Job Summary

The University of Utah's mission, vision, and values reflect its commitment to driving meaningful societal impact through education, research, and community engagement. With a focus on innovation and service, the U prepares students for lifelong success, advances discovery, and strengthens the well-being of Utahns and beyond.

In service to that mission the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) graduate program is seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral Fellowship within the newly formed Online M.Ed. in Special Education - Applied Behavior Analysis Emphasis Program which supports students to complete the requirements to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs). This is a full-time, 9-month, Postdoctoral appointment with benefits. The individual hired for this position will work directly with the Director of the Online Master's program to provide supervision, instruction, and research support to graduate students and administrative support for the program.

The primary responsibilities will be related to teaching and supervising students in the second year of the program to complete their thesis or thesis equivalent graduate research projects. These projects will include a proposal, investigation and final written project. The individual hired for this position will support projects consisting of original systematic literature reviews completed in compliance with the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The individual may also be asked to co-advise on projects that are correlational or experimental in nature.

Additional duties may include teaching responsibilities, supervision and training of Teaching Assistants and general administrative, marketing and program evaluation support.

Responsibilities

• Teaching the Experiential Learning Course and supporting second year students to complete thesis equivalent projects comprising systematic literature reviews completed according to the PRISMA Guidelines
• Coordination/teaching of Supervised Experiential Learning for first year students
• Supervision and training for teaching assistants
• General administrative support for the program
• Support for marketing and program evaluation

Minimum Qualifications

• Hold a doctoral degree in Education, Special Education, Psychology, Behavior Analysis or a related field from an accredited program.
• Candidates should be recent graduates or have completed all requirements but their dissertation (ABD) with their degree conferred by August of 2026.

Preferences

BCBA or BCBA-D in good standing (no disciplinary sanctions) and eligible to supervise BCBA candidates.

Preference will be given to candidates who have documented experience supporting graduate student research and/or using the PRISMA guidelines.