Ohio State University invites your submissions to the 4th Annual PhD Conference on Real Estate and Housing, which takes place on April 28 and 29, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. The conference is specifically intended as a platform to showcase and develop the work of doctoral students through constructive discussions and sharing of ideas. PhD students whose papers are selected for presentation will be provided with a hotel room and have the opportunity to apply for a financial package to help cover the costs of travel.

TOPICS: The PhD Conference on Real Estate and Housing program committee welcomes draft paper submissions from doctoral students examining a wide array of real estate and housing topics related to policy, practice and theory. Submissions may address issues including, but not limited to:

• Real estate finance and economics • Housing and community development

• Urban and regional economics • Housing affordability

• Housing policy • Real estate law

We invite studies from all disciplines including finance, business, public policy, sociology, economics, urban planning, geography, demographics, law, criminology, and public health.

PAPER SUBMISSION: Submissions must consist of unpublished draft research papers that may be single-authored or co-authored. The deadline for proposal submissions is February 3, 2020. Accepted authors will have the opportunity to revise their draft prior to final paper submission deadline on March 31, 2020. Please submit your proposals via the conference website: https://fisher.osu.edu/centers-partnerships/center-real-estate/node/668

Please send questions to phdrealestateconf@osu.edu.

The Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position (rank open) with a particular focus on computational social science.

The ideal candidate would be an established Sociologist offering intellectual leadership in this exciting new area of scholarship. They should be engaged in methodologically advanced work with “big” or innovative data structures and/or examining their consequences for social life.

The position is listed at the level of Associate or Full Professor, but we would consider exceptional applicants at the level of Assistant Professor. The appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2020.

We expect applicants to have a Ph.D. in Sociology or a cognate social science discipline at the time of appointment and a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. The Department is especially interested in attracting candidates with diverse backgrounds and interests who will be capable of successfully working with a multicultural and multiethnic student population.  For information about the Department, visit: http://sociology.ubc.ca/.

Applications will begin to be reviewed on December 15th and should be received before then in order to receive full consideration.

Application materials are to be submitted online at the following link: https://soci.cms.arts.ubc.ca/?p=14592. We ask interested individuals to submit the following materials: a CV; a detailed cover letter describing their interest in the position with a strong emphasis on their research achievements, longer term aims in the field, leadership ideas related to programmatic development, and their fit with the department;  a 1 page statement identifying the applicant’s contributions, or potential contributions, to diversity, along with their ability to work with a culturally international student body; and 2-3 sample publications. Candidates applying at the Assistant Professor level should have confidential supporting letters sent by the December 15th deadline via email to soci.head@ubc.ca with the applicant’s name in the subject line. Candidates at the Associate and Full Professor stages may defer requesting letters of support until they are notified of reaching the long list stage. All candidates at the long list stage will also be requested to provide a one-page teaching statement and evidence of teaching effectiveness as well as a record of successful graduate supervision.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Sociology by August 31, 2020.

Research and teaching interests in utilizing the novel data and methodologies from the emergent field of Computational Social Science, e.g. large-scale digital data on social behavior, social network data, data assembled from a variety of historical and contemporary sources, and data from internet experiments. Expertise in the global dimensions of health, migration, and inequality are required.

Responsibilities & Requirements: The ideal applicant will add a distinctive sociological focus to existing interdisciplinary collaborations across the University. The position is a joint appointment with the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) with the tenure home in Sociology. Stony Brook University expects the candidate to teach courses at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels in their areas of expertise as well as both introductory and advanced quantitative methods at the graduate level.

Application Procedure

Those interested in this position should:
Complete the online Applicant Information Survey.  Do not submit this survey to the department with your application.  Any questions regarding the survey, please email oide@stonybrook.edu.

The application consists of the following: 1) State employment application, 2) Cover letter, 3) Curriculum Vitae, 4) Research Statement, 5) Teaching Statement, 6) copies of up to 3 writing samples, and 7) a minimum of three letters of recommendation.  Alternatively, you may submit items 1-7 to the departmental address or fax below.

Chair, Sociology Faculty Search

Department of Sociology

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-4356

We will give primary consideration to all applications received by December 15, 2019, although we will continue to accept applications after that date.

Dr. Vanessa Sloan Morgan will interview on November 25 & 26. On November 25, 1:00-2:20 pm (SMI 311), they will present, “ʔuuʔałuk (caring for present and future generations): Community and environmental wellbeing, Huu-ay-aht First Nations self-governance, and the Maa-nulth Treaty”.  Dr. Sloan Morgan is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Northern British Columbia, and Adjunct Professor of Geography at Queen’s University. Their research examines environmental and community wellbeing, while critically interrogating how settler coloniality influences and operates through anthropogenic causes of climate change. Dr. Sloan Morgan’s work prioritizes accountability and intersectoral action to address environmental health; engages youth in rural, remote, and northern locales to explore climate change and the impact of extractive economies on their perceived futures; and documents and analyzes socio-legal and political agreements between First Nations and settler governments for sustainable and justice environmental futures. 

The Department of Sociology at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor rank, to begin in August 2020. The ideal candidate will be a broadly trained sociologist who can contribute to the research and teaching of the department and reinforce our expanding quantitative and urban sociology emphasis areas. Areas of scholarly research and teaching might include but are not limited to, introductory sociology and social theory, quantitative social science research and methods, urban sociology, GIS, and demography.  Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Sociology at the time of appointment. 

Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining a rigorous problem-focused, community-based, grant-funded research agenda, teaching two to three courses per semester (depending on research productivity), supervising undergraduate student research, and participating in departmental and faculty governance. The position is an academic (9- month), tenure-track appointment, and the salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applicants must apply online at www.umsl.jobs and submit a cover letter outlining qualifications and interests, and a CV, Applicants also should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to Dr. Larry Irons, Sociology Dept., 574 Clark Hall, One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO, 63121. Review of applications will begin on December 15th and will continue until the position is filled.  The anticipated start date is August 2020.  Inquiries and nominations, and letters of recommendation can be sent to Dr. Irons at socjobs@umsl.edu. The University of Missouri-St. Louis is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Overview

Real Estate is an interdisciplinary field requiring the collaboration of professionals with different backgrounds spanning from planning, architecture to engineering, business, law, public policy, sciences and health to name a few. The two-quarter Graduate Certificate in Real Estate (GCRE) offers non-real estate UW graduate students an opportunity to learn the fundamental concepts and tools critical in the workings of real estate markets while helping them understand how their own fields of study can be useful in real estate.

Who should apply?

UW graduate students in: architecture, planning, construction management, engineering, business, law, public policy, sciences, health, etc. Applying graduate students need to be enrolled at UW for at least one quarter when applying to the GCRE. Students are required to apply and be admitted before taking real estate courses to receive the certificate, with the only exception being RE510 Introduction to Real Estate, which students are allowed to take in advance of their application.

Purpose

The purpose of the GCRE is to:

• Engage non-real estate students in exploring the interdisciplinary nature of real estate;
• Facilitate the understanding of fundamental concepts and cross-discipline collaboration; and
• Expand the employability of individuals of various fields contributing to real estate.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives are to:

• Explore the various real estate types (e.g. residential, office, retail, industrial, etc.), key industry participants, policies and contributing fields
• Highlight the interplay and effect of socioeconomic conditions on real estate markets
• Explore the financial structures and instruments utilized among different types of real estate deals
• Identify the steps involved and key decisions in the development process
• Engage in interdisciplinary simulations similar to professional teams

Application Deadlines

Applications are accepted twice a year with the following deadlines:

• Autumn – December 1st
• Spring – May 15th

Overview

Quality, affordable, and well-connected housing is an essential component of strong and healthy communities. Housing markets are constantly evolving and there is an increasing collaboration among public, private and nonprofit actors in addressing various housing issues. The Graduate Certificate in Housing Studies (GCHS) offers graduate students an opportunity to learn the fundamental concepts and tools essential to understanding housing production and consumption at a regional, national and global level.

Who should apply?

UW graduate students interested in housing, especially those majoring in: architecture, planning, construction management, real estate, public policy, public health, sociology, geography, business, and law.

Students are required to apply and be admitted before taking more than two of the required courses to receive the certificate.

Purpose

The purpose of the GCHS is to:

• Engage students in exploring the functioning of housing markets and how housing influences economic and geographic mobility, health, and educational attainment
• Provide cross-disciplinary perspectives on housing topics including finance, markets, policy, data, and analysis
• Prepare students for careers in housing in the public, private, and non-profit domains

Learning Objectives

Certificate students will learn to:

• Understand the private, public, and non-profit actors involved in the production of housing
• Identify local, state, and federal housing policies that influence housing production and consumption
• Explore the financial structures and instruments used to finance housing development and to provide individual access to mortgages
• Present interdisciplinary evidence on how housing can affect life outcomes
• Learn how to use housing data in program and policy analysis
• Engage in proposing solutions to real-world housing challenges through community case studies

Application Deadlines

Applications are accepted twice a year with the following deadlines:

• Autumn – May 15th
• Winter – December 1st

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Please join MAGH on Wednesday Nov. 13 when the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Seminar Series presents Dr. Sara Jo Breslow

 “When the Anthropologist becomes a Character:  Critical Reflections on the Perils and Possibilities of Research-Based Theatre.”

Date:  Wednesday  November 13

Time:  3:30-4:50

Location:  Johnson 102

Abstract: Making a theatrical documentary from interviews about conflict surrounding salmon habitat restoration and farmland preservation in the Skagit Valley of Washington State was originally conceived as a way to present my ethnographic results in a transformative medium for my research subjects.  I hoped that the play would inspire bitterly opposed farmers, Native Americans, and environmentalists to see each other in a new light and recognize their potential to collectively address common challenges.  Instead, making the play became an unexpected way to critically reflect on anthropological research and cross-disciplinary collaboration, as well as issues inherent in the Skagit conflict itself.  Creating a drama-worthy script forced me to hone in on the most compelling interview passages and to constantly strive for a narrative arc.  These spare requirements of theater exposed the paradox of academic research.  Its hallmarks of theorization, accuracy, and caveats can weaken the emotional power of an argument and its potential to influence change.  Yet at the same time, the appeal of telling a good story can overwhelm the critical, subtle analysis that is necessary to make sense of complex and incongruous phenomena.  My decision to collaborate with a professional theatre artist further exposed norms of anthropology and academia that I took for granted, such as ethical responsibility to research subjects and basic definitions of research and authorship.  But it was our need for a narrator that transformed the collaboration into a drama of its own:  we agreed the narrator should be the anthropologist – or, me.  I was then confronted with the strange and painful process of being represented as a character in the play – and with the possibility that mis-representations of me might be viewed by audiences that included colleagues, research subjects and potential employers.  While I ultimately regained control of how I was represented, the experience exposed the uncomfortable reality that most anthropologists’ research subjects are not able to exercise such authorial oversight.  In these ways the process of making the play transformed by attempt at research-based theatre into a method of critical reflective theatre-based research.  It enabled me to write a more deeply informed ethnography about the multi-vocal Skagit conflict, with new personal insight into the nature of conflict and collaboration, the desire to tell one’s own story, and the fraught practice of anthropological representation.

Biography: Sara Jo Breslow is an environmental anthropologist broadly interested in the interdependencies of sustainability and social justice. She serves as the Social Science Lead at EarthLab at the University of Washington where she catalyzes collaborative environmental problem-solving using transdisciplinary, participatory, and arts-based approaches. In her own research, Sara uses ethnographic and mixed methods to study senses of place, environmental conflict, and human well-being with a focus on the Salish Sea region. As a leader and member of various working groups and advisory committees, she translates social science insights into tools for decision-making at local to global scales, including at the Puget Sound Partnership, the Western Governors’ Association, NOAA Fisheries, and the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Sara holds a BA in biology from Swarthmore College and a PhD in anthropology from the University of Washington.

For information about upcoming MAGH Seminar talks, see https://anthropology.washington.edu/news/2019/09/25/current-issues-medical-anthropology-and-global-health-seminar-series

For information on courses in the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Option see https://anthropology.washington.edu/major-option-medical-anthropology-global-health-ba