Received: from frosty.irss.unc.edu (frosty.irss.unc.edu [152.2.32.82]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id NAA24035 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 13:48:28 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from cassell@localhost) by frosty.irss.unc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.10) id PAA04472; Thu, 15 May 1997 15:47:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:47:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: job notice (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII FYI - Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell Institute for Research in Social Science e-mail: cassell@irss.unc.edu University of North Carolina Ph: 919/962-0782 Fx: 919/962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:42:37 -0500 From: Nancy Marshall To: ESSOC-L@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Subject: job notice ** please post ** please post ** please post ** please post ** please post ** POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Title: Quantitative Social Science Methodologist Deadline for Applications: July 1, 1997 PRIMARY FUNCTION: To provide expert methodological assistance to research projects at the Wellesley Centers for Women, which includes the Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies and the Center for Research on Women. The Methodologist reports directly to the Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women. Duties/Responsibilities: 1. Advise Project Directors at the Stone Center and the Center for Research on Women on appropriate research design, statistical methods, sampling techniques, scale development and psychometrics, etc. for research projects conducted at the centers. 2. Participate in the development and preparation of research proposals. 3. Participate in data analysis for research projects at the centers. 4. Co-author papers as part of participation in research projects. 5. Other tasks as agreed upon with the Executive Director of WCW. Organizational Relationships: The Methodologist is a member of the staff of the Wellesley Centers for Women. As such, the Methodologist has both internal and external organizational relationships. The Methodologist will work closely with multiple Project Directors at the Center for Research on Women and the Stone Center, as well as with the Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women. The Methodologist will also represent the organization at professional meetings, and to colleagues at other institutions. Minimum Position Requirements: Doctorate in developmental psychology, social psychology, sociology, or related field preferred, ABD considered. Substantive background in the social sciences required, background in child development, women's development over the life span, or ethnic studies preferred. Must have extensive experience in quantitative data analysis, study design and psychometrics. Candidate must be knowledeable in one or more of the following areas: growth modeling, structural equations, confirmatory factor analysis, survival analysis, and measurement development. Must be organized, flexible, able to set priorities, and to work on multiple projects simultaneously. Must have good oral and written communication skills. Must be able to work with colleagues from multiple disciplines and cultural backgrounds, and in a culturally-diverse environment. Send letter of application and CV or resume to: Nancy Marshall Wellesley Centers for Women Wellesley College Wellesley, Ma 02181 NO PHONE CALLS. We will set up interviews for selected candidates by July 15th.