<div dir="ltr">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>Stanford's interdisciplinary cognitive science major, Symbolic Systems, is hiring for a course coordinator to help build our instructional offerings. If you have a PhD in a related field and are interested in undergraduate pedagogy, we encourage you to apply!</div><div><br></div><div>Details are below. The application is accessible at: <a href="https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/symbolic-systems-teaching-coordinator-appi-7068">https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/symbolic-systems-teaching-coordinator-appi-7068</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please forward as appropriate,</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mike</div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature">----</div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature">Michael C. Frank</div></div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature">David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology</div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature">Department of Psychology</div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature">Stanford University</div><div class="m_2722281878223445604gmail-m_3629742595546249238gmail_signature"><a href="http://langcog.stanford.edu" target="_blank">http://langcog.stanford.edu</a></div>
</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_2722281878223445604gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">Symbolic Systems Teaching Coordinator – Fixed Term, 2 years</font></b></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"><br></font></b></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Program Description</b>:</u></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></u></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Stanford University's Symbolic Systems Program (SSP) and Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) are two core parts of the cognitive science community at Stanford. SSP is an interdisciplinary BS- and MS-granting program with coursework in Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Computer Science. SSP has grown substantially in the past years and is now one of the largest interdisciplinary programs on campus. Its graduates have had distinguished careers in technology, academia, and other areas.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">CSLI is an interdisciplinary center with participants across across campus, offering a research experience program for undergraduates (REU) every summer. The CSLI REU accepts applications from undergraduate students within the US and immerses them in an 8-week paid internship program where they are matched with a mentor on an original cognitive science research project. The REU is now in its fifth year and is highly competitive, with many alumni now in strong graduate programs.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For more information about Symbolic Systems please visit: <a href="http://symsys.stanford.edu">http://symsys.stanford.edu</a>. For more information about CSLI, please visit <a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/">https://www-csli.stanford.edu/</a> and <a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/csli-summer-internship-program">https://www-csli.stanford.edu/csli-summer-internship-program</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Job Summary:</b></u></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></u></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is an instructional position with a focus on supporting undergraduate education through classroom teaching and research. The position combines a 60% commitment to supporting the introductory curriculum for SSP, specifically the SymSys1 introductory course, with a 40% commitment to supporting the CSLI REU program. The candidate should be motivated to contribute to undergraduate instruction and interested in working directly with students as well as with course staff, teaching assistants, and research mentors.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Within SSP, the Academic Program Professional will coordinate teaching assistants for SymSys1 and conduct trainings for these teaching assistants, will curate course content, will coordinate assessment, and will give occasional guest lectures (with opportunities for more substantive instructional experiences based on experience).</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Within the CSLI REU, the Academic Program Professional will coordinate the summer program, including conducting outreach to mentors and potential interns, coordinating intern application review, scheduling summer seminar, orientation, and social events, and working with interns to ensure a positive mentored research experience.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Job Purpose</b>:</u></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></u></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">To work with instructors and research mentors to enhance the undergraduate experiences in both SymSys1 and the CSLI REU by coordinating and organizing course and program components.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">CORE DUTIES*:</u></b></div><ul type="disc" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 11px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Oversee and administer research activities by evaluating academic programs, making recommendations that impact policies and programs, and coordinating and implementing changes.</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Collect and analyze data, create reports, review and explain trends to determine program effectiveness; formulate and evaluate alternative solutions and/or recommendations to achieve the goals of the program.</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Teach and/or assist in the teaching and administration of courses. Create and/or advise in the development of curriculum. Make recommendations for course improvements.</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Write and edit content for proposals, peer-reviewed publications, and other program activities under the general direction of PI. Assist with the development of research grants, (i.e., may suggest new funding opportunities, write portions of grants, and/or summarize data for grant support).</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Represent the program or function as the key contact and subject matter expert within the department, unit or school and develop communications for internal and external constituencies. Organize and/or participate in outreach activities such as events, partnerships, fundraising, training, and conferences. Lead workshops and facilitate meetings.</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">Monitor expenses, budgets, and finances of the program. Make recommendations on funding based on program spend.</li><li style="margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;padding:0px 0px 0px 2px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc">May oversee and train student workers.</li></ul><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma,"Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">* - Other duties may also be assigned</i></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>