Postdoctoral Associate - Asian Americans and STEM

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Description Following the successful pilot of an interdisciplinary course combining Asian American studies with scientific fields of inquiry, Yale invites applicants for a renewable one-year interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship beginning in Fall 2023 to promote teaching and research at the intersection of Asian American studies and STEM fields. The postdoctoral fellowship will be housed at the Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration or an affiliated department such as the program of American Studies or Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ERM); or a STEM department such as physics or computer science. The postdoctoral associate will participate fully in the intellectual life of RITM and affiliated program or department and teach one course per semester. In addition, the postdoctoral associate will work with faculty and graduate students to organize a two-day conference on “Asian Americans and STEM” to be hosted by RITM in spring of 2024. The conference will bring together scholars in the field of Asian American studies as well as STEM research scientists who are actively engaged in exploring the histories of race and racialization in their respective fields. This...