Postdoctoral Fellow in Human-Centered Computing

Postdoctoral Fellow in Human-Centered Computing

Summary:

This position is for a mentored researcher to help lead academic research creating digital mementos to support family storytelling and collective remembering. Aligning with Berea’s mission to provide quality undergraduate education, many of these research activities will be conducted in close collaboration with undergraduate student research assistants. The postdoctoral fellow will assist faculty in training and supervising student researchers.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

Education required to ensure success in this position:
•PhD or terminal degree focusing on HCI, interactive digital media, industrial design, or related fields with an demonstrated interest in the intersection of computing with social sciences, arts, or humanities.

Experience required to ensure success in this position: 
•Interdisciplinary interests and experience in computing and design
•Demonstrated ability to mentor students
•interactive system design and/or research experience

Special skills, knowledge and abilities: 
•n/a

License, certification, or registration necessary: 
•n/a

Physical requirements: 
•Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
•Ability to travel by and/or operate a vehicle.

Environmental conditions: 
•Academic office environment with interruptions and noise due to frequent visitors, students, staff and faculty. 

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment: 
•n/a

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

•Working with supervisor, this postdoctoral fellow will design and deploy technologies for family remembering and intergenerational storytelling in the community.
•Work with research students and mentor to design research studies involving both replication and novel design of tangible and embedded interactive devices.
•Work with community members to build relationships seeking to implement and designed technologies.
•Work closely with undergraduate researchers and faculty to carry out research activities and promote accomplishments via peer-review publications, conference publications, and other public activities (lectures, workshops, etc.)
•Assist in teaching one class in Computer Science each year.
•Participate in faculty development programming.
•In support of Berea College’s great commitments this position requires student supervision.  The fourth great commitment is to promote learning and serving in community through the student labor program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done.  The Supervision would include scheduling, assigning and approving work performed.  Developing students about common workplace acumen and giving them tangible work experience is an expected outcome. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements on this position see:  Labor Program Goals

Other roles/duties will be assigned as necessary to assist the College in the attainment of the goals set forth and the enhancement of a positive, respectful learning environment for all staff, faculty and students. 

Founded in 1855, Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $178,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the Southeast; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. Berea College is ranked #148 by The Princeton Review – the highest-ranked Kentucky college, and the #3 “Best Value College” in the nation. Berea is one of only two private institutions ranked in the Top 10 for Value in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #13 among the nation’s liberal arts colleges, recognizing Berea for maintaining “consistently high rankings thanks to their economic diversity, relatively strong graduation rates, and commitment to meeting students’ financial need.” U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #30 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, including ranking Berea #1 in Service Learning, #2 for Most Innovative Schools, #3 in Co-ops/Internships, #4 in First-year Experiences, and tied for #13 in Best Undergraduate Teaching.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Note to Prospective Employees:

Each year, Berea College Public Safety publishes an annual report to the campus to make public crime statistics, policies, and procedures for Berea College.  This Annual Security Report, required by the Jeane Clery Act, Minger Act, and the Student Right To Know Act is now available for review.  For a full, printable version of the ASR, you can click here: https://www.berea.edu/public-safety/annual-security-report-2019/

For a policy-by-policy version that is easier to read and browse, please visit Public Safety’s website here: https://www.berea.edu/public-safety/annual-security-report-2019/