Postdoctoral Research Associate – School of Arts, Media and Engineering
School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Job description:
The School of Arts Media and Engineering at Arizona State University seeks a full-time, fiscal-year postdoctoral research associate in the area of Telematic Embodied Learning (TEL) to begin in Spring 2023. This position will be on the Tempe, Arizona campus.
This study uses Telematic Embodied Learning (TEL) enabling neurodiverse autistic middle school students to learn computational thinking. We embed mastery of CT and select computer science concepts in creative ensemble activity, using tangible digital-physical musical technologies and techniques adaptable to a neurodiverse range of students. Our community collaborative and mixed methods research approach utilizes quantitative research to foreground scalable and generalizable neurodiverse practices and CT pedagogies and qualitative research to highlight students, teachers, parents, and future employers’ perceptions and experiences of neurodiversity and neurodiverse pedagogies. We develop TEL Labs for students, parents, and employers, and prepare workshops for teachers from collaborative schools.
Work duties: Postdoctoral researcher will work in the research group and assist in all aspects of the project including project management, workshop preparation, TEL Lab material generation, collecting and analyzing data, writing journal articles, and dissemination our findings.
Required qualifications:
- Ph.D. in a related field by the time of appointment, including (but not limited to) education, anthropology, engineering education, research methods.
- Applicants within four years of their Ph.D. award date will be considered for a postdoctoral position. Applicants beyond four years will be considered for an assistant research scientist position.
Desired qualifications:
- Ability to adopt project coordination tools such as Google productivity suite (Drive, etc.), Miro, Slack.
Application deadline:
The application deadline is January 18, 2023. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.
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Instruction to apply:
Please submit the following materials as separate items:
- A C.V.
- A letter of Interest
- A diversity statement
- Names and contact information for three references
All applications must be submitted electronically via apply.interfolio.com/119502