Professors Qualitative and Quantitative

Author(s): Susan Hinze Ph.D.

You are third-year student, working as a research assistant for 20 hours a week for Professor Qualitative. Your roommate is also a third-year student and is working 20 hours a week for Professor Quantitative. Your roommate is being listed as second author on a paper with Professor Quantitative. However, you are not listed as second author on Professor Qualitative's paper despite putting in hours of research on transcripts.

Are there any ambiguities in this situation?

What, if anything, should you do about this situation?

If so, how should you go about it?