EOL Project Title: MIT D-Lab Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Project
Term UROP is offered: Spring 2021
Compensation: Paid ($13.50/hr) or credit (Note: MIT undergraduate students who received their ELO guarantee in Fall 2020 or IAP 2021 are not eligible for financial compensation Spring 2021.)
Location: Remote
Supervisor/Contact: Nancy Adams
Project Description
In support of the MIT D-Lab Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group, the student will create a system to review, code, and analyze three to five years (or more) of MIT D-Lab staff meeting notes to map participation in meetings to demographic characteristics.
The student will help D-Lab answer questions such as:
- Who makes presentations?
- Whose comments get recorded in notes?
- Who is appreciated?
- Who facilitates meetings?
- Who attends meetings?
- What does this tell D-Lab about its success or lack of success in staff inclusivity vis-a-vis staff meetings?
Additionally, the student may design and run focus groups with MIT students, both those who have experience with D-Lab and those who don't on experiences and/or perceptions about D-Lab's work with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and analyze and report on the conversations.
Prerequisites
- A strong interest in learning more about MIT D-Lab's mission to work with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.
- A strong interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Experience with D-Lab as a student or UROP useful but not required.
- Experience organizing, coding, and analyzing qualitative date desired (or interest in learning).
- Experience designing surveys and/or focus group question sequences desired (or interest in learning).
- Candidate should be both detail-oriented and personable.
Compensation
MIT undergraduate students who did not receive their ELO guarantee in Fall 2020 or IAP 2021 are eligible for compensation under this project for Spring 2021 at $13.50/hour with an expectation that the student will spend between 80-140 hours on the project over the course of the semester. Credit may be available.
Apply (ideally by February 26, 2021)
Interested candidates should email Nancy Adams, MIT D-Lab Communications Officer describing their interest in the position and background.