Job Opportunities
Open Positions at The PRIISM Center
Applied Statistician/Psychometrician, Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure-Track
The NYU Steinhardt School Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions and the Center for the Promotion of Research Involving Innovative Statistical Methodology (PRIISM) seek an applied statistician/psychometrician for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of assistant or associate professor beginning September 1, 2012.
Applicants should have a keen interest in both developing/evaluating new methods as well as applying methods in collaborative work with faculty and graduate students in areas represented by the departments in the School, as well as with faculty in other parts of the University whose interests intersect with those at Steinhardt. Methodological specialty areas that are of particular interest include (1) item response theory, (2) structural equation modeling, (3) mixture modeling, and (4) program evaluation. Interest in education research would be a particular asset.
Responsibilities: Teach and advise students at all levels of the department's curriculum - undergraduate and graduate, supervise student research, develop an active program of research and publication, and participate in program/department committees.
Qualifications: A doctoral degree in a related field, specialization in psychometrics and the demonstrated ability to develop a nationally recognized research program. The successful candidate should have strong communication skills as a classroom teacher and as a presenter of research findings to others who are not as well-versed in his/her field of research.
NYU's dynamic Global Network University includes NYU Abu Dhabi and international programs and academic centers around the world. NYU Steinhardt faculty may be afforded the opportunity for variable term work at these global study and research sites.
NYU is committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment and strongly encourages applications from historically underrepresented groups.
Applications: Please apply online with a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three samples of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation (sent directly from the sources). These materials should be submitted electronically at this site:
www.nyuopsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=51023
Further information about the position can be obtained from:
Dr. Marc Scott
Chair, Applied Statistician/Psychometrician
Faculty Search Committee
Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences in the Professions
246 Greene Street, Room 300
New York, New York 10003
E-mail: marc.scott@nyu.edu
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the search is complete. For best consideration, submit materials electronically by December 7, 2011.
Click here to apply for the Psychometrician position.
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Center for the Promotion of Research Involving Innovative Statistical Methodology (PRIISM) at New York University seeks a postdoctoral fellow for a two-year position to work on a project focusing on the development of methods for sensitivity analysis in causal inference. The position could start as late as the Summer of 2012 if need be, but has the potential for an earlier start date if desired. The successful candidate would have a PhD in Statistics or a PhD in a social science discipline with an extremely strong statistics background. We are especially interested in students with interests in social and education policy, training in causal inference, experience in Bayesian computation, and the ability to program in R and other languages. Experience creating R packages and/or graphical user interfaces (GUIs) a plus. The post-doc will work closely with Professors Jennifer Hill and Marc Scott and will have exposure to the larger PRIISM/NYU community of statisticians and applied researchers.
Candidates should apply online by submitting an electronic version of the following: letter of interest, curriculum vitae, one sample of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation. These materials should be submitted via the web using the link below.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the search is complete. For best consideration, materials should be submitted by November 1, 2011.
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New York University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.