Supporting San Francisco Unified School District and UC Berkeley Research-Practice Partnership (SFUSD-UC Berkeley RPP)
Emily Ozer, Professor
Public Health
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2025 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2025.
The SFUSD-UC Berkeley RPP aims to:
1) Integrate youth voice and Youth-Led Participatory Action Research into school/district decision-making processes. YPAR is an innovative approach for promoting social change and positive youth development in which youth conduct systematic research and actions to improve their schools and communities (Ozer et al., 2020).
2) Strengthen the conditions at UC Berkeley for supporting community-engaged research.
We are recruiting an undergrad apprentice to assist with aim #2 listed above. The undergrad will support efforts to capture the landscape of community-engaged research projects at UC Berkeley. The undergrad will also engage in research synthesis and dissemination (specifically developing products like web pages to communicate the findings and impact of community-engaged research)
Role: Specific Tasks:
--We are recruiting an undergrad apprentice to assist with aim #2 listed above. The undergrad will support efforts to capture the landscape of community-engaged research projects at UC Berkeley. The undergrad will also engage in research synthesis and dissemination (specifically developing products like web pages to communicate the findings and impact of community-engaged research)
--Undergrad researchers will learn critical concepts related to community-engaged research
--Undergrad researchers will gain knowledge/experience on qualitative and quantitative research methods
--Undergrad researchers will gain professional and networking experience from attending weekly lab group meetings and meetings/events with school district staff
--Undergrad researchers will engage in supporting meeting documentation and project administrative tasks.
Qualifications: Qualifications:
----Attendance at weekly in-person 1.5 hour lab meeting on Mondays from 1:30-3:00pm is REQUIRED
--Basic skills in graphic design and/or website development preferred, but not required
--Experience with writing and synthesizing multiple points of information is desired but not essential
--Experience developing communication products (flyers, slides, etc.) is preferred
--Desire to understand broader project goals and objectives
--Interest or experience working with youth in education settings or youth community-based organizations highly preferred, but not required
--Knowledge or interest in YPAR, public health, and educational equity highly preferred, but not required
--Commit at least 2-3 units (6-8 hours for 2 units and 9-11 hours for 3 units) is preferred
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Brian Villa, Post-Doc
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Related website: https://i4y.berkeley.edu/initiatives-projects-partnerships/community-engaged-scholarship-0
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology Biological & Health Sciences