Research Assistant - Professor Foo
- Employer
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Location
- Worcester
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- Position Type
- Assistant Professor
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job location: Worcester
Employment Type: Part-time
Posted data: 2021-06-22
Req: R0001390
JOB TITLEResearch Assistant - Professor FooLOCATIONWorcesterDEPARTMENT NAMEGlobal School - JMDIVISION NAMEWorcester Polytechnic Institute - WPIJOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY“Institutionalizing Digital Equity in Cambridge, MA” will be a collaboration with the Chief Information Officer in Cambridge and partners within city government and non-profit and private sectors. Specifically, the City of Cambridge recently released a comprehensive Digital Equity Study and is seeking to formulate an action plan and working coalition based on the report. This initial stage of research aims to kickstart this process with a research assistant who would support the effort by:
•Refining list of current and proposed initiatives to identify the elements of a comprehensive digital equity program
•Conducting case study analysis of digital equity initiatives in other cities and organizations
•Conducting desktop research to determine funding and collaboration opportunities
•Developing a project charter
•Conducting a gap analysis of the digital equity report
•Identifying baseline metrics for evaluating digital equity based on the digital equity report
•Defining individual projects by entity
•Identifying coalition members and potential roles within initiatives
•Drafting working group model and governance
•Drafting a digital equity action plan
•Conducting meetings and workshops to engage stakeholders, determine interest, and refine draft artifacts
•Transcribing meeting outputs and actionsJOB DESCRIPTION
This initial stage of research aims to kickstart this process with a research assistant who would support the effort by:
- Refining list of current and proposed initiatives to identify the elements of a comprehensive digital equity program
- Conducting case study analysis of digital equity initiatives in other cities and organizations
- Conducting desktop research to determine funding and collaboration opportunities
- Developing a project charter
- Conducting a gap analysis of the digital equity report
- Identifying baseline metrics for evaluating digital equity based on the digital equity report
- Defining individual projects by entity
- Identifying coalition members and potential roles within initiatives
- Drafting working group model and governance
- Drafting a digital equity action plan
- Conducting meetings and workshops to engage stakeholders, determine interest, and refine draft artifacts
- Transcribing meeting outputs and actions
Organization
Founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's earliest technological universities. From our founding days, WPI has taken a unique approach to science and technology education.
Our undergraduate and graduate students emerge ready to take on some of the most difficult challenges in science and technology. More important, they understand how their work can truly impact society and improve our lives.
Great Minds at Work in the classroom and around the world
WPI's academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to the BA, BS, MS, ME, MBA, and PhD.
At sites as close as our home city of Worcester and at over 40 other locations in 25 countries,WPI’s Global Projects Program immerses students in new cultures to tackle unstructured problems in ways that are meaningful to local sponsors in real communities. This is not your typical study abroad.
WPI faculty members and students are engaged in advanced, multidisciplinary research across a broad range of fields—from cutting-edge work in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to explorations of the technological and policy issues surrounding cybersecurity, to studies of issues as diverse as firefighter health and security and the fire safety challenges of green buildings.
A highly regarded institution
Among recent honors for WPI are the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the No. 1 ranking for “faculty who best combine research and teaching.” (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed, 2016)
A beautiful campus in a central location
WPI’s compact 95-acre campus is set atop one of Worcester’s “seven hills” on the residential outskirts of town. Old English stone buildings are focal points of the architecture, but modern facilities have moved in to claim their own space on the immaculately kept grounds. WPI’s newest building, the Foisie Innovation Studio, is slated to open in Fall 2018 and will house high-tech classrooms, makerspaces, labs, and a residence hall for 140 students.
Learn more at wpi.edu.
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