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Michigan State University has an opening for a postdoctoral scholar to engage in programmatic assessment that cuts across general education courses offered in science, social science, and arts and humanities. I am on the committee and would assist in overseeing the research. Please forward to colleagues, students and postdocs who might be interested. We are interested in finding someone who can conduct mixed methods research in an interdisciplinary setting.

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Julie

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

See job posting 6060 at https://jobs.msu.edu

Michigan State University is seeking a candidate to fill a two-year postdoctoral fixed-term position to assist with the assessment of undergraduate learning in integrative studies courses at the institution. The mission of Integrative Studies at MSU is to introduce students to multiple ways of knowing across disciplines, to support global, interdisciplinary teaching and research, and to enrich students' education through integrative general education courses that approach complex global issues from multiple perspectives. The person hired for this position will work with an interdisciplinary team to design and implement learning outcomes assessment based on the institutional learning outcomes and global competencies and be supervised by the Directors of the three MSU Integrative Studies Centers in Arts and Humanities, General Science, and Social Science. 

More specifically, the successful candidate will work collaboratively to conduct literature reviews relevant to learning outcomes assessment and interdisciplinary, global teaching and learning; identify, describe, and analyze connections between integrative studies courses and the institutional learning outcomes and global competencies; associate these curricular and learning outcome connections with relevant and meaningful assessment methodologies; and help develop, implement, and communicate the results of these methodologies. The start date for the position is flexible, but the team would like to have a person in place no later than August 2012.   

Successful candidates will have the following characteristics: experience with learning outcomes assessment at the programmatic- and/or institutional-level, the ability to work on a team that crosses disciplinary boundaries at a large, research-intensive institution, strong background in qualitative assessment of student learning, and excellent communication and organizational skills.  In addition to these qualifications, highly desirable candidates should have some of the following preferred characteristics: a strong commitment to undergraduate education; experience teaching interdisciplinary undergraduate courses; a demonstrated ability to assess student learning using multiple research techniques and methods that mix qualitative and quantitative approaches, methodologies, and tools; a background in writing assessment, and experience with a variety of software and techniques used in mixed methods assessment.                          

Address of Search Committee Chair:  Dr. James M. Lucas / Asst to the Dean International Academic Student Life / [log in to unmask].              


Julie Libarkin
Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab
Associate Director for Educational Research - Center for Integrative Studies in General Science
Michigan State University
288 Farm Lane, 206 Natural Science
East Lansing, MI 48824
 
Phone: 517-355-8369
https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin

Affiliations: Center for Integrative Studies in General Science, Department of Geological Sciences, Cognitive Science Program, Environmental Science and Policy Program