Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Sociology at Rice University is offering a postdoctoral fellowship (two years in length) to begin July 2018. Applicants are encouraged to pursue their own research agenda during their fellowship, but priority will be given to applicants who specialize in population health and health disparities, with a focus on sexual orientation and/or gender. In addition to an annual salary of $52,000, the fellowship provides office space, computer equipment, and an annual travel and research account. To apply, please submit the following materials: (1) letter of application, (2) a two-to-five page proposal for research to be conducted during the postdoctoral period, (3) curriculum vitae, and (4) two recent samples of published work. Submit all application materials electronically via the following link:
https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/14029. In addition, candidates should have three letters of reference submitted via the same online system at time of the application.
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The application deadline is May 1, 2018, but applications will be considered until the position is filled. Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Bridget Gorman, email:
bkgorman@rice.edu.
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Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled/SexualOrientation/Gender Identity.
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Data Manager
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The Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) is a research-practice partnership between Rice University and several Houston-area school districts. HERC aims to improve the connection between education research and decision-making, with the ultimate goal of closing socioeconomic gaps in educational achievement and attainment in Houston.
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The Data Manager, with guidance from the Associate Director of Research Operations, will perform a variety of tasks related to the processing and maintenance of large restricted education datasets to facilitate research. Tasks include acquiring, cataloging, structuring, and cleaning data; creating analysis-ready datasets with documentation; publishing and maintaining versions of finalized datasets; responding to other programming requests. The Data Manager will work closely with the HERC research team, the Urban Data Platform team at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, as well as the HERC Director and Associate Directors.
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