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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sam McKagan <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Hiring research associate at the University of Maryland > Date: September 15, 2016 at 1:32:58 PM EDT > > > Dear Colleagues, > > I sent out an announcement last month about an "anticipated" postdoc > position at the University of Maryland. It is now an "official" position, > and I'd like to follow up and encourage you to share it with anyone who > might be interested: > > http://perjobs.blogspot.com/2016/08/stem-education-research-associate.html > > A few highlights of this position: > > - We are advertising for a full-time research associate at the > University of Maryland to start ASAP, but we are open to being pretty > flexible about start date, physical location (remote is a possibility), > percent time, and even whether it's a research associate or a senior > graduate student (e.g. someone with a masters from somewhere else who wants > to get a PhD at UMD) or some other kind of position. > - The successful candidate will work in a highly collaborative > environment with a great team of researchers from 8 institutions across the > country (supervisors will be Chandra Turpen, Sam McKagan, Adrian Madsen, > Joe Redish, and Raluca Teodorescu, and there will be many interactions with > our larger team as well). > - This position will involve building relationships and conducting > research on faculty change and user-centered design. The postdoc will spend > a lot of time conducting and analyzing faculty interviews and surveys, and > working with a large team to think about design. The postdoc will *not* be > expected to build designs or online tools, and does *not* need to have any > experience with introductory physics for life sciences courses, course > management systems, or user interfaces. > > Sam > > -- > Sarah "Sam" McKagan > > Director, PhysPort: www.physport.org > American Association of Physics Teachers > > Physics Education Research consultant > McKagan Enterprises