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Assistant Professor – Visual Arts and Culture

The University of Washington, Tacoma is hiring a Visual Arts and Culture professor. They University has a specific interests in applicants with Indigenous and/or Asian and Pacific Islands perspectives, the Division of Culture, Arts, & Communication in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma invites applications for a full-time, tenure-eligible position as Assistant Professor in Visual Arts & Culture with an anticipated start date of September 2023. Tenure-track faculty have an annual service period of nine months (Sept 16-June 15).

Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, applicants with Indigenous and/or Asian and Pacific Islands perspectives and/or expertise in Indigenous Arts & Traditions; Arts from Marginalized Groups; Arts and Culture of Asia and the Pacific; Global Visual Studies; Transnational Arts; or Resistance Art.

The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the Division’s commitment to supporting diverse student populations through inclusive teaching practices and through the integration of effective pedagogical techniques and technologies into teaching/learning. They will also be expected to support the Division’s commitment to institutional, professional, and community service.

Assistant Professor – Gerontology

The Department of Gerontology in the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites qualified persons to apply for a tenure-track assistant professor position to join our faculty beginning September 1, 2023. The Department seeks to increase the number of tenure-track faculty conducting research on aging among historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. The search committee is especially interested in candidates who seek to understand the determinants and effects of aging in under served and marginalized communities, including Black, Latinx, and Indigenous populations.

They seek to conduct research to mitigate pervasive disparities and to increase the diversity of workers in the aging research, policy and aging service delivery.  Research agendas should be in the aging and health arena, with topics that include but are not limited to cognitive aging and dementia, healthcare utilization, long-term services and supports, health behaviors, and behavioral health. All candidates should have an emerging or established program of research with evidence of potential for generating external funding. The research portfolio should be directly related to racial justice, disparities, and inequality. Candidates should be prepared to teach across our undergraduate, online masters, and doctoral programs. The person who fills this position will be a Fellow in the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston and may also have an affiliation with the Center for Social and Demographic Research in Aging and the LeadingAge LTSS Center, both located within the Gerontology Institute. Applicants must have an earned doctorate in one of the following fields: gerontology, nursing, epidemiology, sociology, psychology, demography, health economics, social work, public health or an interdisciplinary program. Applicants with terminal degrees in other fields will also be considered.

UMass Boston is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse campuses in the Northeastern US, is recognized by the US Department of Education as a Minority Serving Institution and has a strong commitment to social justice and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from persons with diverse backgrounds and provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military status, or genetic information.

Application instructions:

To apply, submit online, a letter of interest, research, teaching, and diversity statements, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of at least three references. Review of applications will begin November 18, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.

Inquiries may be directed to Jeffrey.Burr@umb.edu.

CSDE Fall 2022 Lightning Talks and Poster Session Extended Deadline!

This is a reminder that applications are currently open for graduate students to present their research and receive feedback at CSDE’s Fall 2022 Lightning Talks and Poster Session. We welcome applications from all graduate students (details below). CSDE Fellows and Trainees should especially consider taking advantage of this opportunity.

The application window has been EXTENDED to next Friday, October 28 by COB. The link to the application is below! We would love to receive your submissions! This is an excellent, low-stakes opportunity to practice your presentation skills and grow your network.

How do I apply to participate?

To apply, you only need to submit a brief abstract and information about yourself and your collaborators on the project. Submit your application HERE. We will select up to 7 participants.

Dates and deadlines:

October 28: EXTENDED deadline to submit an abstract to the link above
by COB Friday, November 4: you will be notified if you have been selected
COB Friday, November 25: deadline to email presentation slides to Aja Sutton (amsutton@uw.edu)
Friday, December 9: CSDE Lightning Talks and Poster Session from 12:30-1:30pm, Allen Library Research Commons Green Room A. 

Please feel free to email at amsutton@uw.edu if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Berkeley Population Center (BPC) Offers Pilot Grant for Seed or ‘Risky’ Research Projects!

Two times a year, Berkeley Population Center (BPC) affiliates and other faculty with PI status may apply for a pilot grant for seed or ‘risky’ research projects. They encourage innovative research that is ‘risky’ in the sense that the researcher has uncertainty about the form of the results. Proposed research should also be aligned with their signature themes of Demography and Data Science, Formal Demography, Reproduction and HIV, Population Health, and Family Policy.

These grants award up to $20,000, and may be funded in collaboration with the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA). For more information, please download the Call for Proposals and the Pilot Guidelines (revised October 2022).   See also, a List of Past Awards.

The next due date has been extended to November 15, 2022.

Join UW International Security Colloquium for Research Presentation on How Prolonged Contact Does not Change Perceptions of Immigrants in the Context of Wartime Settings

On Friday October 28 (3-4:30pm Pacific Time), the UW International Security Colloquium will host Dr. Yang-Yang Zhou’s presentation “Prolonged Contact Does Not Reshape Locals’ Attitudes toward Migrants in Wartime Settings: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan.” Dr. Zhou’s work is both methodologically and substantively rich, and it should make for a fascinating presentation and discussion.

See poster here!

Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia and is a Harvard Academy Scholar and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar for 2021-2023. Her research examines the effects of migrants on host communities, and her work has been published in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and PS: Political Science and Politics, among others. Her book project, Rejecting Coethnicity: the Politics of Migrant Exclusion by Minoritized Citizens, is funded by the National Science Foundation, the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program, and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Additionally, her book project with Margaret Peters, Dignity and the Decision to Migrate, Where to Move, and When to Return, has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

https://washington.zoom.us/j/95214107112?pwd=TmY0RVV6ODNSZlo0a1dxTmV6dFBjUT09 [washington.zoom.us]
Meeting ID: 952 1410 7112
Passcode: 053705

 

Urban@UW and CSDE to Host In-Person Meeting On Homelessness Research!

As part of the Homelessness Research Initiative Urban@UW and CSDE will be partnering to host an in-person gathering on November 29th, 2022 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

The event will be held at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (room 101), on the Seattle campus. You may RSVP here  and we ask you to provide a brief description of your relevant research related to homelessness. This form will be used as a resource for all those who are interested in being part of this group. If you have interest in being part of this group of like-minded researchers, but are unable to attend this event, please fill out the form and include your contact information and a brief description of your research. We look forward to seeing many of you next month.

The Homelessness Research Initiative aims to be a nexus for researchers and practitioners to exchange discoveries, experiences, and ideas on the topics of homelessness, housing access, and their drivers and consequences. By connecting the efforts of faculty from across disciplines and campuses, the HRI serves to amplify research findings and translate them to a broader community of state and local governments, nonprofit providers, philanthropies, and others dedicated to improving the lives of those experiencing homelessness. The Homelessness Research Initiative unites faculty efforts from across the University of Washington to address homelessness through a research lens.

Hajat and Peckham Publish on Inequitable Burden of COVID-19 Among Marginalized Older Workers

CSDE Affiliate Anjum Hajat and External Affiliate Trevor Peckham recently published research results in The Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Their study entitled “The Inequitable Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Marginalized Older Workers in the United States: An Intersectional Approach” examines the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on employment conditions by race/ethnicity, gender and educational attainment and the association between such conditions and well-being in older adults in the United States.

Laird and Partners Awarded $26M NSF Grant to Develop Center for Smart Streetscapes

CSDE External Affiliate Jennifer Laird and partners at Columbia University have been awarded a $26M grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant, which is expected to bring $980,456 to Lehman over five years, supports research centers focused on developing engineered systems technology and educational initiatives with high societal impact. It will fund the research and development of streetscape applications using advanced wireless technology to forge livable, safe, and inclusive urban communities—while promoting privacy and security. We look forward to the results of this study and congrats on the grant!

Hiramori Receives Start Up Grant for Queer Quantitative Sociology Program in Japan

CSDE External Affiliate Daiki Hiramori has received a prestigious “Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up” from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The title of the project “Queer Quantitative Sociology in Japan: Possibilities and Potentialities” will support research on (1) attitudes toward sexual and gender minorities, (2) the demographic diversity of sexual and gender minority populations, and (3) sexuality stratification (stratification by sexual orientations that are recognized normative or non-normative) in Japan. Let’s wish Dr. Hiramori a huge congrats!