[Air-L] HASTAC seeking Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF EAGER Social Network Data Grant

Sheryl Grant sherylgrant at gmail.com
Tue Apr 23 11:09:59 PDT 2013


HASTAC is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to carry out social
network data analysis for a newly awarded $294,000 NSF EAGER project
"Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on
Transformative Interdisciplinary Research:  A Data-Based Study of the
Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network.”  Through a
large-scale analysis of the HASTAC social network, the Postdoc will
investigate the interplay of cyberinfrastructure and scholarly
communication, combining cutting-edge data mining methods with thoughtful
human and institutional questions to examine how virtual interdisciplinary
connections and mentoring can promote new modes of research, learning,
teaching, and career development. Computational analysis, data extraction,
and social networking analysis will be used to examine six years’ worth of
data from the HASTAC website, which is built on the Drupal platform.  The
full call, as well as the abstract and a link to the full proposal, is
posted below. *Interested parties should submit their materials by
Wednesday, May 15, 2013.*

*OPEN POSTDOCTORAL POSITION:*

NSF OCI-1243622

Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), Division of
Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

*Title*:

“Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on
Transformative Interdisciplinary Research:  A Data-Based Study of the
Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network”

*Skills*:

Demonstrated experience with social network analysis, quantitative and
qualitative methods (including case study and ethnographic) for mapping
collaborative networks, citation networks, professional networks, mentoring
relationships, structural cohesion and integration within and across
disciplines and institutions. Candidate must be able to communicate
findings, in written and graphical form, to an interdisciplinary audience,
to participate in and generate dialogue with faculty and students, and test
hypotheses using HASTAC’s data or gathering new data (survey, interviews,
case study, ethnography).

*Organizational assignment*:

The postdoctoral fellow will work in the PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge at
Duke University or possibly in the Information Futures Project Space (under
construction) and will be part of a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary
Technology-Aided Participation Advisory Board. The fellow will be expected
to maintain a virtual presence on the HASTAC site, regularly reporting on
preliminary findings through blog posts, posting working papers for
peer-to-peer feedback from the HASTAC community, and working within
HASTAC’s network structure to generate new ideas, problems, and questions
to be addressed.

*Position availability*:

Start date late July/early August 2013; residency at Duke University highly
desirable.  In an exceptional case, fellow may reside virtually, with a
telepresence accessible during business hours and a monthly residence (week
long) for site-specific meetings, collaborations, and events. There will be
a one-week period of overlap with the outgoing Fellow, to facilitate your
transition into the project.

*Outcomes*:

In addition to working with the HASTAC team to produce a number of local
and webcast events (seminars, webinars, conferences), the postdoctoral
fellow will be expected to maintain a virtual presence on the
www.hastac.orgsite, reporting on preliminary findings, posting working
papers for
peer-to-peer feedback from the HASTAC community, and working within
HASTAC’s network structure to generate new ideas, problems, and questions
to be addressed. The fellow will also be expected to present papers at
scholarly conferences and to submit final work to refereed journals in
social science, science studies, and other relevant fields.

*Type of contract*:

1 year

*Salary*:

$48,000-55,000 annually, prorated for months worked and commensurate with
experience

*Application deadline*:

5pm EST, Wednesday, May 1, 2013

*To apply*:

Please submit your letter of interest and CV to Mandy Dailey, Director of
Administration, HASTAC and EAGER Program Manager at
mandy.dailey at duke.eduby 5pm EST, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

Read more details and see the full NSF proposal at http://goo.gl/cEDgF



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