Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist

Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

About the role

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Scientist works on several federally funded projects on adolescent and young adult development related to race-related stress, sleep, ethnic-racial socialization, identity, social media use, and mental health. The position is renewable contingent on funding.

Responsibilities

• Constructs surveys needed for the study.
• Collects and analyzes data.
• Prepares publications and conference presentations.
• Applies for additional funding.
• Mentors graduate and undergraduate lab members.
• May provide peer-level coordination or subject-matter guidance to colleagues performing similar work and/or student, part-time workers, including helping organize tasks, clarify priorities, or review work for quality or consistency.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Psychology, Sociology, Education, or relevant social science.
• Minimum of one year of experience with at least one large, longitudinal dataset.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a collaborative research laboratory environment.
• Expertise with marginalized groups (e.g., ethnicity, race, immigration status, gender, sexual orientation, and weight).
• Experience with multi-level methods (e.g., experience sampling, longitudinal surveys, biomarkers, observational methods, experimental designs, interviews, focus groups).

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum Starting Salary $62,232
• Maximum Starting Salary $65,640