Employer: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Description:A graduate research assistant position (M.S. level) is available beginning Summer or Fall 2008 with Dr. David Kittredge in the Department of Natural Resource Conservation, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. This assistantship is part of a project studying private woodland owners, their use of the internet, and how they make decisions about the future of their land. The successful candidate will be involved with the maintenance, marketing, and monitoring of several web sites, as well as assessing landowner attitudes and behaviors through surveys and focus groups

Location: Amherst

Qualifications: The successful candidate must have a strong commitment to graduate studies, demonstrate an interest in learning new approaches to monitoring and maintaining a presence on the internet, and a desire to study and understand private woodland owners and their relationship to their land. Applicants must be self-motivated. Experience in Photoshop, content management systems (e.g., Joomla, WordPress), Dreamweaver, statistics, GIS, and Google AdWords is desirable.

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Address: Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

More information:

David Kittredge: http://www.umass.edu/nrc/faculty/profile.kittredge.html

Department of Natural Resources Conservation: http://www.umass.edu/nrc/index.html









David B. Kittredge

Professor and Extension Forester

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA 01003

413 545-2943, 413 545-4358 fax

dbk@nrc.umass.edu

http://www.umass.edu/nrc/faculty/profile.kittredge.html

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Benefits: Graduate stipend is competitive with equivalent programs. Health Benefits and tuition are also included. Please email a letter of interest, CV/resume, transcripts, GRE scores, and contact information for three references to Dr. David B. Kittredge (dbk@nrc

Deadline: February 14, 2008