<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">FYI</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nyarko, Samuel Cornelius</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:snyarko@iu.edu">snyarko@iu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 12:53 PM<br>Subject: Postdoc Position in Geoscience Education Research at Indiana University Indianapolis<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:GEOED-RESEARCH@list.msu.edu">GEOED-RESEARCH@list.msu.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg1236301030789467426">




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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Earth Sciences Education Research Lab (</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="https://science.iupui.edu/earthsciences/education-research" target="_blank">https://science.iupui.edu/earthsciences/education-research</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">)
 led by Dr. Samuel Cornelius Nyarko at Indiana University Indianapolis seeks applicants for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellow to work on Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) in the areas of the Nature of Geoscience, Teamwork Process Skills, or the broader
 field of Inclusion in Science Education starting August 1, 2024. The postdoc will be integral in the continued development of the IUI Earth Sciences Education Research Lab’s vision of becoming a leader in promoting Geoscience Education Research (GER). This
 is an ideal opportunity for someone who has the goal to develop a career focused on DBER – GER. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Working with PI and lab members which includes graduate and undergraduate students to develop research questions, designs, and methods for data collection and analysis. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 1.5px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in the lab. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 1.5px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Contributing to the dissemination of lab products for peer-reviewed publications, conferences, and workshops. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Collaborating with a team of other geoscience/STEM faculty and professionals in STEM education research. </span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Required Qualifications </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Doctoral degree in the Earth Sciences or geosciences with experience and interest in doing discipline-based education research. Candidates who will complete their doctoral degree by
 June 2024 can apply. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 1.5px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Prior experience designing, implementing, and interpreting quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods of social science/education research </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Certification to work in the United States (Optional Practical Training, H1B) </span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Preferred Qualifications </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience with designing and completing Earth Sciences or geoscience education research project that has led into publication(s)/conference presentation(s)/proceeding(s) in STEM education
 journals and conferences. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 1.5px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ability to manage multiple research projects. </span></li><li style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience in mentoring graduate and/or undergraduate students. </span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please send your application, which should include
<b>a cover letter, current CV and names of three references as a single pdf file to
</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b><a href="mailto:snyarko@iu.edu" target="_blank">snyarko@iu.edu</a></b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>.
</b>Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Indiana University Indianapolis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Individuals who require a
 reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process must notify
</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="mailto:snyarko@iu.edu" target="_blank">snyarko@iu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sammy (PI).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black"><b><i>Science is not a list of facts and principles to learn, it is a way of looking at the world and asking questions.  (F. James Rutherford) </i></b></span></p>
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Samuel Cornelius Nyarko, Ph.D.</div>
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Department of Earth Sciences</div>
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Indiana University Indianapolis </div>
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Email: <a href="mailto:snyarko@iu.edu" target="_blank">snyarko@iu.edu</a></div>
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