Fwd: Graduate position: AuburnU.UndergradEvolBiolEdResearch

[Ellen Hostert]

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From: <evo...@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 1:28 AM
Subject: Graduate position: AuburnU.UndergradEvolBiolEdResearch
To: <ehos...@maine.edu>

Graduate student positions in Biology Education Research at Auburn
University

The Ballen lab at Auburn University is seeking PhD and Master's students
to develop projects centered around Biology Education Research with a
start date of Fall 2024.

We are specifically looking for students who have a Biology
Undergraduate/M.S. degree and are interested in applying their knowledge
of biology to improve undergraduate biology education.

While students are encouraged to pursue their own specific research
interests, current work in the lab can be split into two broad avenues
of inquiry: (1) The impacts of promoting counter-stereotypical role
models on student outcomes and (2) The impacts of contextualizing
societal and ethical considerations into biology curricula. Through
large-scale collaboration across many institutions, work in the lab
advances understanding of effective and inclusive teaching through
integrating research and education in STEM.

Check us out here! Ballenlab.com

At Auburn University, graduate students are financially supported by
teaching assistantships with the possibility of some semesters being
funded by research assistantships. Auburn also offers competitive internal
fellowships, and I would be happy to assist students as they apply for
the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP).

The Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) hosts a Recruitment Weekend
Event in mid-January and I would be happy to bring folks out who are
interested in joining the lab Fall 2024. The deadline to apply for the
graduate program is February 1. Email me for more details!

More info on DBS:
https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/biology/index.htm
More info on our graduate program:
https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/biology/graduate_programs/index.htm


Potential applicants should email the following to: mjb...@auburn.edu
-  Cover letter highlighting your relevant research experience, why you
   are interested joining the lab, as well as any additional information
   you’d like us to know about you
-  Curriculum vitae (CV)



mjb...@auburn.edu

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Ellen E. Hostert, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor of Biology
University of Maine at Machias
116 O'Brien Avenue
Machias, ME 04654
(207) 255-1301
ehos...@maine.edu