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<pre><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font size=3
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Columbia</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Provost's Postdoctoral Research Scientist/Scholar</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW) is seeking a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>postdoctoral scholar with a PhD in economics, public policy, social<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>work, sociology, or a related discipline to work with senior Social<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Policy faculty in conducting original research and scholarship on<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>fragile families and child well-being. The goal of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Provost’s Postdoctoral Research Scientist/Scholar program is to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>enhance the recruitment of outstanding postdoctoral scholars from<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>underrepresented groups to more closely reflect composition of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>national pool of qualified candidates. The post-doc will work with<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CUSSW Social Policy faculty (Irwin Garfinkel, Ronald Mincy, Julien<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Teitler, and Jane Waldfogel) for up to three years on an original<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>research agenda utilizing data from the Fragile Families and Child<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Wellbeing Study (FF study). The FF Study follows a cohort of nearly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>5,000 children born in large <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities between 1998 and 2000<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(roughly three-quarters of whom were born to unmarried parents). Third<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>year funding is contingent on receipt of a supplemental grant that the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>post-doc will contribute to developing with senior Social Policy<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The core FF Study was designed primarily to address four questions of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>great interest to researchers and policy makers: (1) What are the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>conditions and capabilities of unmarried parents, especially fathers?;<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(2) What is the nature of the relationships between unmarried<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>parents?; (3) How do children born into these families fare?; and (4)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>How do policies and environmental conditions affect families and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>children? For more information on the study, visit:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/about.asp">http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/about.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The program strongly encourages applications from promising scholars<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>from historically underrepresented groups, including but not limited<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>to: Blacks/African-Americans; Hispanics; Native Americans/Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Natives; and persons having origins in any of the original peoples of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:State
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hawaii</span></font></st1:State>, Guam, or <st1:place
w:st="on">Samoa</st1:place>. Applicant must be a <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> citizen or permanent<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>resident who will have completed his/her terminal degree not later<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>than five years before the start of the fellowship. Individuals who<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>received their terminal degrees from <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Columbia</st1:place></st1:City> or who have been<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:City
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Columbia</span></font></st1:place></st1:City> postdoctoral scholars are not eligible for this program.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All applicants must apply no later than December 15, 2012 online<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>through the Columbia RAPS system<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<a
href="https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56890">https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56890</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>and upload the following materials at the time of application:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• CV or resume<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• three letters of recommendation<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• statement describing research interests (no more than 5 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Each application will be evaluated on the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• The degree of fit of research interests<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• How the postdoctoral training will help to further the postdoctoral<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>scientist’s research trajectory<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• Demonstrated record of work with quantitative data<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• Strength of letters of support<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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