Applications should be submitted through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/179362. Only materials submitted through the Interfolio link will be reviewed. Do not submit materials on this website or using any of the apply now links on this page.
Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter describing their interest in the position and their scholarly activities; a research statement; a statement of teaching experience; a curriculum vitae; two recent publications, and three references.
Please direct questions or inquiries to Dr. Sunghee Lee, at [email protected]. Applications are due February 4, 2026.
The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan invites applications for a Research Assistant Professor in the Survey Research Center (SRC), Survey Methodology Program (SMP).
As the world's largest academic social science survey and research organization, the Institute for Social Research is a leader in developing and applying new social science methods. The Institute's Survey Research Center conducts investigator-initiated, survey-based research on theoretical and applied problems of both social and scientific importance.
The Institute's SRC has been an international leader in interdisciplinary social science research involving the collection and analysis of data, especially data from scientific sample surveys, for nearly 80 years. SRC is the site of a large group of world-renowned survey methodologists that includes Fred Conrad, Michael Elliott, Sunghee Lee, Trivellore Raghunathan, Yajuan Si, Henning Silber, James Wagner, and Brady West. Together they form the Survey Methodology Program (SMP), which draws on multidisciplinary expertise from its core faculty, including statistics, survey methodology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, sociology, and computer science. SMP pursues cutting-edge statistical and methodological research with investigator-initiated research grants. SMP also houses the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science
