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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education Partnership Research
Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research (PEER) invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the possibility for a one-year renewal. The postdoctoral fellowship is a training opportunity aimed at building research design, analysis, and implementation skills through the study of chronic absenteeism and research-practice partnerships. The centerpiece of the fellowship is the opportunity for sustained participation in a research-practice partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Full Description
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education Partnership Research
Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research (PEER) invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education Partnership Researchon, with the possibility for a one-year renewal. The postdoctoral fellowship is a training opportunity aimed at building research design, analysis, and implementation skills through the study of chronic absenteeism and research-practice partnerships. The centerpiece of the fellowship is the opportunity for sustained participation in a research-practice partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Peabody College.
About PEER
The Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research is a research-practice partnership between the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) and Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. While the partnership officially launched in the fall of 2021, it is grounded in a rich history of collaboration between MNPS and Peabody researchers, and a commitment to centering equity as a focus and way of working.
MNPS has a small team of trained researchers and evaluators, a wealth of data, and a deep bench of educators who are intimately familiar with the challenges of inequity in our city. Faculty at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education are recognized for their cutting-edge research in educational policy and practice, including community-engaged research. Together, we bring a deep commitment to improving education and a conviction that our diversity of experience and perspective is a core strength. In a sign of our joint investment in this partnership, both institutions have dedicated substantial resources to build and grow this partnership.
About the Fellowship
Potential candidates for the postdoctoral program are Ph.D graduates with an interest in becoming independent researchers who focus on education practice and policy in academic or professional research organizations.
PEER aims to recruit candidates with a strong background in qualitative methods whose past research or areas of study have focused on issues in educational practice and policy. We welcome applicants from the field of education as well as other social science fields.
The postdoctoral fellow will have opportunities to work with and conduct rigorous, mixed-methods research through access to well-developed, district level data systems. This work will occur in a highly collaborative environment with multiple researchers, doctoral students, faculty members, and MNPS partners. The fellowship will provide numerous opportunities for the postdoctoral scholar not only to develop as an independent researcher, but also to learn to participate effectively in research teams and build connections with researchers, practitioners, and policy makers – and to help shape education policy and practice in Nashville. The postdoctoral fellow will be encouraged and mentored to develop a research agenda that leads to published products for academic, policy, and practice audiences.
The postdoctoral fellow will commit 50% of their time to working on a PEER mixed-methods chronic absenteeism project under the guidance of Dr. Joanne Golann, Dr. David Diehl, and Dr. Kayla Fike. The fellow will participate in multiple aspects of the study including project management, qualitative data collection and analysis, supervision of research assistants, and writing of briefs and articles. The fellow will spend the rest of their time supporting other PEER projects, including the study of PEER as a research-practice partnership.
Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please note, all candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks, which may include but are not limited to, based on the role for which they have been selected: criminal history, education verification, social media review, motor vehicle records, credit history, and professional license verification. |