fyi Gustavo Mesch, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Sociology and Anthropology, U of Haifa http://soc.haifa.ac.il/~gustavo Chair, CITASA JOB AD Senior Research Associate American Sociological Association The Research Department of the American Sociological Association is pleased to announce an exciting job opportunity as a Senior Research Associate for a highly motivated quantitative analyst with research experience. Ph.D. in hand preferred, though ABD will be considered. The successful candidate will be given a two-year contract, with potential for renewal, to create and maintain Excel and SPSS databases and to conduct multivariate and network analysis for three National Science Foundation-funded research projects. A fourth project is anticipated. Knowledge of Uncinet and Pajek necessary. The projects include: (1) Diffusion of Innovation in Digital Libraries, (2) Production, Diffusion, an Use of STEM Teaching Materials; and (3) Mentoring, Networks, and Under-represented Minorities in the Science Pipeline. Each of these projects requires creating databases, metrics, and measures that allow for a comparative analysis of the workings and outcomes of intentional networks. The Senior Research Associate will work with a team of three senior and five junior sociologists under the direction of the Principal Investigator, and will have some responsibility for providing guidance to the junior staff. The outcome of these studies will be research briefs, reports, and articles for peer-reviewed journals in which the Senior Associate will be a co-author. Salary Range $60,000-$70,000, plus benefits (12 months). The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. With nearly 14,000 members, ASA encompasses sociologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities, researchers, practitioners, and students. The ASA Research Department is responsible for developing and dissemination information about the discipline. Located in downtown DC near Metro Center and McPherson Square, ASA has a 30-person staff and offers a friendly work environment with a competitive salary and benefits package. Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants should email a cover letter and a current resume (with the names and e-mail addresses of three references) to spalter-roth@asanet.org [1] or to Roberta Spalter-Roth, American Sociological Association, 1430 K St. #600, Washington, DC 20009. Resumes will be accepted until the job is filled. _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to listserv@lists.ufl.edu containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. Links: ------ [1] mailto:spalter-roth@asanet.org