Dear colleagues,
I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on a variety of projects that use computational social science methods to study immigrant-native relations and urban inequality in the United States. Below is the job description; please feel free to contact me at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with any questions.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Inequality and Computational Social Science
The Department of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship for a scholar who studies inequality using computational social science methods. The position begins July 1, 2017. (Candidates who are finishing their Ph.D. degrees in the summer of 2017 may defer the start date to September 1, 2017.) The fellow will work under the supervision of Professor Ariela Schachter. We are particularly interested in candidates with a Ph.D. in sociology or related social science discipline whose doctoral research uses computational social science methods to study issues related to immigration, race/ethnicity, and/or urban neighborhoods and communities.
Fellows are expected to be in residence during the fellowship period and to participate in the intellectual life of the new Department of Sociology along with other units of Washington University relevant to the Fellow’s research and teaching interests. The Fellow will teach one course during the first academic year and two courses in the second year. In addition to teaching, primary duties are the pursuit of original research with the guidance of the faculty supervisor.
Candidates must have received their Ph.D. degree after July 1, 2015. For candidates finishing their Ph.D. in 2017, all requirements of the degree must be finished no later than September 1, 2017. Candidates must have strong computational and statistical skills, and experience with Python, Stata, and R is strongly preferred. Previous experience with web scraping, automated text analysis, and spatial analysis techniques is also preferred.
Fellows receive a salary of $50,000 per year, plus benefits; and a $2,500 research/travel stipend.
For more information and application instructions, please visit http://hr.wustl.edu/opportunities/Pages/default.aspx and search for job requisition number 35845.
Ariela Schachter
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Washington University in St. Louis
Seigle 222, Box 1112
St. Louis, MO 63130
314-935-6892
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