Research Intern vs Research Assistant

[Esenabla]

I used to be a Research Intern and I'm not sure if that's worth putting on a CV for a PhD application. Thoughts? Also, are the job titles "Research Intern" and "Research Assistant" interchangeable or would that be too much of a stretch?

[high_hopes]

It is hard to know without more context, but I think

1) yes, put it on the CV

2) they seem interchangeable to me.

I am curious who your supervisor was for this research experience and whether it was it in an academic setting? If it was, then you should definitely include it. If you can provide us some details of what your tasks were it will be easier to give some advice.

[Esenabla]

Sure thing, thanks for the response. One was for the research center at my university. So I was working with Profs at my university, but their work was concerned with outreach to local government and occasional news articles moreso than work for academic journals. I had another one that was within the research department of a policy think tank. My tasks included lit reviews, data collection, making graphs/tables, and summarizing long reports my boss didnt feel like reading

[high_hopes]

Sounds like two valuable experiences as a research assistant to me. The first job could even be called communications assistant or knowledge mobilization officer or something if you want. But perhaps research assistant is best particularly if the profs you worked with will be writing your reference letters as you'll want the title you use to be similar to what they are using.

[pinoysoc]

Put it! It counts!