Postdoc: Curiosity & Character Development

Psychological Science; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Santa Barbara's META Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to help lead a three-year, multi-institution initiative on cultivating curiosity as an intellectual virtue in higher education. The project integrates an evidence-based, app-delivered curiosity program into classrooms, wellness programming, and campus culture at UCSB and GMU.

The project builds on pilot work showing that curiosity can be trained and supports belonging and academic success for first-generation, Pell-eligible, and transfer

Qualifications

• PhD completed by start date (or equivalent).
• Quantitative training in multilevel modeling and longitudinal/repeated measures preferred.
• Strong writing, organization, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across faculty and campus partners.
• Develop shared pedagogical and assessment materials.
• Lead assessment design and data collection across student and faculty samples.
• Analyze longitudinal, multi-time point intervention data.
• Present findings at conferences and EC I convenings; co-author publications.

Skills

Quantitative training

Education

PhD in psychology, education, cognitive science, or related field

Job description

UC Santa Barbara's META Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to help lead a three-year, multi-institution initiative on cultivating curiosity as an intellectual virtue in higher education. The project integrates an evidence-based, app-delivered curiosity program into classrooms, wellness programming, and campus culture at UCSB and GMU.

The project builds on pilot work showing that curiosity can be trained and supports belonging and academic success for first-generation, Pell-eligible, and transfer