Summary

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods is hiring a temporary instructor/Instructional Aid to teach Python lectures in its two three-week sessions. Each of the two three-week sessions are attended by a diverse, multidisciplinary, and international constituency including hundreds of students, faculty, and researchers.

The dates of the three-week sessions are:

• First Session: Monday, June 19 - Friday, July 7, 2023
• Second Session: Monday, July 17 - Friday, August 4, 2023

This Python lecture will be offered in a hybrid format, with both in-person and online participants synchronously, and asynchronous participants watching the lecture recordings.

Course Description

This 3-week (1hr 30min per week-daily session) introductory workshop will first cover the basics of Python as a general-purpose programming language and then highlight some of the Python tools that are particularly useful in the social sciences and related disciplines, including topics like loading data, working with the data, some baseline analyses, creating visualizations, etc. Note that, unlike an introduction to Python that one might typically find in computer science courses, the “Introduction to Python” for the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods should be “applied” in approach, include many hands-on exercises, and emphasize introduction to the techniques, tools, and libraries most likely to be of interest to our participants, primarily graduate students but also faculty, researchers, and practitioners in the social sciences, public policy, public health, and nearby and related fields.

The Python instructor will be expected to work in-person in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Applicants may apply to teach the lecture in either session or both sessions.

Responsibilities*

• Develop course content for 14-15 meeting sessions of approximately 1.5 hours each.
• Hold daily office hours (virtual is OK, Zoom-accessible required) for Summer Program participants

Required Qualifications*

• Experience with quantitative research skills in the social sciences or closely related field
• Experience with Python
• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, in the English language
• Exceptional interpersonal skills

Desired Qualifications*

• PhD
• Past experience, within the last 2 years, as an instructor in a statistics or relevant methodology course at least at college level
• Experience teaching statistics/methodology in a multicultural environment
• Experience with Zoom

Additional Information

Required Application Materials: Applicants should combine all of the following application materials into a single PDF document:

• A one- or two-page cover letter addressing the following:
• Your specific interest in this position
• Your training, skills, and experience that directly relate to your qualifications for this position
• An indication of a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm through your work experience, volunteer engagement, or leadership of student or community organizations. By commitment to diversity, we mean efforts to reduce social, educational, or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity or gender, or to improve race relations.
• Past ICPSR Summer Program experience as a participant or teaching assistant (if applicable)
• Current curriculum vitae
• Contact information for at least 2 references
• Teaching evaluations (if available)

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the fifteenth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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COVID-19 vaccinations, including one booster when eligible, are required for all University of Michigan students, faculty and staff across all campuses, including Michigan Medicine.  This includes those working remotely and temporary workers.   More information on this new policy is available on the U-M Health Response website or the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint websites.