To whom it may concern... I work on a project studying the effects on children of participation in the Junior Summit '98, a global online community. My PI and I are currently looking for a post-doc in the Chicago area to work with us on some the of the data analysis, among other tasks. Can we post the ad with you somewhere? Many thanks, Dona Tversky ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Justine Cassell (currently MIT Media Lab; soon to be Northwestern University School of Communications) is seeking a post-doctoral fellow for a full-time, two-year NSF-funded position looking at children's development and technology use. The successful candidate will have completed a Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Educational Technology or a related area and have experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Technological competence (Java, C++) is a definite advantage, but not required. Ideally the fellow will have a background in statistics with experience in traditional and non-traditional study design of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, and analyzing large sets of quantitative and qualitative data. The fellow may expect to come away with publications and writing experience. The fellow will be working with two teams: (1) developing and evaluating technology to support emerging literacy among young children; (2) analyzing (questionnaire, interview, and logs of online discourse) data from a large scale study of a children's internet community. Both teams consist of graduate and undergraduate researchers and are directed by Professor Justine Cassell. The position is based at Northwestern University in Chicago. Start date is as soon as possible (summer '03). The possibility exists of splitting this position into two half-time fellowships. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send CV and 2 letters of recommendation to: Professor Justine Cassell justine@media.mit.edu