Presidential Diversity Early Career Fellowship – Postdoctoral Associate

The Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University is seeking highly-qualified doctoral candidates for the Presidential Diversity Early Career Fellowship program that may lead to a tenure track appointment.

Job Description:

The goal of the Early Career Fellowship program is to help the university recruit highly-qualified doctoral candidates in disciplines where diversity is needed and to support and develop these recruits who may remain at Binghamton University in a tenure track capacity when their fellowship is completed.  Each fellowship appointment is up to two years.

A fellowship appointment will be made in the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering & Applied Science for the 2022-23 academic year in one of the following departments: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Science & Industrial Engineering.

About Watson College:

The Watson College is home to roughly 1,000 graduate and 2,000 undergraduate students, over 100 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and 60 staff.  On an annual basis, the faculty of the college conduct nearly $20M of sponsored research in high priority areas of national importance.

The Watson College stands committed to fostering a community that reflects our diverse society to ensure that its teaching, research, scholarship and outreach programs include and serve a wide range of individuals. We strive for a community in which all backgrounds, contributions and perspectives are valued and respected.  In 2021, the American Society for Engineering Education honored Watson College with its Bronze-level award for its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Fellows are appointed with the title of Postdoctoral Associate and will receive a $75,000 annual salary with a New York State comprehensive benefits package. There will be a research allowance for scholarly expenses and conference travel aimed at disseminating research findings.  An allowance for moving expenses will be provided.

Responsibilities:

The fellows are expected to conduct original research in cutting -edge areas relevant to the department wherein they will be appointed, to publish high quality, peer-reviewed scholarly work as a result of this effort, and to teach or co-teach one or more courses per year as the instructor of record.

Fellows will receive formal mentoring in research and teaching, as well as receive constructive feedback throughout the appointment in an effort to improve their candidacy for a tenure-track appointment.

We highly encourage individuals with historically underrepresented identities in engineering and computer science (e.g., racial/ethnic populations including Black/African Americans, American Indians including Native Alaskans, Latinx/Hispanics and Native Pacific Islanders, and women) to apply for this position

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