The Department of Communication at the University at Albany, SUNY seeks applications for an immediate Research Assistantship to begin in Spring 2010, offered through its doctoral program. Applicants must be accepted to the Ph.D. program to qualify for this position. The research assistantship entails work on a federally funded research project directed by Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley that aims to predict real world characteristics of players in virtual worlds, such as World of Warcraft and Second Life. The research assistant would work 20 hours per week on the following kinds of duties: assist in recruiting research participants, providing technical support, monitoring player interactions, conducting literature searches, and data collection and data analysis. The RA should have a strong GPA, high GRE scores, a passion for research, and ideally an interest or knowledge in interpersonal interaction and/or computer-mediated communication. Compensation includes a stipend (including summer support) and up to 9 credits of in-state tuition per semester. The graduate student would be joining the newly established doctoral program in communication in the department. For more information please see http://www.albany.edu/communication/grad-doc-studies.htm. Faculty in the department specialize in political, health, organizational, interpersonal/intercultural, and computer-mediated communication. If interested or would like further information about the research assistantship, please email Dr. Stromer-Galley at jstromer@albany.edu.