Discipline-Based Education Research (STEM), Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Job Summary / Basic Function
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) invites applications for a cohort of up to four full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellows.
We seek individuals with a terminal degree in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) fields who are interested in participating in an intensive two-year post-doctoral training program that will prepare them to conduct rigorous Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) and become boundary spanners in their respective fields.
The program will provide scholars with extensive collaborative and individualized mentoring and professional development activities to prepare them for achieving their career goals related to DBER.
Fellows will have opportunities to collaborate with faculty conducting DBER scholarship within MTSU’s Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Sciences Education Ph.
D. Program and the Tennessee STEM Education Center, as well as with faculty in the College of Education. Successful candidates should desire to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and cross-departmental team environment of professional staff, students, faculty, and administrators.
Potential applicants who have completed a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline within five (5) years before the expected start date are encouraged to apply.
PROPS for DBER Program Description
PROPS for DBER Research Theme
Required Education
A terminal degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or a closely related field by the appointment date is required.
Other Desirables
Those with the following experience will receive special consideration.
- Mentoring and supervising junior researchers (i.e., graduate or undergraduate research assistants).
- Working collaboratively with various academic stakeholders.
- Oral and written communication of academic research.
- Conducting research in an academic setting.