Work type:

Faculty/Academic Staff


Major Administrative Unit / College:

College Of Communication Arts Sciences


Department:

Communicative Sciences Disorders Cas


Salary:

Salary Commensurate with Experience


Location:

East Lansing


Categories:

Full Time (90-100%), Fixed Term Academic Staff, Research/Scientific

Position Summary

The research associate, postdoctoral researcher, will work on the NIDCD-funded project, “Developmental Trajectories to Stuttering Persistence and Recovery” a longitudinal innovative project mapping developmental trajectories of critical neurological, behavioral-emotional, and experiential factors that ultimately lead to stuttering persistence or recovery in individual children. The candidate will contribute to all stages of this project, including the conception and design of experiments, data analysis and interpretation, and coordinating with the project manager and speech-language pathologist to provide oversight of the project including the students working in the lab. The researcher will be trained in the responsible conduct of research and in the methodologies of different physiological approaches used in the lab. The candidate will be involved in preparing written/oral presentations for journal publications and conferences and are expected to develop their independent programmatic line of research.

Required Degree

Doctorate -speech, language, and hearing science

Minimum Requirements

  • Applicants must have their Ph.D. in speech, language, and hearing science with an emphasis on stuttering and/or speech development.
  • The applicant must also show evidence of scholarly productivity in the form of journal articles, conference presentations.

Desired Qualifications

Prior experience in neurophysiological/physiological data collection with children is desirable.

Required Application Materials

Applicants should include a letter of interest, graduate transcript, and a current curriculum vitae with contact information for three references.

Special Instructions

To apply for this position, please refer to posting #641408 and complete an electronic submission at the Michigan State University Employment opportunities website,www.careers.msu.edu. Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

Advertised:

Apr 8, 2020 Eastern Daylight Time


Applications close:

Apr 8, 2022 Eastern Daylight Time