Pullias is Hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar for a Qualitative Study Leading College Transformation
The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education is seeking to add a postdoctoral scholar to our Promoting At-promise Student Success (PASS) research team to work on a longitudinal mixed methods evaluation study that examines how at-promise students (i.e. here, low-income students, many of whom are first-generation and racially minoritized) experience various forms of support during college. The overarching aims of the study are to (1) better understand how at-promise students’ psychosocial and academic outcomes change over time and relate to their experiences on campus; and, (2) examine programmatic and institutional change processes in support of at-promise student success. The position will be based at USC but the study itself focuses on three University of Nebraska campuses. The postdoctoral position will involve supporting and documenting the progress of three Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) comprised of university administrators, staff, and faculty from academic and student affairs. The position may also involve collecting and analyzing student-level data.
The postdoctoral scholar will collaborate closely with qualitative and quantitative researchers from the PASS team along with campus stakeholders at the University of Nebraska. We are particularly interested in applications from candidates with expertise in advanced qualitative methods, organizational change and learning, success factors and transition factors for at-promise students, educational interventions, and/or professional learning communities. This project is a follow up study to the Pullias Center’s PASS1 study that focused on the Thompson Scholars Learning Community; more can be found on our website.
To read the full position description and how to apply, click here. The position will begin by August, 2022.