Postdoctoral Research Fellow

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please upload your resume, cover letter, and sample of writing (e.g, a published or in preparation paper, an accepted/published conference paper, a finalized dissertation chapter) as one document. The cover letter should address your fit for the position as well as your professional commitment to diversity, inclusion, justice, and equity.

Summary

The fellow will work in the PreTeXt-Runestone: Open Textbooks Engaging Undergraduates in STEM [PROTEUS] project. The PROTEUS Project seeks to understand two interrelated questions: How do groups of textbook users (students, teachers, authors, and researchers) work together to write interactive questions designed to elicit multiple ways of students? thinking in classrooms? and How do students and instructors use those interactive textbook questions in classrooms? We focus on open-source PreTeXt textbooks hosted in the learning analytics platform, Runestone Academy. We address the need to promote student learning through continued engagement with the material they are learning and to provide tools for teachers to engage with the information gathered using those questions not only their responses but the various attempts to answer the questions.

The fellow will collaborate with four additional principal investigators, and a large group of authors, researchers, teachers, and students, developing questions for the PROTEUS textbooks during summer workshops and will support teachers in their use of the textbooks throughout the implementation terms, and collaborate in the analysis of student data. This is a four-year project, but the position is for two years, with the possibility of an extension for another year. Postdoctoral fellows at the University of Michigan are supported by professional development programs and can take advantage of many training opportunities.

Responsibilities*

The fellow will be responsible for:

• supporting the development of the summer workshops
• designing protocols for facilitating the work of the question development teams
• collecting and analyzing student and instructor data
• collaborating in the design of student interviews protocols and of onboarding and exit meetings with instructors

The fellow will have the opportunity of supervising undergraduate and graduate students working for the project on various tasks. The fellow will collaborate on the data analysis and actively participate in the dissemination efforts.

Required Qualifications*

• PhD in Mathematics Education

• Expertise in task design and knowledge of college calculus and linear algebra

Desired Qualifications*

• Expertise in undergraduate mathematics education, analysis of curriculum, teaching and learning; with teaching experience in college calculus and linear algebra

• Experience in task design

• Experience in qualitative data collection: specifically Interviews with faculty and students

Additional Information

Salary range: $60,000-65,000 for one year, renewable for up to three years in appointment.

Statement on Diversity:

We respect and value individuals from all races, ethnic backgrounds, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, economic or veteran status, and other diverse perspectives and individual differences. Further, we are committed to tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect everywhere within our community and we affirm our promise to make the School of Education a welcoming place for all. In seeking new staff members, we are committed to hiring those who share in our reverence and expectation for diversity.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Job Detail

Job Opening ID

250544

Working Title

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Job Title

RESEARCH FELLOW

Work Location

Ann Arbor Campus

Ann Arbor, MI

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

School Education

Department

MARSAL EDUC - Ed Studies

Posting Begin/End Date

6/18/2024 - 7/16/2024

Salary

$60,000.00 - $65,000.00

Career Interest

Research Fellows

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