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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Environmental Health Sciences

The School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS). Applications from individuals with interests and expertise in all areas of environmental health sciences will be considered. 

The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan is engaged in a broad range of research in environmental and occupational exposure science, toxicology, environmental/atmospheric chemistry, microbiology, epidemiology, and global health.

How to Apply

Complete applications should include the following documents in a single PDF file: cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, statement of teaching philosophy and experience, statement of diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment and contact information (email and phone number) for three (3) references.

Due to file size limitations with the online system, please email your single PDF application file to ehs.faculty.search@umich.edu with jlolewis@umich.edu in the cc: line AFTER you complete the online application. Please note that confirmations of receipt will be emailed as soon your file has been processed

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2019 and continue until suitable candidates are identified.

Please direct application submission questions to EHS Executive Secretary Jennifer Lewis at jlolewis@umich.edu.

A Generosity of Spirit: Bridging Academic and Management Norms to Create the Social Science for the Salish Sea Research Agenda (12/10/2019)

When: Tuesday, December 10 | 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Fisheries (FSH) 106

PLEASE RSVP to help the organizers with lunch preparations

 In the past year, the Social Science for the Salish Sea project convened 40 researchers and practitioners from academic, governmental, non-profit and Indigenous organizations in Washington and British Columbia to scope an action-oriented research agenda to inform ecosystem recovery of our region. The project connected researchers and practitioners with different national, cultural, institutional and disciplinary backgrounds as well as different specialized languages, epistemologies, areas of interest, and workplace norms. Coming together to communicate and agree on a collective research agenda required time, patience, flexibility, expansive thinking, and a generosity of spirit. As co-leads, Breslow and Kintner had many conversations where they grappled with different expectations for the project as an academic and a practitioner. Where academics tend to prioritize new ideas, accuracy, and nuance, practitioners are often required to prioritize mandates, timeliness, and ease of communication. They had to find a balance, deciding what they were willing to forego in order to keep working on the project together while also learning that they both contributed expertise and original ideas as well as grappled in practical ways with real-world problems. Breslow and Kintner worked through their differences in order to facilitate the crafting of a research agenda that could both reflect academic and practitioner priorities and leverage support for environmental social science in the region. Presented by Sara Jo Breslow, Social Science Lead for EarthLab and Leah Kintner, Ecosystem Recovery Manager for the Puget Sound Partnership

Winter 2020 History Lecture Series

January 22 | The Body as Offering: Making Meaning of Sacrifice in the Aztec Imperial Past

Adam Warren, Associate Professor, History

The Aztec Empire looms large in the popular imagination for its practice of human sacrifice. But how much of was exaggerated by Spanish invaders? Explore how those living under Aztec rule made sense of the relationship between the living, the dead, and the divine.

January 29 | Skeletons and Dining Couches: Eating and Dying in the Roman Empire

Mira Green, Lecturer, History

From stuffed dormice to recreational vomiting, modern ideas about ancient Roman eating practices fall back on images of decadent excess, set against a backdrop of violence and disease. But what does the evidence say about how the ancient Romans actually lived?

February 5 | Death and the Ancestors: The Religion of the Family in China

Patricia Ebrey, Professor, History

The powerful of ancient Chinese society went to great lengths to communicate with their dead ancestors, seeking their advice and keeping them informed of events. These practices spread throughout Chinese society to shape the everyday life of ordinary people, even in more recent centuries.

February 12 | Ancient Iran: Heaven, Hell, and the Good Life

Joel Walker, Associate Professor, History

Ancient Iran possessed a deep and complex culture that possibly influenced Jewish, Christian and Muslim views of the afterlife and the cosmos. Explore Zoroastrianism — the “Good Religion” in ancient Iran — from its founder’s homeland in prehistoric Central Asia to communities in contemporary India and beyond.

UWAA and UWRA members receive discounts and advance registration for lectures. Not a UWAA member? Join today!

For more information, contact the UW Alumni Association at 206-543-0540 or uwalumni@uw.edu.

Sociological Issues Call for Papers: New Frontiers of Monetary Sanctions and Criminal Justice Debt

The early scholarship on monetary sanctions has reached a general consensus on several fronts. Monetary sanctions have been shown to exact sizable personal and social costs for people, often exceeding the bounds of proportionality in punishment. These sanctions are ubiquitous in American criminal justice. They occur at every jurisdictional level and can be originated by nearly any criminal justice entity therein, rendering the types and nature of monetary sanctions complex and idiosyncratic while simultaneously exacerbating and reifying disparities found throughout the criminal justice system.

As these findings become increasingly known to policymakers, and as reform efforts are emerging around the country, the literature on monetary sanctions is at an important inflection point. We have a basic understanding of the status quo in descriptive terms, but knowledge about mechanisms and broader repercussions is lacking. In order to further scholarly knowledge on this topic, new inquiries are needed to address more sophisticated sets of questions. This special issue is devoted to advancing new theoretical and methodological inquiries into monetary sanctions. Papers may focus on any aspect of monetary sanctions.

The selected contributors will be invited to submit a full-length manuscript (up to 40 pages, inclusive of supplemental materials) by February 1, 2020. The papers will then be sent out for peer review, and authors will receive their reviews by mid-March 2020. Revised manuscripts and their corresponding editorial memos must be received by May 1, 2020. Manuscripts accepted for publication will appear in the special issue, which is tentatively slated to be published in October 2020.

Submission Guidelines and Details

Prospective contributors should submit a proposal of no more than six, double-spaced pages, including supplemental materials (tables, figures, references, etc.). In addition, contributors must include some preliminary analyses (up to two, double-spaced pages in length), including data descriptions, sample sizes, tables, figures, preliminary models, etc. Text must be in 12-point, Times New Roman font, and all submissions must include 1-inch margins on all four sides, with pages numbered sequentially. Submissions should be prepared using the ASA Style Guide (Fourth Edition).

Proposed paper submissions should be uploaded as a single document and received no later than 5 PM PST on December 15, 2019 to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sop. You must note that your submission is for the “Monetary Sanctions” special issue.

Survey Statistician, GS-1530-13, Census-DHA-SM

This vacancy is for a Survey Statistician position in the Center for Economic Studies, Demographic Research Area located at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland.  The Census Bureau is accessible from the Metro Rail Green Line – Suitland Station.

This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Survey Statistician GG-1530-13, FPL 13 positions within the Census Bureau in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

A complete application consists of the following:

  • Resume showing relevant experience; cover letter optional. Your resume should also list your educational and work experience including the dates (mm/dd/yy) of each employment along with the number of hours worked per week. If applying under CTAP/ICTAP your resume may be used to validate your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire. Your resume should indicate your citizenship and if you are registered with the Selective Service System if you are a male born after 12/31/59.
  • Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) documentation, if applicable (see other information).
  • Education Documentation: If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. This also includes Census Bureau employees. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/policy/ApplicationOfStds-04.asp for more information.

Your complete application, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement: 12/10/2019.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online; however, if you are unable to apply online, please contact: Stefanie Midgett at 301-763-7307 or Stefanie.M.Midgett@census.gov.

For CSDE Fellows and Trainees interested in this opportunity, you can contact Thomas B. Foster (thomas.b.foster@census.gov) or Nick Pharris-Ciurej (nikolas.d.pharris-ciurej@census.gov) for inquiries regarding this position. 

Donald Chi Shares What He Learned About Interdisciplinary Research at IAPHS Pre-Conference Workshop

In an IAPHS blog post “Traversing Divides: Interdisciplinary Research in Population Health and Health Disparities” CSDE Affiliate and Professor of Oral Health Sciences Donald Chi shares what he learned about building interdisciplinary research at the IAPHS Pre-Conference Workshop in October. In the post, Chi draws connections between his interdisciplinary experiences in children’s oral health inequalities with the activities related to interdisciplinary collaboration at the pre-conference. For example, Chi details an opportunity from the conference in which participants mentored a group of interdisciplinary scholars using idea trees. The idea trees exercise demonstrated multiple disciplinary insights on certain subjects. Chi connected this to his work on health inequality and how he will use the ideas trees exercise in the future.

Chi concludes his post with the following observation “[Traversing Divides Pre-conference] also gave me an appreciation for the importance of stepping out of one’s own disciplinary comfort zone. We face looming population health problems. So much progress that has yet to be made will come from scientists who can skillfully traverse disciplinary divides…”

PAA 2020 is Around the Corner

PAA has released information you need to get ready for the 2020 Annual Meeting in in Washington DC, April 22-25:

  • In order to register, you must agree to abide by PAA’s Anti-Harassment Policy
  • If you are presenting in any capacity, you must register by January 27th.
  • The early-bird rates end January 31st.
  • Help us reduce waste by reserving your print copy of the annual meeting program. There’s no additional charge to do so.
  • We strongly encourage you to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible.

Follow the links to find out more about Registration, Hotel and Travel Information, Workshop & Networking Events Information, Exhibitor & Sponsors List, and Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities.

Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease Research Scientist Enrichment Program Applications

The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD), a National Institute on Aging funded Alzheimer’s Disease-related Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR), announces the 2020 research career enrichment program involving seminar participation and mentoring in AD-relevant research. We invite applications from those interested in enhancing their knowledge of contextual factors in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Funds are available for investigator-initiated research projects that support the development of independent NIH-funded projects. Proposals with high likelihood of advancing research on ADRD disparities, especially among Arab Americans and Latinos, are particularly encouraged. Three proposals will be selected to receive funds of up to $30,000 for one year with the grant period beginning on July 1, 2020. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please distribute this announcement within your department and/or program. Please click this announcement link for full details. Completed applications, and budget (please see attached budget template) should be emailed as a single pdf attachment to mccfad.isr@umich.edu by 11:59pm on January 10, 2020. If you have questions, please email mccfad.isr@umich.edu.

Request for Applications: The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program

The FY 2020 EJ Collaborative Problem-Solving solicitation is now open!

Ten awards will be made (one award per region) in amounts of up to $120,000 per award for a two-year project period. Cooperative agreements will be awarded to local community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations seeking to address environmental and public health concerns in local underserved communities through collaboration with other stakeholders, such as local businesses and industry, local government, medical service providers, and academia.

The opportunity closes on February 7, 2020 at 11:59 PM (ET).