General Description

Johns Hopkins University seeks a postdoctoral fellow for an appointment in the Center for Social Organization of Schools (CSOS), School of Education (SOE) for Fall 2023. The fellowship will be under the direction of Robert Balfanz, PhD, Professor and Director of the Everyone Graduates Center (EGC) at CSOS.   Scholars who have completed a Ph.D. in education or a related field and strong quantitative or mixed methods methodological skills are invited to apply to work on cutting edge research and development to advance our understanding of how to increase post-secondary success rates of historically underserved students. 

CSOS and its Everyone Graduates Center is dedicated to understanding the obstacles historically underserved students face in graduating from high school and earning post-secondary degrees or certifications, developing and testing solutions to these challenges, and creating environments supportive of their use.  CSOS and EGC work collaboratively with students, schools, districts, and state across the nation in co-understanding, co-developing, and spreading effective evidence based practices.

Fall 2023 fellowship focus: Fellows are expected engage full-time on research projects that aligns with the CSOS/EGC research themes noted above with an emphasis on three related on-going projects a) the Pathways to Adult Success Collaborative which involves school districts, state departments of education, institutions of higher education, and local community partners in efforts to improve outcomes for all youth, by better creating supported pathways through k-12 schooling, into and out of post-secondary schooling and training to employment which provides a family supporting wage, b) the GRAD Partnership which works with schools, districts, intermediaries, and states to support the use of student success systems which combine positive relationships, actionable data, improvement science and student-centered mindsets and build on existing models (early warning, on-track, MTSS etc.) to create stronger and more effective students support systems and c) on-going data analysis to understand which student populations in what locales continue to be under-served and under-supported. 

  Interested candidates will provide a brief proposal that articulates how their research interests align with the goals and projects of the Center.

Final goals and objectives will be jointly established at the start of the fellowship, and will include elements of research design, data collection and analysis, grant writing, mentoring experience, interacting with school, district, and state partners, preparation of publications, and career development.  The Fellow will work closely with the other members of the research and development team (researchers and practitioners) and have opportunities to learn about and collaborate with research teams in CSOS  and throughout the JHU community in a collaborative and interdisciplinary research environment.

The fellowship provides a competitive stipend, a conference and travel stipend, and other benefits for a one-year, renewable position annually for a total of two years.   The selected candidate will be appointed as a postdoctoral fellow through the School of Education where training will include access to the rich academic environment (seminars, colloquia, teaching opportunities, etc.) and conduct research as part of the CSOS/EGC research team. 

Qualifications

Education

• Must have a PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant field of study.
• PhD must be completed prior to acceptance.  Students in the process of completion must provide assurance that degree will be complete prior to start.

Required skills:

• Experience in educational research.
• Demonstrated background in research design and statistics
• Facility with statistical software and willingness to learn additional platforms
• Comfort with working in online platforms for research and collaboration

Preferred skills

• Experience and scholarship in curriculum and instruction
• Knowledge of field of Gifted and Advanced Learning
• Experience working with K-12 students/schools
• Light programming/coding in one or more languages (R, Access, Java, SQL, etc.)

Application Instructions

To apply, please us the links below to complete the application and submit the following documentation:

• Cover letter expressing interest in the fellowship
• Current curriculum vita

• Statement of Research Interest & Career Goals
• Research proposal of up to 1500 words (approx. 3 pages)
• List of three references who can speak to the relevant skills & interests

Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications April 25, 2023.

SUBMISSION LINKS:

http://apply.interfolio.com/124475

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Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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