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Postdoctoral Position @ University of Georgia

June 29, 2020

The biology education research lab led by Dr. Julie Stanton seeks applicants for a postdoctoral research scholar position. The postdoctoral scholar will join an NSF-funded project to investigate the development and use of metacognition in life science undergraduates. The postdoctoral scholar will lead a longitudinal study on metacognitive development and contribute to another study focused on how undergraduates use metacognition while collaborating. The postdoctoral scholar will join the vibrant Biology...

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Biochemistry/Molecular Life Scientist Educator @ University of Nebraska Lincoln

May 22, 2020

The Biochemistry/Molecular Life Scientist holds an academic-year appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Department in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The incumbent leads development and delivery of innovative approaches for addressing discipline-based education research in biochemistry and the molecular life sciences, requiring critical thinking, experimental-testing, molecular modeling, and inferential logic.

The incumbent is expected to maintain a high impact, nationally and internationally recognized, externally supported research,...

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Postdoc Preview @ University Of Michigan Medical School

March 5, 2020

My name is Beth Bodiya, and I serve as the Postdoc Coordinator in the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Michigan Medical School. I’m excited to share an opportunity for your upper-level graduate students in the biomedical sciences. The application portal is open until March 27 for our next postdoctoral recruitment event, ...

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Postdoctoral Associate in Biology Education Research @ BSCS

February 27, 2020
Position Title: Postdoctoral Associate in Biology Education Research
Reports To: Research Division Director
Start Date: June 1st, 2020
FLSA Status: Exempt
Applications are invited for a fulltime post-doctoral associate in biology education research at
BSCS Science Learning in Colorado Springs, CO. The successful candidate will work as a
researcher, curriculum writer, and teacher educator on genetics education research projects. The
associate will serve as a researcher on NSF-funded projects led by Dr. Brian M. Donovan, who
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Post-Doctoral Position in Science Education Research @ University of Nebraska - Lincoln

February 19, 2020

The School of Natural Resources at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is searching for a full time post-doctoral position in science education research. The postdoctoral scholar will assist research for an NSF funded project Bridging Science Education and Psychology Perspectives to Support Science Literacy Theory & Instruction. The goal of the research to understand how students’ emotion, motivation and personal epistemology influence learning when controversial socioscientific issues (SSIs) are used in a classroom. The research is in the context of a...

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Post-doctoral Research Associate in DBER @ the University of Northern Colorado

February 9, 2020

Responsibilities: A research team, partially housed in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), is searching for a colleague to join our highly collaborative group. The position is for a 12 month appointment Postdoctoral Research Associated (0.875 FTE, which is roughly 35 hours per week). We seek a candidate to work on a NSF-funded mixed methods study, investigating novice and expert conceptions of the biotic impacts of climate change....

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in DBER @ Cornell University

June 14, 2019

Cornell University is developing a strong DBER community, with faculty, postdocs, and students in biology, physics, economics, and more. DBER efforts also build on the University’s Active Learning Initiative, an institutional funding program to support faculty and departments to implement evidence-based teaching and learning. 

To continue to build this group, we are interested in supporting DBER applications for the Cornell University Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows program (see below). If you are interested in applying with support from faculty in biology and physics...

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