Postdoctoral Research Associate

Overview

Missouri State University is accepting applications for a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE.

Responsibilities:
The Postdoctoral Research Associate is a staff member who is appointed for a limited period of time to pursue advanced training by assisting a faculty member in specific research.
This is a grant-funded position with a current limit of 1 year and 3 months and is contingent upon available funds.

The scholar will work on projects that aim to advance knowledge, practice, and policy at the intersection of K-12 computer science education and research practice partnerships that serve minoritized communities. The overarching goal of the appointment is to strengthen capacity (i.e., knowledge, skills, practices, literacies) among recent education doctoral graduates whose scholarship engages with Computer Science (CS) and other STEM disciplines among learner groups traditionally marginalized in STEM + C fields (e.g., predominantly Hispanic-serving K-12 environments).

The scholar will participate in a co-generative mentorship model that will involve participation in existing K-12 social science research projects-with the goal of additionally developing and implementing independent research programs in related fields within their time as post-doctoral researchers. The scholar will be co-mentored by project investigators (i.e., PI/Co-PIs/Senior Personnel) who will provide apprenticeship in: designing and enacting research projects, competitively pursuing extramural funding to support research, and mentoring students.

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will collaborate with faculty investigators to carry out such responsibilities to include, but not limited to, the following:

• Developing and implementing lines of inquiry aligned with the scholar’s interests, expertise, and social science research goals in one or more areas: K-12 computer science student learning, teaching practice, or policy
• Writing/Amending IRB applications and obtaining IRB approvals
• Collecting/Analyzing/Managing one or multiple education-related data sources
• Collaborating with and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students
• Publishing and presenting research findings in competitive peer-reviewed venues
• Writing grant funding proposals to seek extramural support
• Engaging in participatory approaches to research, practice and policy development and implementation
• Coordinating and working with diverse community stakeholders (i.e., district, school- and community-based within existing partnerships of the College of Education
• Assisting with project management

Collaborating with other team members at the University of Texas at El Paso [via distance].

Salary: $70,000/annually. The Research Associate will also receive direct post-doctoral research funds spread over the appointment.

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