[Jobs] [Fwd: FW: Research Associate at the American Sociological Association]

[Leora Lawton]

Fyi...if you're interested, you should know that Mike Hout and I both know the folks
at the ASA office.
-Leora

-leora


JobID: 	5640
Listing Date: 	09/09/2009 to 10/09/2009
Job Listing Title: 	Senior Research Associate
Salary Range:
	$60,000 - $69,999
Job Description:
	The Research Department of the American Sociological Association is
pleased to announce an exciting job opportunity as a Senior Research
Associate for a highly motivated quantitative analyst with research
experience. Ph.D. in hand preferred, though ABD will be considered. The
successful candidate will be given a two-year contract, with potential for
renewal, to create and maintain Excel and SPSS databases and to conduct
multivariate and network analysis for three National Science
Foundation-funded research projects. A fourth project is anticipated.
Knowledge of Ucinet and Pajek necessary. The projects include: (1) Diffusion
of Innovation in Digital Libraries, (2) Production, Diffusion, an Use of
STEM Teaching Materials; and (3) Mentoring, Networks, and Under-represented
Minorities in the Science Pipeline. Each of these projects requires creating
databases, metrics, and measures that allow for a comparative analysis of
the workings and outcomes of intentional networks.

The Senior Research Associate will work with a team of three senior and five
junior sociologists under the direction of the Principal Investigator, and
will have some responsibility for providing guidance to the junior staff.
The outcome of these studies will be research briefs, reports, and articles
for peer-reviewed journals in which the Senior Associate will be a
co-author. Salary Range $60,000-$70,000, plus benefits (12 months).

The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a
non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing sociology as a
scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. With nearly
14,000 members, ASA encompasses sociologists who are faculty members at
colleges and universities, researchers, practitioners, and students. The ASA
Research Department is responsible for developing and dissemination
information about the discipline. Located in downtown DC near Metro Center
and McPherson Square, ASA has a 30-person staff and offers a friendly work
environment with a competitive salary and benefits package. Equal
Opportunity employer.

Applicants should email a cover letter and a current resume (with the names
and e-mail addresses of three references) to spalter-roth at asanet.org or to
Roberta Spalter-Roth, American Sociological Association, 1430 K St. #600,
Washington, DC 20009. Resumes will be accepted until the job is filled.

Company: 	American Sociological Association
Contact: 	Roberta Spalter-Roth
Email:	spalter-roth at asanet.org
Phone:	(202) 383-9005
Fax:	(202) 638-0882
Address: 	1430 K Street NW Suite 600
Washington , DC 20005 USA



-- 
Dr. Leora Lawton
Executive Director, Berkeley Population Center
 & Lecturer, Sociology Dept.
112A Survey Research Center
Corner Channing & Bowditch
(510) 643-1270 (office)
(510) 928-7572 (cell and messages)