Resume question - Research assistant Forum
- OnlyLivingBoyinNY
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Resume question - Research assistant
So, forgive me if there is a well-known convention on this subject that I am unaware of. I work as a GRA at U of Etc., and some research that I've been doing for a professor is going to get published. She mentioned that I would be given a notation in the article as a research assistant. Once the article is published, is there any way to cite this in a resume? Or is that being presumptuous?
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
I was in a similar situation and I don't think you can include that until it actually appears in the publication, either online or in print.OnlyLivingBoyinNY wrote:So, forgive me if there is a well-known convention on this subject that I am unaware of. I work as a GRA at U of Etc., and some research that I've been doing for a professor is going to get published. She mentioned that I would be given a notation in the article as a research assistant. Is there any way to cite this in a resume, or is that being presumptuous?
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
You can cite it. Submitted for publication is usually how you term it---or accepted for publication
- mpasi
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I worked as an RA in undergrad, and the paper I contributed to was presented at a conference, but didn't have my name attached. I just put it under "Publications" on my resume, because it was technically published and I was involved in the research and the writing. As long as you don't say 'I presented This Paper at XYZ Conference", you should be fine.
- OnlyLivingBoyinNY
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Hey, thanks everybody for the advice. So, would I say "Contributed research to 'The History of Basket Weaving' by John Locke and James Franco," or just list the article name as a line item?
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
You can put the title under "publications" and just note "(forthcoming 201x in Whatever Journal/Book)" afterwards, if you'll be named one of the authors.
If it's a case of getting kudos in a footnote or introduction, I think you need a Research Assistant part on your resume that explains your contribution to the work; that's what I did in my own case, anyway.
If it's a case of getting kudos in a footnote or introduction, I think you need a Research Assistant part on your resume that explains your contribution to the work; that's what I did in my own case, anyway.
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
Don't list it under "Publications," unless your name appears as one of the authors.
If you're only receiving a shout-out - "Prof Famous wishes to thank the invaluable research assistance of John Doe" - then you might mention that your research on X was included in Prof paper Y in the part where you describe your work as an RA.
If you're only receiving a shout-out - "Prof Famous wishes to thank the invaluable research assistance of John Doe" - then you might mention that your research on X was included in Prof paper Y in the part where you describe your work as an RA.
- cinephile
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
I had something like this on my resume as well. I listed Research Assistant under employment history. In the bullet points, I explained the type of research, what I contributed to it, and cited the resulting publication. I think this is a safe way of showing that you contributed to a published article, without implying that you're an author of this piece.
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Re: Resume question - Research assistant
Thanks for all the help and great ideas, everybody. I appreciate it.