Community Engagement Associate: Diverse Cultures of Health and Wellness Research Support

Seasonal role: 1/6/2025-5/15/2025 

Estimated pay: $14.00 per hour  

Company division: Institute for Engaged Learning  

Location type: On-site  

Academic year up to 10 hours per week  

Resume and Cover Letter Required to Apply

Role Description  

DUE is home to IEL which is sponsoring these types of positions across campus. This specific position is part of the Community Engagement Associates program in which students work in a specific department on campus to support campus and community engagement initiatives. You will see more information on the specific job and department below.  

Department Sponsor:  

School of Liberal Arts 

Religious Studies Department 

Research Support CEA  
  

The Community Engaged Research Support CEA works directly with a faculty or staff mentor to support the creation, expansion, or deepening of a community engagement project or program not connected to a specific course. In a research support role, employees are expected to operate with a high level of autonomy and self-direction to exercise judgement and decision making during their research responsibilities. Work may include but is not limited to: communicating research findings both written and orally, assisting with data collection and data analysis, assessing community needs or social issues, and applying developed research instrument and protocols based on project parameters.  

 Number of positions available: 1 

Project Summary and Goals:  

Diverse Cultures of Health and Wellness: CEA will work with Profs. David Craig (Religious Studies) and Pamela Napier (Visual Communication Design) on a community research project focused on diverse cultures of health and wellness. CEA will mentor students and help facilitate research interviews and share-back sessions, support data analysis and visualization, and collaborate with community partners as we co-produce knowledge about how diverse local religious groups understand, practice, and support health and wellness inside and outside their communities. CEA will hold weekly office hours and attend 7 classes to mentor students in community engagement skills and background research on our community partners. CEA will help organize, record, and attend 8 sessions with our local community partners. CEA will support students and faculty in analyzing, visualizing, and presenting research findings. Position requires a student with excellent interpersonal abilities, facility in communicating and working with people across cultural differences, and appreciation and understanding of religious diversity. 

Positions, Duties, and Tasks:  

Position requires a student with excellent interpersonal abilities, a facility in communicating and working with people across cultural differences, and appreciation and understanding of religious diversity. 

Learning objectives:  

In accordance with the IUI Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success, experience in CEA positions will help students meet the learning outcomes below and become acquainted with the following profiles:  

Communicator  

Convey ideas effectively and ethically in oral, written, and visual forms across public, private, interpersonal, and team settings, using face-to-face and mediated channels  

Describe the value of being involved in service or other forms of community engagement  

Community contributor  

Identify community or social issues that need to be addressed  

Demonstrate evidence of respectful engagement with their own and other communities and cultures  

Problem solver  

Make connections among ideas and experiences  

Availability needed for the CEA(s) schedule:  

Requires weekly zoom office hours and meetings with faculty mentor; attendance at 7 in-person class sessions as well as 8 evening and weekend in-person meetings at community locations.