Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar

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Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Engineering, Engineering Education, and/or Sociotechnical Innovation in the Center for RARE JUSTICE at Arizona State University

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is pleased to announce the 2024-25 President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship awards. These fellows provide an outstanding pool of potential new faculty members in a wide range of engineering and associated disciplines. Please learn more about the presidential fellowship here: https://graduate.asu.edu/presidential-postdoctoral-fellowship-program. The Center for Research Advancing Racial Equity, Justice and Sociotechnical Innovation Centered in Engineering (RARE JUSTICE) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar in the area of engineering, engineering education and/or sociotechnical innovation.

RARE JUSTICE is a testbed for re-envisioning the post-pandemics future of engineering grounded in an ethos of justice where all can thrive. We aim to model equity in action in engineering through redefining what is valued; redefining what it means to have impact, and for whom; reaching target audiences, stakeholders, and the community via innovative modalities; and expanding pathways, access and quality for all, affording novel opportunities that create new tables, forget the seats. This effort will take a village of visionary, innovative, imaginative, and transformative thinkers, and thus, we are searching for a qualified individual to join our team in this incubator of transformation. We are hoping to identify an enthusiastic postdoctoral associate to develop and implement research opportunities related to racial equity and at the seam of sociotechnical innovation. The candidate will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a newly awarded $5 million NSF-funded Racial Equity project, Positioning Engineering Faculty to Support Black Engineering Graduate Students through Awareness, Knowledge & Capacity Building, and Community (NSF# 2411987), from its inception.

The postdoctoral scholar selected will join a cohort of 10-15 other postdoctoral scholars at ASU as part of the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The goal of the program is to support the career development of outstanding Ph.D. recipients with great potential for advancing the ASU Charter into a future tenure track appointment at ASU. The program seeks applicants whose professional preparedness, experience, and accomplishments are informed by experiences working with and within groups historically underrepresented or underserved in higher education in the United States. Where pools of qualified applicants are strong, priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate, through prior actions and achievements, intentional and actioned commitment to inclusive excellence. Examples of such contributions are research, teaching, mentorship, service or creative activity focused on empowering underserved populations that increases equitable access and inclusion in fields where historically excluded populations are underrepresented. The postdoctoral scholar will play a key role in research, dissemination, workforce development, and community engagement and outreach activities that support RARE JUSTICE’s mission of creating an equitable engineering future for all.

The Center for RARE JUSTICE has committed to the provision of individualized mentorship and career development to ensure the candidate is well prepared to succeed in a future tenure track appointment. Career development and community building will also occur through programmatic support at the ASU Graduate College’s Postdoctoral Affairs Office. The Center’s Executive Director is also invested in the professional development of the candidate and will support participation in one external activity annually up to the amount of $2,500 (e.g., conference attendance, workshop or training registration, certificate completion, etc.) as well as a $1,000 stipend for mental health and/or writing support, annually. The Center’s Executive Director is also committed to mentoring the candidate, and especially those wishing to prepare for and transition to a tenure-track faculty position, while also supporting them to expand their networks in the field. Lastly, the Center’s Executive Director has nuanced expertise in arts-based research methods, grant-writing, and public speaking/professional presentations which will all be willfully shared with the candidate for their exposure and learning, and this also includes skills in building collabora