Post - Doctoral Fellowship

Position Type:

Faculty

Position Number:

002060

Campus:

Langston

Department:

Langston University

Location Address:

United States

Hiring Supervisor:

Hiring Range:
(Contingent upon available funding):

45,500.00 - 51,500.00, Commensurate with education and experience

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday (8-5)

Faculty Appt Period:

Job Summary:

POSITION TITLE: Post-Doctoral Fellowship

NATURE OF JOB: Provide fellows with a multidisciplinary training program that includes didactic research coursework and classroom instruction offered through alternative technological platforms (Skype or on-line) that will increase their knowledge of scientific research methodologies, multicultural research best-practices, and solutions focused translational approaches suitable to the field of rehabilitation.

Program Description
Langston University (LU), a historically Black college/university (HBCU), has won a highly competitive $750,000 Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to offer a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Solutions Focused Translational Research to Improve the Employment Outcomes and Experiences Among Individuals with Disabilities from Traditionally Underserved Racial and Ethnic Populations. The Goal of the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (LU-ARRT) Program, situated within the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Research and Capacity Building for Minority Entities (LU-RRTC), is to improve minority-serving institutions' (MSis [HBUs, Hispanic serving institutions, American Indian tribal colleges and universities, and Asian American and Native Pacific Islander-serving institutions]) capacity to develop and support rehabilitation research training pipeline infrastructure that can facilitate the development of the talent and produce MSI-based investigators who can participate in research and development aimed at improving the employment status of individuals with disabilities from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic populations and communities. The LU-ARRT works in concert with the LU-RRTC drawing upon the center's extensive MSI research capacity building expertise, collaborative networks, resources, and peer-to-peer mentoring interventions to holistically address fellows' research skill building needs. The LU-ARRT represents a collaborative effort between Langston University, the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston ([ICI] Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University ([NCA&T] HBCU), South Carolina State University ([SCSU] HBCU), Jackson State University
([JSU] HBCU), and the Kessler Foundation. The Program implements a Peer-to-Peer Multiple Mentor Model to help fellows cross-fertilize their independent research project and research grant proposal through exchanges with a primary mentor and a scientific panel of mentors comprised of content experts, multicultural specialists, methodologists, and statisticians.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Education & Experience

Position Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required: Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements for a doctoral degree from an accredited university in one of the following branches of rehabilitation; rehabilitation counseling, psychology, special education, social work, rehabilitation teaching, counseling, orientation and mobility, physical therapy, occupational therapy, communication [speech] therapy, and nursing; or economics and health statistics/mathematics, or other related areas.

Langston University (LU) strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, LU conducts pre-employment background checks on final candidates. Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal (felony and misdemeanor) history, sex offender registry, motor vehicle history, financial history, and/or education verification. Background checks will be conducted when required by law or contract and when, in the discretion of the university, it is reasonable and prudent to do so.