COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
The Department of Educational Psychology seeks a full-time tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level specializing in quantitative methods or statistics. The ideal candidate will have expertise in experimental design, multivariate statistics, SEM, multi-level models and other quantitative methods of importance in educational research and evaluation. Those who also have expertise in educational measurement will be considered. We seek an individual with interest and experience in the design and analysis of experiments, quasi-experiments, or large-scale national and international education data sets who will contribute to addressing the practical challenges to quantitative analyses arising in college priorities for research relevant to educational policy, ubiquitous learning, or education in science, math or technology.
Qualifications for the position are an earned doctorate in educational psychology, quantitative psychology, statistics, or a related field.
Responsibilities: The individual will teach introductory and advanced courses in statistics, train PhD students specializing in quantitative methodologies as well as engage all students in the college (regardless of their specialized field of study) in the task of developing quantitative methodological literacy, and develop additional courses and/or seminars related to his or her own special interests and expertise. The person occupying this position will be expected to develop and maintain an active program of basic and applied scholarship in her or his area of expertise. The individual is expected to secure external funding for either her or his research program or collaborative research projects with members of the College of Education. He or she will participate in college, university, and relevant national and international professional organizations.
Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the individual’s level and experience. The position is expected to begin on August 16, 2008.
Interested individuals should send a brief statement of research and teaching interests (along with evidence of teaching effectiveness), a vita (along with e-mail address), three letters of reference relevant to the position, and representative publications to: Quantitative Methods Search Committee Chair, c/o Julie Kellogg, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 226 Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Telephone: 217-333-1434. E-mail: jkellogg@uiuc.edu.
In order to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2007. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no hiring decision will be made until after that date. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.
