Senior Research Associate (Quantitative)

Senior Research Associate (Quantitative)

Job Summary

The forthcoming center on prison education research and leadership in the College of Education at the University of Utah seeks a Senior Research Associate with expertise in quantitative methods. The Center does research that advances educational justice for people and communities harmed by incarceration. We envision a world where colleges and universities lead the way in fostering greater access to opportunity for all people, including those directly impacted by the legal system.

The Senior Research Associate (SRA) will undertake a wide range of strategic, academic, and capacity-building activities aimed at enabling and enhancing research on prison higher education and reentry. In collaboration with institutional and program leaders, the SRA will oversee strategic research advancement, communicate research opportunities and findings, foster collaboration within the team, and engage a leadership role on research projects. The person who fills this position will be responsible for training other researchers, supervising research staff, and overseeing graduate assistants, and will serve as primary research liaison to the Center, the University, and other external partners. The SRA will work under the supervision of the Center Director. We strongly encourage applications from individuals directly impacted by incarceration and punishment systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead / co-lead researcher on multi-PI research projects
• Lead all phases of research design, planning, and execution of quantitative research projects. This includes reviewing literature, developing research plans, developing data collection instruments and tools, piloting and validating data, analyzing quantitative data, and drafting and editing research reports and scholarly manuscripts
• Serve as senior liaison with stakeholders including state agencies and higher education institutions
• Oversee IRB protocols, data use agreements, and compliance monitoring across multiple institutions and jurisdictions
• Lead regular cross-site meetings to align stakeholders
• Coordinate secure data transfers and compliance across states and data providers
• Maintain detailed documentation of data processing pipelines, codebooks, and metadata
• Ensure appropriate data cleaning, harmonization, transformation, and documentation across diverse data sources
• Apply advanced statistical models and quantitative research designs (e.g., regression, propensity score matching, longitudinal modeling, fixed / random effects, regression discontinuity, instrumental variable estimation, difference-in-difference)
• Design and oversee data linkage strategies across disparate administrative datasets
• Interact with stakeholders, partner institutions / organizations, political, governmental, funders, and corporate leaders related to research initiatives
• Develop and present research results, in the form of technical reports, peer-reviewed manuscripts, briefs, presentations, webinars, etc., to inform internal and external stakeholders of research projects
• Mentor, train, and supervise a team of researchers
• Other research related activities as assigned by the Center Director

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Requisition Number : PRN43164B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary :

Department : 00162 - Educational Leadership&Policy

Location : Campus

Pay Rate Range : $100,000 - $120,000

Close Date : 12 / 23 / 2025

Open Until Filled :

To apply, visit https : / / utah.peopleadmin.com / postings / 190611

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