Applicants: Pre-proposal doctoral students in the social sciences from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations who are studying topics related to poverty or inequality in the United States.

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About Workshop

Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth (CRW) and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seek applications for the third annual Dissertation Proposal Workshop. This week-long workshop, held at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is aimed at pre-proposal doctoral students in the social sciences from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations who are studying topics related to poverty or inequality in the United States. The workshop is designed to help provide students the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to prepare a dissertation proposal. Funding is provided by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as part of IRP’s National Poverty Research Center award.

The workshop will be led by faculty from Howard University, IRP, and other institutions. Students will set and accomplish daily goals, participate in group lectures, work individually and in small groups, and consult with workshop mentors. Topics will include:

• Strategies for formulating a solid research question and hypotheses
• Strategies for determining the appropriate research methodology and securing data
• Goal setting and time management strategies
• Peer and mentor feedback on draft proposals

About CRW

The Center on Race and Wealth seeks to enrich the dialogue, research, and policy formation with regard to asset building, wealth accumulation, and racial wealth disparities. CRW is a member of the U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers (CPC) and hosts the Dissertation Workshop as part of this collaboration. The Center’s location in an economics department and in Washington, DC uniquely positions it to bring a wide array of economists and public policy advocates into the debate on poverty and inequality.

About IRP

IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality and the impact of related policies and programs. As the National Poverty Research Center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRP coordinates the U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers (CPC) in an integrated set of activities with the ultimate goal of improving the effectiveness of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality and their impacts on the well-being of the American people.

Terms

Eligibility

Applicants must be pre-dissertation proposal doctoral students studying at U.S. universities from at least one of the following underrepresented racial or ethnic populations: (a) African American or Black; (b) American Indian or Alaskan Native; (c) Hispanic/Latino; (d) Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, or Hmong; and (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Preference will be given to those who are also of the first generation in their family to achieve a college degree.

Funding

Funding for travel, meals, and lodging at Howard University (for students residing outside of the DC area) will be provided to 12 successful applicants.

Application Instructions

Submit application via the Online Application Form.

Have your Primary Advisor complete a letter of recommendation via the online Submission Form.

Applicants are responsible for providing the link above to their primary advisor and asking their advisor to directly fill out the recommendation form by the application deadline.

Both the applicant and the advisor will receive a confirmation e-mail when the recommendation is completed. Note that the recommendation can be completed before or after the application is submitted but both the application and the recommendation must be completed by the deadline for the application to be complete.

Contact

Workshop-related questions should be directed to:
Dr. Janet Griffin-Graves | jrgriffin-graves@howard.edu

Process-related questions should be directed to:
Vee Yeo | Vyeo@wisc.edu

Timeline

Deadline for application submittal	February 1, 2019
Notification of award	March 1, 2019
Dissertation Workshop dates	May 19–25, 2019 at Howard University

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On Wednesday 5 December 2018, the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Seminar Series is pleased to present its last lecture this Fall quarter 

“Institutional Flexibility and Dementia Care in Urban China”

Lillian Prueher – PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology

As the government and medical marketplace respond to China’s aging population, the role of professional, non-family based elder care institutions is fluctuating. While it was once seen as a last resort, now institutional care holds many potentialities – a form of care for purchase; an essential tool for the State to use in meeting citizen needs; a space brimming with both the promises of biomedical intervention and uncertainties about whether or not such promises will ever be realized. In this talk, I draw on nearly 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork carried out in urban China between 2015 and 2018. I discuss a private dementia care unit and how “good,” or morally acceptable, care came to be understood and enacted in different ways for different residents living there. I argue that this institutional flexibility stemmed from staff members’ attempts to balance residents’ physical and cognitive needs with their family members’ disparate financial resources and levels of involvement in daily life within the facility. I consider implications this need for flexibility has for understanding the intersection between decision-making authority and money in this setting.

Lillian Prueher is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology and an MPH student in her final year in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. She received an MA in Anthropology in 2017 from the University of Washington, and she is currently in the process of writing her MPH thesis and her anthropology dissertation. Her research focuses on understanding conceptions and practices of “good care” in non-family-based dementia care settings in mainland China and in Denmark.

For more information about the MAGH lecture series, contact Marieke van Eijk (mariev2@uw.edu)

Emily Gade

Postdoctoral Fellow (eScience Institute) and Acting Assistant Professor (Political Science), University of Washington, http://emilykgade.com/

What factors delimit terrorist attacks from other violent incidents? We develop an original news corpus of U.S. mass shooting events to examine the factors most commonly associated with terrorist-designated incidents. We first conduct a statistical analysis to identify the factors that shape whether a mass shooter’s attack is designated as terrorism. Next, we verify and contextualize this by qualitatively examining media coverage of a sample of the sixteen mass shootings designated as terrorism (Global Terrorism Database). Third, we use unsupervised machine learning to discover the archetypal portrayals media ascribe to mass-shooter perpetrators. This multi-method analysis – still in its early phases – provides preliminary evidence that perpetrators with certain racialized demographic characteristics (based on their race, religion, or immigrant status) are more likely than white offenders to be designated as terrorists. In addition, we find that media sources disproportionately frame white perpetrators sympathetically while ascribing racialized perpetrators more nefarious, villainous characteristics. We close with policy and social implications of these findings for marginalized communities and discuss avenues for future research.

Organized by the Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University and the National Archives (Lund) in collaboration with the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Historical Demography, SwedPop, and the LONGPOP project.

There is no fee to attend the workshop but participants need to cover their travel expenses and registration is required as the number of participants is limited.

The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center seeks to fill the position of Senior Research Scholar on South Asia to actively develop and promote policy-relevant research on South Asia at the Center.

Qualified applicants will have a Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) and a minimum of five years of postdoctoral experience publishing research related to policy issues in South Asia including (but not limited to) analysis related to political economy, domestic politics, economic development, public policy, security, international relations, and comparative governance.

The Senior Research Scholar, who is expected to be in residence and to take part in Center activities throughout the academic year, will have responsibility for

• conducting policy-relevant research on South Asia, individually and in collaboration with other social science scholars studying South Asia;
• organizing a seminar series on South Asia;
• developing and managing cooperative relationships with academic and policy research institutions in South Asia;
• serving as a mentor to postdoctoral fellows and global affiliate fellows at the Center as well as Stanford undergraduate and graduate students with related research interests;
• advising and collaborating with visiting scholars from South Asian countries; and
• working closely in coordination with the Center Director and with other faculty members within the Center and across campus to promote excellence in the study of policy issues in South Asia.

Initial appointment is for three years with a possibility of extension. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes an attractive benefits package.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants should have a professional or academic background in issues related to South Asia with a demonstrated capacity for analytical and policy-relevant research in an area of politics, economics, security, political economy or international relations of South Asian countries.

• A PhD in political science, economics, public policy, sociology, or other social science, or commensurate record of professional accomplishment, is required.
• Excellent publication record and/or evidence of outstanding potential for research and teaching.
• Well-developed conceptual and analytic skills and proven ability to design and develop a program of independent research, courses, and outreach.

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, statement of current and planned research interests and three recommendation letters by January 31, 2019 to the link below and look for requisition Id: 81148 

The Rowland School of Business at Point Park University is seeking applicants for a tenure track assistant professor of Quantitative Methods to teach quantitative analysis, statistical analysis and systems applications as these apply to business decision making, business organization and business processes. Candidates should have or be nearing completion of a PhD in Business Administration/Management, Economics, or Finance with a substantial quantitative background. We are a teaching institution and we are looking for a faculty member who can teach quantitative methodologies concepts with real world applications. The successful candidate will teach a variety of quantitative business courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. Teaching experience and use of applicable software applications are preferable.

Application Procedure:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae (including contact information of references)
• Statement of teaching philosophy

Application materials should be sent to: sbresumes@pointpark.edu by January 1, 2019. Please note that the subject line of the email should state the position for which you are applying.

Applicants must have authorization to work in the United States and not require employer sponsorship.

Point Park University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located in the Demographic Methods and Data Systems Unit of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The incumbent reports to the Population Affairs Officer. The Population Division was created in 1946 with the mandate of strengthening the capacity of the international community to address the current and emerging population issues and to integrate population dimensions into the development agenda at the national and international levels.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Information Systems Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

•Participates in the development, modification and maintenance of computer programs using appropriate computer language and software, for studies undertaken by the Division.
•Assists in the design and preparation of databases and digital data files for analytical use and distribution, including data collection and compilation.
•Assists in the design and preparation of data tabulations, graphical data displays for publications and outputs for display and dissemination on the website of the Population Division.
•Installs computer application systems software and hardware according to specifications; monitors computer applications systems using appropriate monitoring tools and produces monitoring reports.
•Prepares technical and user documentation for deployed computer application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations.
•Maintains functional specifications for computer application systems, programs and procedures developed and/or modified.
•Provides support for deployed computer application systems including version management, data recovery and deployment to users’ offices; performs ongoing reviews with users and developers and responds to users requests.
•Keeps abreast of developments in the field; performs benchmarking and proposes new acquisitions.
•Provides guidance to new/junior staff.
•Performs other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of organizational information infrastructure, including hardware, software and application systems. Knowledge of relevant programming language(s) and ability to use programming skills to develop information systems. Knowledge of system development workflow and document flow processes, ability to conduct research and gather information from a wide variety of standard and non-standard sources. Ability to respond to changing requirements and assignments, ability to apply good judgment in the context of assignments given. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work.

• TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

• TECHNOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitation of technology to the work of the office; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks; shows willingness to learn new technology.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

A minimum of seven years of experience in information systems analysis and programming, systems administration and maintenance, software development, technical writing or related area is required. Experience in object oriented or statistical programming languages is desirable. Experience with programming languages used for web design is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Assessment

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.

Special Notice

Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures.

This position is subject to local recruitment pursuant to staff rule 4.4 of the United Nations Staff Rules. All staff in the General Service and related categories shall be recruited in the country or within commuting distance of each office, irrespective of their nationality and of the length of time they may have been in the country. A staff member subject to local recruitment shall not be eligible for the allowances or benefits exclusively applicable to international recruitment.

Passing the Global General Service Test (GGST) is a prerequisite for recruitment consideration in the General Services and related categories in the United Nations Secretariat. Applicants who have not passed the GGST at the time of application may be invited for the test after submitting an application. Having passed the Administrative Support Assessment Test in English at the United Nations Headquarters, Economic Commission for Africa, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, United Nations Office at Geneva, United Nations Office at Vienna, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda or International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; or the United Nations Accounting or Statistical Assistant Examination at the United Nations Headquarters may be accepted in lieu of the GGST.

United Nations Considerations

According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, or crimes other than minor traffic offences, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.