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General Description

The Poverty and Inequality Research Lab (PIRL) at Johns Hopkins University is seeking applicants for one Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Director Stefanie DeLuca, the PIRL team, and other distinguished collaborators on ongoing mixed methods projects. PIRL is a collaborative, interdisciplinary mixed-methods research center focused on policy-relevant scholarship in the areas of family, education, housing and neighborhoods. Ongoing project topics include the trajectories of community college students, housing policies to increase neighborhood quality, the responses of high-achieving low-income students to financial aid, and race trends in economic mobility. The Fellow will have the opportunity to work on ongoing projects in collaboration with Dr. DeLuca as well as economist Dr. Nicholas Papageorge, Associate Director of PIRL, and economist Dr. Raj Chetty, Director of Opportunity Insights. The Fellow will work under the advisement of Dr. DeLuca and will have the opportunity to coordinate research and collaborative projects with the assistance of pre-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate research assistants to conduct coding and analyses of interview data. For more on PIRL, visit https://otheramerica.org.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will conduct quantitative, qualitative and archival analyses, employ multiple social scientific methods, often in conjunction, including qualitative data collection and analysis via semi-structured interviews, structural micro-econometric modeling and estimation, and statistical analysis of large-scale administrative data, among other approaches. The Fellow may also lead a team of predoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate research assistants on fieldwork trips to conduct in-depth, open-ended interviews.

The position is a one-year appointment with the possibility of a second year pending funding and work scope. The position has an anticipated start in July 2025, is full-time and fully funded with no teaching requirements. The fellow will be in residence at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Qualifications

The postdoctoral fellowship is open to applicants who are up to three years post-PhD in sociology or related fields. Applicants with experience with qualitative or mixed methods are preferred, although some quantitative data analyses will be expected. Applicants should have strong research skills and a substantive background in areas of education, neighborhoods, social networks and social policy. Must have excellent communication skills and be able to work well as part of a team.

Application Instructions

Application Instructions

Each application will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• The degree of fit of research interests
• Demonstrated record of scholarly work and quality of writing
• Strength of letters of support

Additional Information

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification.

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

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