Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington announces a one-year (with possibility of renewal) visiting faculty position in Sociology, effective August 2018. Ph.D. strongly preferred. Course load is five courses per year. The successful candidate will offer two sections of Social Problems and will participate in the senior thesis sequence. Other elective courses are open.
The online application will prompt submission of these required materials: a letter of application addressing the candidate’s qualifications for the position; curriculum vitae; and complete sets of teaching evaluations or other evidence of demonstrated or potential excellence in undergraduate instruction. Candidates selected for an interview will also be asked to provide three professional references.
The application should address the candidate’s interest in working at a liberal arts college with undergraduates, majors as well as non-majors, at all levels of instruction. In addition, because Whitman College is committed to cultivating a diverse learning community, applicants should explain how their classroom and scholarly practices will serve to create and sustain an inclusive learning environment.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) recently announced plans to update its strategic plan. Before launching a formal comment period, NICHD invites feedback via Twitter and email.
NICHD has been the primary funder for CSDE’s research infrastructure and training program – and stand out as a primary population science research funder. Please take a few minutes to share the value of continued investment in population science, from your perspective and experience. See below for sample tweets and email templates from the APC.
CSDE and the Departments of Global Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medicine are co-sponsoring a Symposium to discuss current research on Family Planning, Contraception and Abortion, and to solicit ideas for new directions in this area. The symposium will take place on Friday, November 2, 2018, from 8am – 2:30pm in Walker-Ames Hall at the University of Washington.
If you are a social scientist or demographer at UW (faculty, research science staff, or student) and would like to share your research with participants, please complete the form linked below by September 1.
Hello CSDE community. We are re-visioning the CSDE workshop offerings and want to hear from you. Please take our survey by clicking the link below. Don’t miss your opportunity to provide feedback and make training requests.
CSDE Fellow Hilary Wething, a doctoral student at the Evans School, received a grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to examine how Seattle’s law requiring paid sick leave is impacting worker pay and productivity. Wething’s goal is “to learn whether Seattle workers have experienced any changes in their employment or take-home pay” because of the ordinance.
Wething’s dissertation examines earnings volatility and the implications of a local employer mandated public health policy, Seattle’s Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance, using Washington State Unemployment Insurance program data. She is also a project team member on the UW Minimum Wage Study, which is investigating the impact of a higher minimum wage.
We’re thrilled to share that CSDE Director Sara Curran has been elected Vice President of the PAA. Her appointment will begin on January 1, 2019.
You can learn more about the newly elected PAA leadership below.
CSDE Fellow Allumnus Brianna Mills, Research Scientist at Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, examines how certain behaviors contribute to the risk of getting shot – by crime, by police, or by self-harm. Her research, which was supported by CSDE’s Shaahan Fellowship, was recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Mills compared two groups: deaths or injuries due to gun violence and deaths or injuries from vehicle accidents, which served as the control. For each group, she examined arrest histories and mental disorder and substance abuse diagnoses. Mills found that gun violence victims in the police interventions group were 22 times more likely to have a conduct disorder than those in the control group.
The Department of Anthropology at Yale University anticipates making a tenure-track appointment in Sociocultural Anthropology, at the Assistant Professor rank, beginning on July 1, 2019.
This search seeks to hire a sociocultural anthropologist with research and teaching interests that complement current departmental strengths, and with an exceptionally promising record of research focused on Japan. Duties will include teaching and advising at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and service contributions to Yale University’s Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, the Council on East Asian Studies, and relevant Yale programs and initiatives extending beyond the Department.
Yale University is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women, members of underrepresented minority groups, protected veterans, and persons with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Applications received by October 15, 2018 will be given priority and review of applications will continue until the search has been completed. Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and names and contact information of three references. Letters of recommendation or copies of publications are not required at this stage. Review of applications will begin by October 01, 2018.
Cornell University’s Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) invites applications for a dynamic, visionary leader to serve as Chair. The Department consists of 29 tenure track faculty spanning multiple disciplines with strong depth in economics, sociology, and demography. The Department offers a wide range of programs at all degree levels, and the Chair position presents an opportunity for a scholar to play a key role in supporting and elevating the social sciences and public policy in CHE and Cornell University more broadly. PAM serves as a hub for teaching in public policy, currently offering a large undergraduate major in Policy Analysis and Management, a Masters in Health Administration (the Sloan Program), and a PhD in Policy Analysis and Management. PAM is launching a new undergraduate major in Health Care and Policy and contributes to teaching in the professional MPA degree offered by the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA). The Department has strong ties with schools and departments across Cornell, and faculty lend their expertise to several graduate fields, including Economics, Sociology, Public Affairs, Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), and Demography. The Department also has close connections with and provides leadership to multidisciplinary centers and institutes across campus, with PAM faculty leadingand playing significant roles in the Cornell Population Center, the Institute for Social Sciences, the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR), and CIPA.
PAM faculty are exceptional in their research productivity. According to Academic Analytics, the faculty in PAM ranked 5th in overall productivity among the 79 public policy programs included in the analysis. PAM’s annual operating budget for 2017-2018 was $9.6 million, including 77 percent from CHE and 23 percent from grants, contracts, federal appropriations, restricted gifts, and endowment income.
The next Chairperson will be an internationally known scholar with the ability to be strategic and visionary about PAM’s future opportunities, who can build on the positive trajectory that PAM has established since its inception twenty years ago. The candidate will need a scholarly record commensurate with tenure at the full professor level and the ability to balance administration, research, teaching, and public engagement. The primary responsibilities of the Chair include providing leadership and oversight of the department’s academic programs and budgets, and working closely with the department’s administrative manager to ensure a workplace that is supportive of faculty, staff, and students. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead in a climate of collaboration, transparency, and shared governance. The Chair also plays a key role in campus-wide initiatives related to public policy and the social sciences. The Department Chair reports to the Dean of CHE.
Massey University is New Zealand’s defining university. Sociology is a key social science programme within the School of People, Environment and Planning, which has a presence on the Manawatu and Albany campuses.
The appointee will possess a relevant doctorate and will have relevant research and teaching expertise in Sociology. In particular, the appointee will have expertise in general sociological theory and the sociology of colonisation/decolonisation.
The appointee will primarily develop and teach undergraduate students. Teaching will primarily be conducted on the Manawatu campus, and there is an expectation that the successful candidate will contribute to distance teaching.
The successful applicant will primarily contribute to the development of the Sociology programme’s undergraduate offerings, to its research and publication profile, and to collegial relations within the programme and the School more broadly.