project 3: A systematic reading of the digitized administrative records of colonial New France (or Canada), known as Series C11A. I am looking for episodes in which Native people used claims to a shared Catholic identity (whether in speech or ornamentation) to broker their relations with the French. I am also looking for episodes in which French priests (usually Jesuits) served as interpreters or spokesmen for Native people in their diplomacy with French officials. This work will require reading fluency in French. The records are hand-written in seventeenth-century script.

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 1-3

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: djsilveratgwu [dot] edu (djsilver[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Jihae Cha

Department: Educational Leadership

Title: Exploring Learning Pathways for Overage Afghan Young Adult Learners in Northern Virginia

Description:

This project investigates the educational trajectories of overage young adult learners with Afghan backgrounds who have resettled in Northern Virginia following conflict and displacement. While global scholarship on refugee education has highlighted the acute needs of school-aged children in emergencies, far less attention has been paid to those who arrive beyond the conventional age of secondary schooling. These learners, typically between the ages of 18 and 25, face systemic exclusion: they are deemed too old to complete high school within established timelines, yet they remain poorly served by adult education structures designed for mid-career or older adults. Their experiences of interrupted schooling, constrained opportunities, and contested belonging underscore how conflict-induced displacement produces enduring challenges for equity and inclusion.

The study is grounded in two complementary perspectives: the integration framework and the socio-cultural approach. The integration framework highlights the structural and institutional mechanisms that regulate immigrant learners’ access to education. Policies such as age caps, program eligibility requirements, and rigid graduation criteria shape not only who is permitted to participate but also how opportunity itself is defined. From this perspective, the barriers Afghan-background learners encounter cannot be reduced to individual shortcomings; rather, they reflect the effects of inflexible institutional arrangements and policy design. The socio-cultural approach, by contrast, conceptualizes learning as deeply embedded in social relations, cultural identities, and dynamics of belonging. Family responsibilities, peer networks, community expectations, and migration histories all shape the ways in which learners engage with schooling. Taken together, these frameworks illuminate the tension between structural exclusion and the pursuit of belonging, demonstrating how conflict and forced migration reverberate through both institutional policy and everyday experience.

The project adopts a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) design in partnership with local schools and nonprofit organizations. This approach ensures that Afghan-background learners and their communities remain active participants in the production and interpretation of knowledge. Data collection includes focus groups with Afghan young adults in community-based settings, individual interviews with learners aged 18–25, and stakeholder interviews with educators and community partners. Community partners are engaged throughout the analytic process to ensure contextual accuracy and cultural validity.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Project Coordination & Meetings
    • Attend and actively participate in weekly project team meetings (take notes, track action items).
    • Communicate regularly with the faculty supervisor, PhD students, and peers regarding progress, challenges, and deadlines.
    • Maintain shared project files and trackers (Google Drive, Zotero, or equivalent platforms).
  2. Literature Review & Writing Support
    • Conduct systematic literature searches on topics such as refugee education, adult/overage learners, integration frameworks, and socio-cultural approaches.
    • Maintain and update a literature tracker (spreadsheet or Zotero database).
    • Draft annotated bibliographies that summarize, critically evaluate, and organize key sources.
    • Assist in drafting background sections of research articles, reports, and grant proposals.]
  3. Data Collection Support
    • Assist with recruitment of participants in coordination with community partners.
    • Help prepare interview and focus group materials (consent forms, interview guides, demographic questionnaires).
    • Support note-taking during interviews and focus groups (as appropriate, with participant consent).
    • Transcribe audio recordings and ensure accuracy in translation checks when needed.
    • Follow IRB protocols for confidentiality and ethical handling of data.
  4. Data Management & Analysis
    • Organize and code qualitative data (transcripts, field notes) in NVivo, Dedoose, or other qualitative software (training will be provided).
    • Support preliminary analysis by identifying recurring themes, patterns, and illustrative quotes.
    • Maintain data logs to ensure transparency and reliability.

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: jihae [dot] chaatgwu [dot] edu (jihae[dot]cha[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Imani Cheers

Department: SMPA

Title: Publicity and Promotional Research Assistant for Scholarly Work

Description:

Seeking a detail-oriented research assistant to support the publicity and promotional campaign for two upcoming book releases scheduled for October 2025, "Framing Fatherhood" & "Sacred Sisterhood". This role combines research, content creation, and outreach coordination to maximize visibility and engagement for both titles. 

This position offers valuable experience in book marketing, content creation, and publicity campaign management while supporting meaningful literature on family and community themes.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Social Media Content Creation
    • Develop engaging social media posts for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
    • Create visual content including graphics, quote cards, and promotional images
    • Produce short-form video content (Reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts) featuring book themes and author insights
    • Maintain consistent brand voice across platforms for both books
    • Schedule posts using social media management tools
  2. Media Outreach & Tracking
    • Research and compile media contact lists (podcasts, blogs, magazines, newspapers)
    • Track outreach efforts in organized spreadsheets with follow-up schedules
    • Monitor media coverage and compile press clippings
    • Identify relevant influencers, book reviewers, and potential interview opportunities
    • Coordinate interview scheduling and logistics
  3. Promotional Campaign Support
    • Research book marketing trends and competitor analysis
    • Identify speaking engagement opportunities at conferences, book clubs, and events
    • Support email marketing campaigns to author's mailing list
    • Research bookstore events and reading opportunities
    • Track campaign metrics and provide regular progress reports

Required Skills:

  • Strong writing and visual design abilities
  • Proficiency with social media platforms and content creation tools
  • Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar design software
  • Basic video editing skills (CapCut, iMovie, or similar)
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills
  • Research and database management experience
  • Understanding of book marketing and publishing industry preferred

Deliverables: 

  • 4-5 social media posts per week across platforms
  • Weekly media outreach reports with contact logs
  • Monthly campaign analytics and recommendations
  • Content calendar for both book launches
  • Comprehensive media contact database

Timeline: 

  • Start Date: September 2025 (1 month pre-launch preparation)
  • Duration: Fall 2025 semester (September 2025-January 2026)
  • Time commitment: 10-15 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 4

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: imanimcheersatgwu [dot] edu (imanimcheers[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Matthew Levinger

Department: International Affairs

Title: NSSP Executive Education Curriculum Design and Development

Description:

The GWU National Security Studies Program (NSSP) delivers strategic executive education programs for military officers from the United States, international partner nations, and civilians at comparable levels. NSSP’s flagship program is the two-week Senior Manager Course in National Security Leadership (SMCNS) for senior military officers at the O-6 level and civilians at the GS-14/15 or equivalent level. SMCNS was first launched in 1982 as an Office of Secretary of Defense initiative and has been housed at ESIA since 2007.

One key component of the SMCNS experience is an immersive 1.5-day capstone strategic simulation exercise that simulates a whole-of-government response to an emerging international crisis. The simulation reinforces core concepts from the SMCNS and provides the students with an opportunity to replicate the complex interplay of the executive branch, legislative branch, international organizations, interest groups, and media. Carefully selected senior mentors coach SMCNS students as they navigate a complex national security issue that culminates with a simulated Congressional hearing, press conferences, and National Security Council decision briefing. Recent SMCNS simulations have depicted crises in the Arctic, Baltic region, nuclear proliferation, and South Asia.

The design and development of the SMCNS strategic simulation is a significant annual undertaking that carefully incorporates current events, NSSP learning objectives, and emerging strategic priorities. The ultimate goal of this effort is preparing military and civilian leaders to navigate complex and uncertain challenges as strategic advisors or strategic leaders.

The SMCNS strategic simulation is developed annually to address the learning objectives identified by the NSSP Director in consultation with experts in national security, the intelligence community, media, and the legislative branch. The simulation development process centers on preparing a professional 30-40 page simulation packet that includes the exercise scenario, background information, maps, and essential reference information. The packet is accompanied by 40-50 scripted individual roles for the student participants that credibly reflects the complexity of the national security decision process and its inherent tensions.

Key Responsibilities:

Among other responsibilities, research assistants will be valued members of NSSP’s strategic simulation team responsible for the research, development, design, execution, and documentation of the exercise. They will work closely with the NSSP Director, military advisor, and visiting scholars throughout their tenure. Assistants will participate in the selection of the simulation topic, conduct research for the scenario, and draft substantial portions of the simulation packet. Research may include literature review, interviews with subject matter experts, and attendance at relevant public events in the Washington, DC area.

The selected research assistants will be integral members of the strategic simulation exercise tentatively scheduled for March 11-12, 2026 where they will directly interact with senior mentors and SMCNS students. Research assistants will document the exercise, key observations, and outcomes. They may be asked to leverage this experience in the collaborative drafting of articles for publication.

Research assistants may have opportunities to participate in the development of the SMCNS curriculum and syllabus. They may also be asked to independently schedule and facilitate video recordings from international experts on a variety of topics.

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week (Fall 2025); 7+ hours per week (Spring 2026)

Credit hour option*: 1 credit (Fall 2025); 4 credits (Spring 2026)

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: mlevingeratgwu [dot] edu (mlevinger[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: John Forrer

Department: Strategic Management & Public Policy

Title: Biodiversity Credits

Description:

Sustainable biodiversity of the global environment is under threat due to expanded deforestation, corporate farming and urbanization. Carbon credits and carbon market exchanges have been established as an approach to reduce carbon emissions. Conservation groups have become interested in the idea of establishing 'biodiversity credits' as an approach to advancing biodiversity, but the idea is new and there are many practical questions on how such an approach would work and how success world be measured.

The research project involves writing a report on the opportunities and challenges of establishing a global biodiversity credit trading regime, drawing on the literature and the experiences of global carbon credit exchanges. Based on the report ICR will convene a meeting of conservation org and other interested parties to discuss the findings of the report and develop a Work Plan for a collaboration to develop pilot programs that advance biodiversity using biodiversity credits.

Key Responsibilities:

The RAs will conduct a literature review and write up an annotated bibliography of current research in the field, help write the ICR report, and assist in organizing the seminar

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3 

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: jforreratgwu [dot] edu (jforrer[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: John Forrer

Department: Strategic Management & Public Policy

Title: Circular Economy and Circular Business Models

Description:

Circular Economy has become a popular topic among governments, advocates and businesses. The focus of the topic has been the reduction of waste. But efforts to develop b business models that utilize the waste for commercial purposes and embrace sustainability face many challenges. In response, ICR is developing a different approach -- circular business models.

Circular business models consider the concern about waste as a matter to be addressed by considering sourcing security issues. For any company, the reliability and sustainability of their supply chain is a constant risk. Firms face three options when addressing the risks around their supply chains:

  1. Take actions that mitigate the risks of the existing supply chain.
  2. Selective different sources and supply chain partners to produce required materials and services.
  3. Harvest needed materials from its own or other's waste streams.

Our research is developing a framework and an analytic tool to help firms make the determination of which the options offer the best way to reduce sourcing risks.

One, we will focus on U.S state laws regarding circularity regulations and requirements. Two, we will develop a CBM Mapping tool that examines the full supply chain of a company and identifies what options the firm has to alter its practices (and its business model) to increase supply chain security -- including waste utilization

Key Responsibilities:

RAs will search state government policies regarding circularity and document what requirements exist. A report will be written based on the data collected and analyzed.

RAs will help develop an analytic tool and search capability -- using AI -to create a CBM map for a specific firm

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3 

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: jforreratgwu [dot] edu (jforrer[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Cynthia Core

Department: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Title: Early language skills in young Spanish-English speaking children

Description:

My research focuses on Spanish-English bilingual language development. I have videos and transcripts of parent-child interactions of 30-month old children in Spanish and in English. I would like to analyze the language samples to describe the children's speech sound use, vocabulary and grammar skills in each language.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Use videos and language transcripts to analyze vocabulary, grammar, and sound production.
  • Use software tools to complete language analyses.
  • Find publications on topics related to bilingual language development and summarize relevant information.
  • Students may develop a research project to present at a GWU student research forum or another conference.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 1

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: coreatgwu [dot] edu (core[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Laura Engel

Department: International Education-Educational Leadership/International Affairs

Title: Enhancing System Support for Teacher Well-Being and Retention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Place-Based, Collaborative Research Agenda

Description:

This Spencer Foundation funded Vision Grant, Enhancing System Support for Teacher Well-Being and Retention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Place-Based, Collaborative Research Agenda, supports a scope of work toward the planning of a large transformative grant. The cross-national project will be carried out from 12/2025-11/2026 as a collaboration between GW (PI Engel), a team from University of Nottingham, UK, and partners in three African contexts.

Key Responsibilities:

The project requires support with the following tasks in spring: 

  • Literature review
  • Organization and retrieval of policy documents to enable a comparison of 3 countries
  • Planning of a symposium in Feb. 2026
  • Preparation for data collection in summer
  • Synthesis and write up of results
  • Assist with preparation of visuals. 

The RA will help a team of 2 faculty and a MA and PhD student.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1-2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: Lceatgwu [dot] edu (Lce[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Arie Dubnov

Department: History

Title: The Modern Reception and Revival of the Maccabean Story (1750–Present)

Description:

The PI is a cultural historian. The aim of this interdisciplinary research project is to examine the history of ideas surrounding the Maccabean revolt and the Hasmonean state, focusing not on the ancient events themselves, but on their cultural, political, and historical reception in the modern era (circa 1750 to 1950). The project analyzes how this ancient Jewish story was strategically revived, repurposed, and deployed as a potent allegory for modern nationalist movements—both Jewish and non-Jewish—and transformed into a foundational symbol.

This study charts the competing allegories embedded in the story’s modern life, investigating figures and works across four key disciplinary clusters:

  1. Musical Appropriation: Tracing the use of the Maccabean story as a universal allegory for liberty and national resistance in European high culture, exemplified by G. F. Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (1746) and references in composers such as Beethoven and others
  2. Literary Adaptation: Identifying and examining how 20th-century historical novels that retold the ancient story, ranging from the German-Jewish émigré Leon Feuchtwanger to the Israeli Moshe Shamir, who utilized the narrative as a framework for exploring modern issues of Jewish identity and sovereignty.
  3. Historiographical Discourse: Analyzing how key historians—such as Heinrich Graetz, Simon Dubnow, Elias J. Bickerman, Victor Tcherikover, and more —interpreted the Hasmonean revolt.
  4. Cultural and Political Iconography: Documenting the translation of the story into modern art and political ideology, specifically within the Zionist movement, most notably in Max Nordau’s political tracts and the subsequent founding of the Maccabiah Games, and the related elevation of Hanukkah from a minor religious festival to a major holiday, often positioned in competition with Christmas.

The RAship fits students passionate about the history of ideas, cultural studies, and intellectual history, who are prepared to conduct high-level research across multiple academic fields using specialized library resources and databases.
 

Key Responsibilities:

The Research Assistant’s (RA) main tasks will include targeted collection, organization, and annotation of primary and secondary sources:

  • Conducting targeted bibliographical searches to locate scholarly reviews, critiques, and analyses of the core historical texts by Bickerman, Tcherikover, Dubnow and others.
  • Systematically searching specialized databases and institutional catalogs (Gelman, Library of Congress) for primary source materials, including original musical scores and libretti, rare literary editions, and foundational political tracts.
  • Locating and reading digitized historical newspapers and periodicals (Israeli, Jewish American, and European) to find reports on the early Maccabiah Games and cultural promotion efforts related to the modern elevation of Hanukkah.
  • Organizing and annotating collected materials, including citations and brief content summaries, using shared collaborative platforms.
     

Required Skills:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to conduct advanced research using online academic databases, such as JSTOR and ProQuest.
  • Proven familiarity with research library catalogs and ability to navigate research resources at the Library of Congress and GWU’s Gelman Library/
  • Familiarity with Google Docs/ Google Drive or other collaborative sharing platforms.
  • A strong affinity for humanities research, intellectual history, and cultural analysis.
     

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Holding a Library of Congress reader’s card, or a demonstrated willingness to obtain one immediately upon appointment
  • Demonstrated interest in the intersection of history, literature, and political thought.
  • Reading knowledge in other languages besides English (e.g., German or Hebrew) is advantageous but not strictly required.
     

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1-2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: dubnovatgwu [dot] edu

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Arie Dubnov

Department: History

Title: VIP Intellectuals visiting Israel during the 1960s-70s

Description:

The aim of my research project is to offer a historical portrait of Israeli culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It examines a young generation of Israeli authors, poets, visual artists, musicians, dramaturges, intellectuals, and more, and while it offers a snapshot at Israeli history during a short but dramatic period (especially between the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War) it also provides a generational portrait on the Israel’s Jewish “baby boomers” (i.e., artists and creative minds born during the post-World War II baby boom). More specifically, it shows how the local Israeli bohemia attempted to forge its own identity vis-à-vis youth elsewhere, and in particular in relation to the anti-war and counterculture movements and the student revolts of 1968. In that respect, the research uses a “glocal” perspective and framing, that is one that combines the local and the global dimensions of these cultural encounters.

As part of that project, I would like to look closely at several significant intellectual encounters between notable non-Israeli intellectuals and artists who came to visit Israel and the local Israeli intelligentsia. Among those “VIP visits” are included a well-documented visit of the legendary French philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, the influential “Beat” poet and writer Allen Ginsberg, the German-born critical theorist Herbert Marcuse and the political theorist Hannah Arendt, the American filmmaker, essayist, and political activist Susan Sontag and more.

The Research Assistant (RA) would assist me in finding additional traces and records of these and other visits through sifting through historical newspapers, published biographies, memoirs, and unpublished private papers and archives in the US and Europe. Ideally, the RAship fits students passionate about literature, culture (including pop culture and youth culture), and intellectual history, who feel comfortable conducting empirical research using offline library resources alongside online databases, digitized newspapers, and archives. 
 

Key Responsibilities:

The Research Assistant’s (RA) main tasks will include:

  1. Finding and reading historical newspapers that report on these visits.
  2. Finding and reading books (biographies, autobiographies, memoirs) that shed additional light on these visits.
  3. Communicate with archives and cultural institutions (in the US, Europe, and Israel) and order scans of documents related to the research.
  4. Research, find and reproduce rare materials from the Library of Congress and/or GWU’s Gelman Library.
     

Required Skills:

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to conduct advanced research using online academic databases (JSTOR, historical newspapers and more).
  • Familiarity with Dropbox and Google Drive
  • Holding a Library of Congress reader’s card.

Knowledge of Hebrew and/or Israeli culture is preferable but not required. Passion about the subject is far more important. Particular preference would be given to students interested in working on the intersection of history and literature.

I am open to the possibility of an independent study as well, which will allow the student to gain extra credit after writing his/her own research essay on the subject.
 

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: dubnovatgwu [dot] edu (dubnov[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Shirley Graham

Department: Elliott School of International Affairs

Title: Assessment of Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans

Description:

Gathering 115 National Action Plans by UN member states and assessing their inclusion of men and masculinities in policy goals, indicators, and implementation plans. Conducting content analysis of words/terms, coding them, and extrapolating them into a final report mapping the frequency of use/dates/contexts in which men and masculinities are discussed.

Key Responsibilities:

The research assistant will carry out the work described above by using Nvivo or MAXQDA or another qualitative or quantitative research tool. They will code, gather data, analyze and submit their findings in a report.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2 

Number of openings: 1-2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: shirleygrahamatgwu [dot] edu (shirleygraham[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Daina Eglitis

Department: Sociology

Title: Discover Sociology, 6th edition - Introduction to Sociology Textbook Update

Description:

We are in the final stages of an update/revision of the widely used introductory textbook Discover Sociology (https://collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/discover-sociology-5-270607).

This research assistantship would entail working with the co-author on the following chapters: Social Class & Inequality in the US; Gender, Sexuality & Society; Work, Consumption & the Economy; and the Introduction to the Sociological Imagination chapter (though some work on other chapters will be needed in the final phase of revision).

Key Responsibilities:

This is a great opportunity for a student who has taken introductory sociology (and, ideally, additional sociology courses) and would like to use the knowledge, and research and writing skills gained there. The RA will support activities including: the updating of data using sites such as the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census, and the Population Reference Bureau; researching new publications on topics covered in the the chapters; writing short sections on contemporary sociological issues for the chapters; and checking bibliographic citations for order and accuracy.

This position is particularly well-suited to students with an academic interest in chapter-relevant topics like class & inequality, gender & sexuality, and work & economy. This position is an opportunity to learn about the process of gathering data for a student-facing text, and to learn about academic publishing as a professional field.

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 1-2

To apply: Interested applicants should send a resume and a letter of interest that conveys what the applicant can bring to this position and what they would like to gain from it to Professor Daina Eglitis at dainasatgwu [dot] edu (dainas[at]gwu[dot]edu).

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Alexa Alice Joubin

Department: Digital Humanities Institute

Title: Open-Access AI and Web Development

Description:

Join the Digital Humanities Institute to scale up its current open-source and open-access AI platform for higher education. The infrastructure allows for creation of numerous high-functioning, domain-specific chatbots. We are building open-access infrastructure, not just one AI..

The Honors research assistant will also engage in web development tasks in addition to the AI project.

Key Responsibilities:

The student should be proficient in:

  • Solid foundation in JavaScript, js, Express, MongoDB
  • Experience with React as a transferrable skill
  • Next.js – React-based framework for building full-stack web apps, with routing and API support
  • TypeScript – A typed superset of JavaScript for safer and more scalable code
  • Tailwind CSS – Utility-first CSS framework for fast and responsive UI design
  • Supabase – Open-source Firebase alternative for database, auth, and storage
  • Vercel – Hosting platform optimized for frontend frameworks like Next.js
  • NextAuth.js – Authentication library built for Next.js
  • Resend – Email service for sending transactional and marketing emails
  • Full-stack web development, debugging, responsive design
  • Back-end web maintenance: PHP
  • Curation and formatting of proprietary dataset to train the AI
  • Installation of AI chatbots on websites via API integration
  • Beta-testing AI chatbots and flagging errors
  • Coding pages to load quickly
  • Search engine optimization (SEO)

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: ajoubinatgwu [dot] edu (ajoubin[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Cynthia McClintock

Department: Political Science

Research Title: Women's Representation in Presidential Elections Worldwide, 1990-2024

Description: While there has been considerable scholarly research on the rules that favor women's victories in legislative elections worldwide, there has been very little research on the rules that favor women's victories in presidential elections worldwide. This project explores the rules that favor women's victories in presidential elections; it focuses in particular on runoff versus plurality rules. Numerous U.S. analysts have posited that runoff rules, requiring a second round if no candidate reaches a specified percent of the vote (usually 50 percent), disadvantage women candidates. We have compiled a major dataset assessing a spectrum of variables influencing women's victories in democratic presidential elections worldwide, but we would like to add an additional variable: the percent of women in the legislature (and corresponding information about any gender quotas for the legislative election). It would be wonderful to have a research assistant who could compile this data and add it to the broader dataset.

Number of openings: 1

Average weekly time commitment: 5-7 hours

Credit hour option*: 3 credits

Submit Resume/Cover Letter to: Professor McClintock (mcclinatgwu [dot] edu (mcclin[at]gwu[dot]edu))

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract.

Professor: Cynthia Core

Department: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Title: Bilingual Language Development

Description:

The Core Bilingual Language Lab researches speech and language development in bilingual Spanish-English speaking children. There is a large amount of collected/existing data (videos, databases) to work with, existing projects with families of children with diagnoses of speech or language disorders on family perspectives, and opportunity to pursue students' own interests related to the current lines of investigation.

Key Responsibilities:

Students can analyze speech and language from videos, learn to do statistical analyses, literature reviews, and even develop research/academic writing skills.

Time commitment: 5-7 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 1-3

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: coreatgwu [dot] edu (core[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Peng Wei

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: AI in Aviation Systems

Description:

We are looking for two undergrad RAs for the following two topics related to AI in Aviation Systems:

Project 1: Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for Drone Delivery

  • In this project, the RA will work with Prof. Wei and the PhD students on enhancing a vision/perception model to support autonomous drone delivery. The RA will learn the basics from DNN and transformer based perception model, and then move to the state of the art VLM. Real-world drone footage will be used for model validation.

Project 2: Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for Automated Air Traffic Control

  • The RA will work with Prof. Wei and the PhD students on preparing datasets to train VLMs for automated air traffic control. The RA will learn the datasets of air traffic and air traffic control voice communication. He/she will also work on applying and even fine-tuning VLMs for automated air traffic control.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Dataset preparation and processing a variety of datasets, such as images, videos, voices/speech, and trajectory data.
  • Coding in Python to prompt, call API, and even fine-tune the vision language models (VLM)
  • Analyzing and benchmarking VLM performance with other models
  • Assisting PhD students to write research papers, and opportunities to be listed as co-authors in these research papers

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 3

Number of openings: 2

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: pweiatgwu [dot] edu (pwei[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Christoper Britt

Department: Romance, German, and Slavic Studies (Spanish)

Title: Imperial Citizenship

Description:

Imperial Citizenship examines how U.S. overseas expansion at the turn of the twentieth century—specifically the conquest of Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 1898—produced a transformed and diminished conception of democratic citizenship. Rather than extending a robust, participatory republican citizenship to colonized populations, U.S. imperial rule institutionalized a depoliticized and privatized form of citizenship. This new model emphasized economic opportunity, private rights, and security while discouraging collective political participation, weakening commitments to the common good, and eroding republican civic virtues. The project studies how imperial governance normalized the acceptance of tutelage and even tyranny in exchange for prosperity and protection, thereby reshaping democracy itself at the metropolitan center as well as in the colonies.

The project employs an interdisciplinary methodology combining historical, textual, and theoretical analysis:

Archival and Historical Research:

  • Examination of legal texts (e.g., the Insular Cases, colonial statutes), administrative reports, congressional debates, and colonial policy documents to trace how citizenship was legally and institutionally redefined.

Textual and Discourse Analysis:

  • Close readings of political speeches, newspaper editorials, and intellectual debates in both the metropole and the colonies to analyze how imperial citizenship was articulated, justified, and contested.

Comparative Colonial Analysis:

  • A comparative study of Puerto Rico and the Philippines to highlight shared imperial logics as well as divergent outcomes shaped by race, economy, and geopolitical strategy.

Political Theory Framework:

  • Engagement with republican traditions of citizenship (from classical to modern) alongside critical theories of empire, capitalism, and democratic politics to situate imperial citizenship within broader debates about democracy and power.

Key Responsibilities:

The ideal research assistant will be fully bi-lingual in Spanish and English. Responsibilities include: Conducting research in the archives of the Library of Congress (especially of governmental documents and mass-media portrayals of U.S. education policy in PR and the Philippines); drafting detailed summaries of archival findings; and consulting multi-media archives (turn-of-the-century film and photography, mostly). Meet regularly to discuss progress and strategies.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: cbrittatgwu [dot] edu

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Daqing Yang

Department: International Affairs and History

Title: Joint History Commissions in International Affairs, 1990-2025

Description:

Since the end of the Cold War, many governments in Europe and Asia have turned to bilateral Joint History Commissions as a way to deal with rising tensions over past conflicts. My project is the first scholarly attempt to document and evaluate these twenty-plus joint commissions in their impact on international affairs. The goal is to publish a monograph and to create an online database.

Key Responsibilities:

I am looking for a student who has 1) sufficient familiarity with the history of the 20th century Europe or Asia, AND 2) skills for doing online research as well as building digital platforms. Foreign language skills will be a plus, but not required.

Time commitment: 3-5 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 2

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: yanghistatgwu [dot] edu (yanghist[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.

Professor: Benjamin Simon

Department: Economics

Title: Estimating the economic benefits associated with recreational fishing in VA

Description:

This project will use survey data collected by the VA Department of Wildlife Resources on angler behavior to estimate the economic benefits associated with recreational fishing.

Key Responsibilities:

Set up and clean the dataset; match individual survey responses to county-level socio-economic data; estimate travel cost models; calculate welfare measures.

Time commitment: 1-3 hours per week

Credit hour option*: 1

Number of openings: 1

Submit Cover Letter/Resume to: bsimonatgwu [dot] edu (bsimon[at]gwu[dot]edu)

*If seeking academic credit, you must complete an Honors Contract before the semester deadline.