Postdoc Opportunity! Postdoc in Race/Indigeneity in the Americas - Brown University - Jan 31 deadline

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The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University invites applications for a one-year non-renewablepostdoctoral fellowship as part of the 2018-19 Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Race and Indigeneity in the Americas. The successful applicant will have research and teaching interests that focus on race, racism, and indigeneity in the Americas. We seek candidates who can complement the Center’s interdisciplinary strengths and contribute to the existing emphasis on race and racialization in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinx communities. Theoretical attention to questions of race, gender and sexuality is strongly encouraged.

The successful candidate must demonstrate scholarly promise and will be expected to collaborate with two graduate student fellows to coordinate workshops and seminars, co-curate a related exhibit, and contribute to the development of promotional materials. The postdoctoral fellow will teach an undergraduate course on race and indigeneity in Latin America and the Caribbean from the perspective of his/her own discipline.
Fellow will receive a salary of $60,000, benefits, and a research/travel fund of $3,000 per year. Ph.D. should be in hand by the start of the appointment on July 1, 2018. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. in any discipline in the humanities or social sciences from institutions other than Brown.

To apply, please submit through Interfolio: 1) a cover letter, including a discussion of the relevance of your research and training to the Sawyer Seminar theme as well as a discussion of any prior experience organizing interdisciplinary, scholarly events; 2) a curriculum vitae; 3) a list of three referees; and 4) a brief undergraduate course proposal related to the Sawyer Seminar theme. Review of applications will begin on January 31, 2018, and will continue until the position is filled.

For more information, contact:
Katherine Goldman, Center Manager
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Brown University
Kate_Goldman@brown.edu
(401) 863-2645

Call for Intern Applications at Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research

Anne Ray Internships at the Indian Arts Research Center Interested in working with Native collections? The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM, offers two nine-month paid internships to college graduates or junior museum professionals. Internships include a salary, housing, and book and travel allowances. Interns participate in the daily collections and programming activities of the IARC and also benefit from the mentorship of the Anne Ray scholar.  Deadline to apply March 1, 2018 Read More/Apply 2015 Anne Ray interns, Jennifer Himmelreich and Annie Brooke Lang, working on an exhibition in the IARC vault. Home  |  Contact  |  About Us  |  Giving School for Advanced Research Support SAR Be sure to add our email address to your address book or safe senders list so our emails get to your inbox.

Fully-Funded Research Assistantships for Doctoral Students in Education - Utah State University

Hello All,

Please circulate the announcement below (and attached) to any current Master's students who may be interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Education in the research areas listed below. Thank you!

 

Fully-Funded Research Assistantships for Doctoral Students in Education

 

As part of a new initiative to expand graduate studies at Utah State University (USU), select faculty in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL) currently have funding available to support three, full-time doctoral students in the following research areas:

• critical and racialized issues in education
• social studies education
• equity-oriented teacher education
• instructional leadership
• dual language education
• culturally responsive instruction
• English language education in K-12 (TESOL/ESL)
• equity for English learners in STEM disciplines
• second language socialization in schools and/or family and community settings 

Students with one or more of the above interests must be admitted to the Ph.D. program in Education in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership. Doctoral students may select from one of the following concentrations: Cultural Studies, Instructional Leadership, Literacy Education and Leadership, Mathematics Education and Leadership, Science Education, or Career and Technical Education. 

 

Research assistants will collaborate with USU faculty on research, develop their own research agenda, and engage in departmental teaching. The research assistantships include a salary of approximately $1700 per month (with pro-rated amounts for partial months), tuition awards for the fall and spring semesters, and health benefits at a subsidized rate.

 

The application deadline for Fall 2018 enrollment in the doctoral program is February 1, 2018.

 

For more information on the application requirements for the doctoral program in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University, please visit https://teal.usu.edu/graduate/phd/phd-education.

 

For questions regarding research assistantships please contact the following faculty members:

 

Dr. Sarah K. Braden (sarah.braden@usu.edu): English language education in K-12 (TESOL/ESL), equity for language learners in STEM, second language socialization in schools and/or family and community settings

 

Dr. Andrea M. Hawkman (andrea.hawkman@usu.edu): critical and racialized issues in education, social studies education, equity-oriented teacher education

 

Dr. Alyson L. Lavigne (alyson.lavigne@usu.edu): instructional leadership, dual language education, culturally responsive instruction

 

About Utah State University

 

Utah State University (USU) is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with “high research activity.” It is in the top 3% of higher education institutions in the country, and received $243,933,881 in research awards during the 2016 fiscal year. Enrollment (undergraduate and graduate students) exceeds 27,000. There are 41 schools and departments in eight academic colleges and a School of Graduate Studies that offers 38 doctoral degrees and 96 master’s degrees. USU has a national and international reputation for its education, agricultural, aerospace-engineering, and natural resources academic programs.

 

About the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

 

The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services is ranked 6th nationally in external funding with over $46 million in grants and contracts (US News and World Report, 2017). It is one of the largest colleges of education in the nation, with eight departments, an elementary laboratory school, over 130 tenure-track faculty, and hundreds of research-supported employees housed in the Center for Persons with Disabilities, and the Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center. A new clinical services building, the Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence, will be opening in Fall 2018.

About the Cultural Studies Concentration

 

Though incoming students are not required to choose the Cultural Studies concentration area in order to earn a research assistantship through the faculty listed above, each of the faculty members who has funding available is affiliated with the Cultural Studies concentration. The Cultural Studies concentration in TEAL is an interdisciplinary program that examines social, cultural, philosophical, and historical issues in education and society. The critical nature of this program gives attention to race, gender, class, language, sexuality, and ability in the contexts of schooling, culture, and society. In the USU Cultural Studies program, students examine perspectives on equity, marginalization, privilege, and power from a variety of disciplines including Education, Sociology, Applied Linguistics, Information Technology and Learning Sciences, and Special Education. This broad approach enables doctoral students to apply various perspectives on Cultural Studies to their analyses of students, education, and schooling in local and global contexts. TEAL Cultural Studies faculty have expertise in Anthropology, History, Critical Approaches to Social Studies, Language, Applied Linguistics, and Literacy, as well as qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Sarah K. Braden, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, TESOL/ESL and Cultural Studies

School of Teacher Education & Leadership

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Utah State University

2805 Old Main Hill

Logan, UT 84322

Phone: 435-797-4142

Healy Fellowship--Georgetown University

Please mention this opportunity to the brightest of your students. The fellowship is a great opportunity that offers stipend support in the amount of $34,000 will be provided to the Healy Fellows for up to twelve months per year for up to five years and no service commitment.

Interested students should apply to our graduate programs in Span/Port Linguistics or Literature-Cultural studies. The Graduate Admissions committee will select those applicants who can compete for the Healey and write letters of support. If you have questions, or your students do, please contact Elena Herburger (Lingx) or Alejandro Yarza (Lit/CS), our Dorector of Graduate Studies.

My best,

Cristina

Description of Healy Fellowship

 

Named in honor of Georgetown’s 28^th President, Patrick Healy, the first African-American to earn a doctorate degree, and the first African-American President of Georgetown University (1874–1882), the Healy Fellowship is intended to further Georgetown’s commitment to creating a diverse community composed of the most qualified students.  The Program is designed to help recruit and retain graduate students who are talented individuals of the highest caliber and who might otherwise find it difficult or impossible to successfully pursue a doctoral degree.

 

The Graduate School is committed to training diverse future faculty, researchers, and leaders who will enrich critical thinking, knowledge generation, and knowledge advancement across all disciplines. Diversity is a crucial element in preparing students for the service of others.  Healy Fellowships will be awarded to students whose background or experience, when evaluated holistically, suggests they are uniquely able to contribute to the diversity of the Georgetown community and to the academic profession as a whole.

 

Each Healy Fellow will receive stipend support, faculty mentorship, and engagement in community oriented and networking events while pursuing a doctoral degree at Georgetown. Stipend support in the amount of $34,000 will be provided to the Healy Fellows for up to twelve months per year for up to five years. 

 Students nominated must be US citizens or permanent residents entering their first year of a doctoral degree-granting program.  Factors that may be considered in awarding the Healy Fellowships are:  student's demonstrated ability and commitment to develop and support diversity and cultural understanding, a student’s cultural and/or family background (i.e., first-generation or first-in-family to attend college, race or ethnicity, DACA status, parents’ level of education and income, region of residence, high school attended), a student's personal experiences and challenges, and a student's socioeconomic background.  We encourage nominations of individuals with all background and interests who have a history of overcoming a significant disadvantage    

https://grad.georgetown.edu/financial-support/external-fellowships/univ-fellowships/healy-fellowship

Call for Applications: Young Scholars Symposium 2018

Call for Applications: Young Scholars Symposium 2018

The Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce our annual Young Scholars Symposium. Our visiting professor for this academic year is Professor José E. Limón, Notre Dame Foundation Professor of American Literature Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor of American Literature Emeritus University of Texas at Austin, and former Director of the Institute for Latino Studies.

Professor José E. Limón's activities on the Notre Dame campus will include a symposium for advanced doctoral students and pre-tenured professors. We seek applications from young scholars who are working on a dissertation, a book, or another research project related to the study of U.S. Latina and Latino populations. Successful nominees will attend Professor José E. Limón's public lecture and participate in a symposium at which they will present a dissertation chapter or essay draft for discussion with Professor José E. Limón and ILS faculty fellows. ILS will cover all expenses and offer an honorarium of $500 to each young scholar selected to participate in these events, which will take place April 25-27, 2018 at the University of Notre Dame.

Applicants are asked to submit a CV, one letter of recommendation, and a brief (2 pages or less) application letter that presents (a) a general summary of your dissertation project and/or overall research agenda, (b) a précis of your proposed chapter or essay submission for the symposium, (c) a statement of your progress to date on the overall project and on the proposed chapter or essay submission, and (d) a statement of how specifically Professor José E. Limón's expertise and mentorship will enhance your research. Please submit your application materials no later than December 4, 2017 to latino@nd.edu

Call for Native Artist Applications at SAR

Call for Native Artists Application Deadline: January, 15, 2018 The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) offers three artist in residence fellowships annually to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. Each fellowship includes a monthly stipend, housing, studio space, a supplies allowance, and travel reimbursement to and from SAR. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen existing talents. The fellowships support diverse creative disciplines and can include sculpture, performance, basketry, painting, printmaking, digital art, mixed media, photography, pottery, writing, and film and video. However each fellowship has specific applicant criteria as indicated below. Ronald and Susan Dubin Native Artist Fellowship (June 15 - August 15, 2018)  The Dubin Fellowship is dedicated to supporting traditional Native artistry. Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship (September 1 - December 1, 2018)  The King Fellowship is dedicated to preserving the Southwest. Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellowship for Women (March 1 - May 31, 2019)  The Dobkin Fellowship encourages the creativity and growth of indigenous women artists working in any media. Application and Fellowship FAQ available at  http://artists.sarweb.org Photos top to bottom: Melissa Melero-Moose, Northern Paiute, contemporary mixed-media painter; Luanne Redeye, Seneca, painter and beadworker; Loren Aragon, Acoma, fashion designer The School for Advanced Research supports innovative research and public education through seminars, lectures, and residential fellowships focused on the comparative, historically informed study of human societies; promotes indigenous creativity through artist residencies; and stewards one of the world’s finest research collections of Southwest Native American art. Home  |  Contact  |  About Us  |  Giving School for Advanced Research Support SAR Be sure to add our email address to your address book or safe senders list so our emails get to your inbox. Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe School for Advanced Research PO Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504

2018 CRSEA Theme and Call for Papers @ The University of New Mexico

Click on the Link below to download as a PDF Host of CRSEA 2018 Conference: The University of New Mexico Location: Albuquerque, NM  https://gallery.mailchimp.com/20dd538b4354f80077f0106bd/files/16388aa0-853f-43c2-8571-d279eb95dc14/2018CRSEATheme_and_Call_for_Papers_FINAL.01.pdf   https://gallery.mailchimp.com/20dd538b4354f80077f0106bd/files/16388aa0-853f-43c2-8571-d279eb95dc14/2018CRSEATheme_and_Call_for_Papers_FINAL.01.pdf Keep In Touch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crsea2016/ Twitter: @CRSEALeadership      Ann M. Aviles, PhD  President University of Delaware Cleveland Hayes, PhD Vice President University of Indiana, Indianapolis Benjamin Blaisdell, PhD  Treasurer East Carolina University Timberly L. Baker, PhD  Documentarian University of Southern Indiana Øscar Medina, MEd  Graduate Student Representative University of Missouri, Columbia  Bianca N. Haro, BA  Graduate Student Representative University of California, Los Angeles Keep In Touch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crsea2016/ Twitter: @CRSEALeadership