Hi again, here's another great opportunity. Pls contact Chris directly if
you're interested.
Gary
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From: Christopher Winship <cwinship at wjh.harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Subject: RA
To: Gary King <king at harvard.edu>
-- Gary,
Hope you are well and having a good summer.
I have been working on a large race discrimination case
against Merrill Lynch, doing the statistical analysis.
Quite interesting trying to figure out why some financial
analysts succeed and others don't.
The grad student who has been working with me is leaving
soon for Philadelphia where she will begin an RWJ
post-doc in the fall.
I need someone with good data analysis and file management
skills to work with me. The work load would probably be
15 hours a week. The work should go throughout the summer
into the fall.
Can you think of any of your students who might be interested in
working with me?
Best,
Chris
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Christopher Winship
Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology
620 William James Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-495-9821
Fax: 617-496-5794
Email: cwinship at wjh.harvard.edu
Hi everyone. and if you're in Cambridge, Happy Humidity! See below.
This looks like a good opportunity to work for a terrific person on
what looks like terrific project. If you're interested, please
contact Linda directly.
Gary
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From: Linda L. Fowler <Linda.L.Fowler at dartmouth.edu>
Date: 2010/6/28
Subject: consulting help
To: King at harvard.edu
Gary,
I am looking for a grad student or recent PhD who would like to earn
some money by advising me on methods and research design issues. ?I am
working on a book on congressional oversight of national security
policy. ?The data include all public and executive session hearings of
the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees from
1947-2008 and are coded for type of oversight. ?Very little scholarly
work on oversight ?generally has been done (I now know why) and only
one study tackles oversight of US use of military force, so the book
could be important if I get it right.
I believe that I have a number of methodological issues to address,
many of which are beyond my capabilities. ?I also need advice on
graphic presentation.
In short, I need someone to tutor me and then to respond to my
questions as I begin to work through various issues. ?I am thinking
that 10 hours a week would be necessary initially and fewer
thereafter, depending upon how apt (or inept) I prove to be. ?I don't
think face-to-face contact is necessary, although I might come to
Boston once or twice. ?I have sufficient funds to pay generously for
the right person.
I spoke with your assistant this morning, who suggested that I get in
touch with you directly. ?I hope that you can help me out or point me
in the direction of someone who can.
All the best,
Linda
Linda L. Fowler
Professor of Government and Frank J. Reagan Chair in Policy Studies
6108 Silsby Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Tel: 603-646-0009
Fax: 603-646-2152
linda.fowler at dartmouth.edu
this is an interesting program if you are doing education research.
Gary
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From: Robin Tweedy <tweedyro at gse.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Subject: Strategic Data Fellowship - Candidate Recruiting
To: "dcutler at harvard.edu" <dcutler at harvard.edu>,
"cwinship at wjh.harvard.edu" <cwinship at wjh.harvard.edu>,
"king at harvard.edu" <king at harvard.edu>,
"douglas.o.staiger at dartmouth.edu" <douglas.o.staiger at dartmouth.edu>,
"admin at edlabs.harvard.edu" <admin at edlabs.harvard.edu>
Dear Colleague,
A colleague at CEPR recommended that we reach out to you as a source
in a search for the Strategic Data Fellows.? We are recruiting for
eight positions in four cities, and four more in two states.??Our
timeline is aggressive. This year we have an ?Early Selection? option
with a deadline of July 2, 2010 ? which is designed to give us a way
to fast track the most competitive applicants. ?The ?General
Selection? deadline is July 21, 2010.? I am writing to ask for your
help in recommending potential candidates.
Following are some key details for your information.? This may be
forwarded to colleagues whom you think may be qualified and
interested. ?Please let me know if you have questions, or ideas.
Thanks so much for your help.
About the SDP Fellowship
SDP Fellows are talented individuals who possess a unique passion for
bringing data and evidence to bear on policy decisions that have the
potential to drive substantial gains in student achievement.? Fellows?
work will be grounded in substantial analytical skills and experience.
?Successful candidates will possess strong leadership, practical
experience, and the communication skills necessary to help their
agency (and others) embrace a culture that will value and utilize
data-driven goals and perspectives.
In collaboration with four school districts ?Albuquerque, Denver, Los
Angeles, and Philadelphia?and one charter management organization (Los
Angeles), as well as two states, SDP will be working to promote a
culture of data utilization to inform key policy and practice
decisions that directly affect student achievement. Entering its
second year, SDP is generously funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
The following link provides detailed information on the SDP
Fellowship:? http://www.gse.harvard.edu/cepr
The SDP Fellowship Application is available in pdf format online at:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~pfpie/pdf/sdp-fellowship-app.pdf
Details and compensation are provided in the summary profile, attached.
Please feel free to provide this information to colleagues throughout
the sector who may be interested in becoming a Fellow. We appreciate
your help in spreading the word.? Thanks and regards,
Robin Tweedy
Strategic Data Project
Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard
50 Church Street, 4th floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel? 617 496 9010
cell 617 910 8044
Here's an opportunity. If you're interested, please contact her and say you
got this note...
Gary
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From: Christina Stahlkopf <cstahlkopf at crjustice.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Subject: Recommendations?
To: King at harvard.edu
Hi Dr. King,
We met last summer when I had recently moved to Boston from San Francisco
after Jeanne Hammond put us in touch. I very much appreciated your help in
talking to me and helping me get the lay of the land here in Boston. I?m
now happily working over at the Crime and Justice Institute.
I?m hoping that you may be able to help me out again. We are looking to
hire recent graduates or appropriate individuals interested in program
evaluation who have quantitative analysis skills and good writing skills.
In particular, we?re looking to hire one or two Research Assistants (these
would be either strong undergraduate candidates or individuals with a
masters degree), as well as a PhD with quantitative skills and
research/evaluation design experience. Since you head up the Institute of
Quantitative Social Science, I thought you might know of people who would be
interested that you could recommend. We?re working on writing up a more
specific job script which I can get to you but I thought I?d see first if
there was anyone who came to mind.
I hope that everything is going well.
Best wishes,
Christina
Christina Stahlkopf, PhD
Community Resources for Justice
Crime and Justice Institute
355 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
617-482-2520
cstahlkopf at crjustice.orgwww.cjinstitute.org
*The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to
this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may
contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient, please notify Community Resources for Justice at 617-482-2520 or
reply to cstahlkopf at crjustice.org and destroy all copies of this message and
any attachments*
Hi Everyone, see below. IBM might be an interesting place to work for one
of you.
Gary
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From: Saeed Bagheri <sbagher at us.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Subject: Opportunities in IBM Research
To: King at harvard.edu
Dear Prof. King,
My name is Saeed Bagheri, an MIT alumni and a current research scientist in
IBM Research working on services science. Currently, we have two openings
here in IBM T J Watson Research Center; one for a two-year post-doc
fellowship and one for a permanent research staff both in areas below. Could
you please distribute this among graduate students and post-docs affiliated
with IQSS? Anyone who may be interested can send their CV directly to me.
Areas of interest are: (1) Econometrics (semi-parametric methods and
instrumental); (2) Medium-scale and large-scale assessment (accountability
and incentives systems); (3) Statistical learning methods for
high-dimensional data with applications in genetic epidemiology,
environment, causal analysis, racial difference, social stratification,
etc.; and (4) developing a science of service delivery (analogous to
Computer Science, but focused on facilitating services rather than
computing)
The start date is very flexible and support for international candidates is
available. For more details description, please see the attached document.
Best,
Saeed
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Saeed Bagheri, Ph.D.
Research Staff Member
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center,
1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Email: sbagher at us.ibm.com, bagheri at mit.edu
Phone: +1(914)945-2844, Fax: +1(914)945-2141
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