How to Apply

To Apply for this position please include in one PDF attachment:

• Cover Letter
• Current CV 
• Writing sample
• Contact information for three references 

Review of applications will begin immediately with a closing date for the posting of July 1, 2025.

Job Summary

The Research on Teaching Mathematics in Undergraduate Settings (RTMUS) is seeking a Research Area Specialist Associate with expertise in task design and knowledge of college calculus and linear algebra to participate in an one-year exciting, NSF funded, project, the PreTeXt-Runestone: Open Textbooks Engaging Undergraduates in STEM [PROTEUS]. PROTEUS Project seeks to understand two interrelated questions: How do groups of textbook users (students, teachers, authors, and researchers) work together to write interactive questions designed to elicit multiple ways of students? thinking in classrooms? and How do students and instructors use those interactive textbook questions in classrooms? The project uses open-source PreTeXt textbooks hosted in the learning analytics platform, Runestone. The project addresses the need to promote student learning through continued engagement with the material they are learning and to provide tools for teachers to engage with the information gathered using those questions?not only their responses but the various attempts to answer the questions. The Research Area Specialist Associate will collaborate with four additional principal investigators, and a large group of authors, researchers, teachers, and students, developing questions for the PROTEUS textbooks during summer workshops and will support teachers in their use of the textbooks throughout the implementation terms, and collaborate in the analysis of student data.

Responsibilities*

The Research Area Specialist Associate will be responsible for supporting the development of the summer workshops, designing protocols for facilitating the work of the question development teams, collecting and analyzing student and instructor data, collaborating in the design of student interviews protocols and of onboarding and exit meetings with instructors. The Research Area Specialist Associate will have the opportunity of supervising undergraduate and graduate students working for the project on various tasks. The Research Area Specialist Associate will collaborate on the data analysis and actively participate in the dissemination efforts.

Required Qualifications*

PhD or ABD in Mathematics Education or Mathematics with expertise in task design and knowledge of college calculus and linear algebra.

Desired Qualifications*

• Expertise in undergraduate mathematics education, analysis of curriculum, teaching and learning; with teaching experience in college calculus and linear algebra  
• Experience in task design 
• Experience in qualitative data collection, specifically Interviews with faculty and students

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Application Deadline

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

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The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.