The Lab seeks to explain uneven racial and class distributions of resources and risk in higher education systems and economies—and to help reverse those inequalities.
WE ARE HIRING!
The HERE Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to collaborate on projects related to the development of wealth-based financial aid solutions at the federal and state levels, using representative postsecondary restricted access data of FAFSA filers. This is a full-time, 24-month academic position with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024. Required qualifications include: Ph.D. in Sociology, Education, or other related fields, ability to work in Stata, strong methodological and data analysis skills, and demonstrated ability to conduct independent and collaborative scientific research. Prior research on race and/or racial disparities and wealth in the US context, familiarity with national postsecondary education datasets, and experience working on team-based quantitative research are preferred. Please send a cover letter, CV, research statement, list of three references, and writing samples directly to Laura Hamilton (lhamilton2@ucmerced.edu) with the header “Wealth-Based Financial Aid Postdoctoral Position.” Review begins April 19th, but later applications will be considered until filled.
ABOUT US
The Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab was established in 2021 by Dr. Laura Hamilton and Dr. Charlie Eaton. As a community and policy-engaged research institution, the Lab’s mission is to understand and address disparities in the distribution of resources and risks within higher education systems and economies.
These inequities are not inevitable or immutable.
We believe social science has a role to play in the creation of a more robust, publicly supported, and equitable higher education system and economy. The Lab contributes systematic empirical analyses that help to inform pressing social debates and develop policy initiatives around postsecondary inequality. At every stage of our research, we collaborate with community organizations, policy advocates, and policymakers.
We are housed in the University of California-Merced, a Minority-Serving Institution located in the Central Valley of California—a region that is both historically under resourced and a generative space to do this work. The Lab empowers racially marginalized and economically disadvantaged students and postdoctoral scholars, who are the next generation of higher education and socio-economic thinkers. They are the future of higher education and the economy, and the HERE Lab is part of the transformation.
