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Brandeis University's Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program (MKTYP) seeks an instructor for the four-credit course MKTYP 5b: Social Science Research Methods (Spring 2024).

Founded in 1968, Brandeis University's Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program (MKTYP) is an integral part of the Universityâ™s enduring commitment to social justice.

The program is targeted toward students who have developed the skills for college success by practicing leadership in their life experiences. The MKTYP is an environment where scholars learn about new possibilities for their lives, and to apply the focus, energy, tenacity, perseverance, and maturity previously devoted to prevailing in the face of personal challenges, to now pursuing academic success. In other words, we are a program geared towards making good students, even greater! Through a combination of small classes, rigorous academics and a strong support system, MKTYP scholars apply their knowledge and skills to attain their undergraduate degree at Brandeis that will propel them towards achieving their potential. Students who enter Brandeis through the MKTYP have a life-changing experience, and have their stories of success added to the universityâ™s thousands of living testimonies of true ambition, resilience, courage, and triumph. More than 1,000 alumni have gone on to become distinguished and renowned professionals in their respective fields. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.brandeis.edu/academic-services/mktyp/index.html.

The MKTYP 5b is the second course in a two-part series of courses to introduce students to the basic tools and methods required to understand and conduct social science research. Last semester, the students learned how to design a research project and how to collect data.  This course will lead students through the various steps for analyzing the data. The course will begin with the data students collected through interviews and surveys last semester and learn how to process and analyze both the qualitative data and quantitative data to answer the research question that the class designed. The ultimate goal will be writing up the research findings into a formal research paper. 

Candidates with an MA in a related field (sociology, psychology, politics), and relevant experience teaching will be given preference. Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and CV. The deadline for first consideration is December 4.

This appointment is to a position that is in a collective bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local 509. 

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About Brandeis University

As a medium-sized private research university with global reach, we are dedicated to first-rate undergraduate education while making groundbreaking discoveries. Four major academic units with 3,600 undergraduates and 2,050 graduate students comprise the University: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since the rankings’ inception. Our 235-acre campus is located in the suburbs of Boston, a global hub for higher education and innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, as passionate about teaching and mentorship as they are about pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Our students are motivated, compassionate, curious and open to exploring new and challenging experiences. Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of th...e American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.

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