BREN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES
ASSOCIATE SPECIALIST POSITION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences has a part-time position available for an Associate Specialist I.This position requires a Ph.D. degree in Information Science or a related area. The position entails performing research in the social and technical organization of large-scale distributed science, the science of collaboratories, or the role of data in science and engineering.
Candidates should have a research record including publications in one or more of the following areas: computer-supported cooperative work, science and technology studies, and the ethnography of work.
In the course of the research and under the direction of the principal investigator, the associate specialist will be responsible for individual and collaborative research, further developing the research program, conducting primarily ethnographic fieldwork, but also conducting surveys requiring quantitative analysis.
The initial appointment will be for three months with a possible extension, dependent in part on the availability of extramural funding.
The position will be between 10 and 67% dependent on the funding source based on an annual salary of $46,872.00 Level of appointment will be commensurate with education and experience.
Interested applicants should respond no later than the closing date of June 5, 2008 for an appointment beginning June 6, 2008, by forwarding a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, and the names of three references to:
Dr. Charlotte P. Lee
Department of Informatics
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3440The University of California, Irvine, is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.
