Research Associate, Data Scientist

Job Posting Title

Research Associate

Population Research Center

All Applicants

40

Exempt from FLSA

Immediately

Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2027

UT MAIN CAMPUS

General Notes

This position is available from beginning July 15th, 2026, but there may be flexibility in starting date and is funded for 1 year.

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The Research Associate is expected to work on research projects related to higher education policy and social stratification in higher education. The projects will require in-depth experience working with state administrative data and other large scale education data sets, including experience cleaning and merging raw data files, and a track record producing research findings of interest to policymakers, practitioners, and academic audiences.

• Data cleaning and management
• Data analysis and research design
• Produce scholarly research, including articles, research reports, and presentations
• Project management and organization, including collaborating with research team and directing the efforts junior team members
• Collaborate on grant writing
• Other duties as assigned

• Ph.D. in Education, Social Sciences, or related field
• 3 years of experience working with state administrative data, including cleaning and producing derived data files from raw data files
• Research experience using variety of statistical methods to examine effects of education policy and practices
• Strong programming skills in Stata
• Experience publishing quantitative research in education and/or social science journals

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

• 3+ years of experience using Texas Education Research Center data (state administrative data from Texas)
• Demonstrated expertise and/or credentials in statistics and data sciences
• Demonstrated expertise in higher education policy

• $80,000 + depending on qualifications

• Typical Office Environment
• Remote work allowable within Texas

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor; please note that finalists for this position will be required to have three letters from professional references—minimum of 2 external to UT Austin–attesting to candidate’s record of independent research
• Letter of interest
• Example Stata code (do file) for cleaning large scale administrative data
• Writing sample:
  Example scholarly publication, preferably published in peer-reviewed education or social science journal

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