Institution: Florida International University
STEM Transformation Institute
Miami, Florida
Deadline: Open until filled
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Description: The STEM Transformation Institute and the Physics Education Research Group at Florida International University seeks two postdoctoral researchers in physics education, engineering education, science education, or a closely related field. The first position starts in January 2014 and is particularly allotted for work on an ongoing NSF funded research project involving analysis of case studies of high school physics classes, implementing experimental studies within similar classes, and designing a professional development course for high school physics teachers. The responsibilities of the successful applicant will include coordination and participation in all aspects of the research including presenting/publishing findings. A second postdoctoral research position beginning in August 2014 is for integrating network analysis techniques with qualitative and behavioral analyses in the study of physics student retention and persistence. More information about the STEM Transformation Institute can be found at http://stem.fiu.edu and for the Physics Education Group at http://casgroup.fiu.edu/
Eligibility: We will consider PhD graduates with expertise in education research (and strong content background in science/physics/engineering) or traditional areas of STEM research (particularly network science) who have experience in conducting education research.
Application: Please electronically submit a letter of interest, CV, brief statement of research interests, 1-2 publication reprints, and names of 3 references to eric.brewe@fiu.edu.
Florida International University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.