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Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology

Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods

The Graduate Center (GC) is the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY). Offering more than thirty doctoral degrees from Anthropology to Urban Education, and fostering globally significant research in a wide variety of centers and institutes, the GC provides academic training in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. The Graduate Center is also integral to the intellectual and cultural vitality of New York City. Through its extensive public programs, The Graduate Center hosts a wide range of events – lectures, conferences, book discussions, art exhibits, concerts, and dance and theater that enrich and inform.

The PhD Program in Psychology at the GC seeks a tenure track Assistant Professor specializing in Quantitative Methods beginning Fall 2018. The exact area of the quantitative focus is open, but the candidate’s expertise would optimally complement the Doctoral Program’s existing strengths. The areas of interest may include Bayesian and Frequentist statistics, canonical correlation, classification analysis, cluster analysis, computational modelling, data mining, generalized linear models, latent variable models, longitudinal analysis, machine learning, multi-level analysis, non-parametric statistics, GIS, qualitative analysis, participatory action research, psychometrics, and structural equation modelling.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach both introductory and advanced graduate level statistics and quantitative research methods courses and substantive courses in the candidate’s area of expertise as well as advise and mentor graduate students across multiple research methods. The incumbent will have vast opportunities for collaboration in both research and funding requests while joining an institution committed to excellence and inclusion.

Qualifications
PhD degree in area(s) of experience or equivalent.  Also required are the ability to teach successfully, demonstrated scholarship or achievement, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.

Other Qualifications
A preferred candidate should have:
– PhD in Psychology.
– Experience in teaching graduate level statistics, established success in peer-review publishing and external funding and advising graduate (master’s and doctoral) students
– An interest in working in an interdisciplinary academic community and committed to a central goal of the GC: public scholarship for the public good.
– Experience working with graduate students from diverse backgrounds.
– Research interests that complement more than one of the Training Areas in the Psychology Program (Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive and Comparative Psychology, Critical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Health Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Psychology and Law).

Compensation
CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs.  We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

How to Apply
Click on “Apply Now” below which will bring you to the registration screen. If you are a new user, you must register to apply. If you already have a user ID, please use your existing ID to apply. Make sure to upload a CV (describing your pedagogical background in graduate courses and research), representative publications, and contact information for three (3) professional references (name, title, and organization). Please upload all documents in Word or PDF format.

Closing Date
Open until filled with review of applications to begin on February 1, 2018.

Assistant Project Scientist, Human Evolution Research Center

The University of California, Berkeley, Human Evolution Research Center (HERC), is dedicated to the study of human origins and evolution. HERC represents an international focal point for field and laboratory research and education. It is a center for the study of the process and products of human evolution. Research by the Human Evolution Research Center includes both field and laboratory investigation. HERC is responsible for fossil discoveries and publications stemming from research in Turkey, Tanzania, Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.

HERC is currently seeking an Assistant Project Scientist to provide curatorial duties in our labs and library here at UC Berkeley. The Assistant Project Scientist will also support efforts in international research, teaching and public service.

The Assistant Project Scientist will:
– Develop, curate, and maintain HERC collections, including library hard and soft copy archives, digital archives, digital infrastructure, teaching and research collections on campus and abroad, on a variety of software programs ranging from Filemaker Pro to CollectionSpace.
– Conduct field and laboratory research and curation in Berkeley and overseas to sustain ongoing multinational collaborations in the scientific investigation of human origins and evolution
– Maintain and further develop GIS systems for HERC and HERC sponsored projects in ARCGIS, QGIS, and Google Earth Pro
– Process remotely sensed imagery for field research and publication
– Develop scientific graphics for HERC to be shared externally via scientific publications and other public presentations, primarily using the Adobe software platform
– Create and use silicon rubber molds and casts, as well as CT and laser scans to create replicas of fossil specimens for research, teaching, and outreach
– Maintain casting laboratory facility, manage equipment, supplies, and safety compliance
– Maintain communications between intramural and extramural research and teaching associates of HERC
– Fulfill curatorial and liaison responsibilities to sustain and exploit archival resources important in HERC’s missions of research, teaching, and public service as one of Berkeley’s Natural History Museums (BNHM), including serving as the liaison between HERC and the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

Basic/Minimum Qualifications (required at time of application)
– A PhD or equivalent foreign degree in biology, paleo-anthropology, evolutionary biology, or a related field.

Additional Qualifications (required by start date)
– 4 years of combined practical experience in the fields of vertebrate paleontology and human osteology
– Demonstrated experience in developing research graphics, using GIS, Filemaker Pro and/or CollectionSpace, including GIS systems atop digital satellite imagery
– Demonstrated ability to serve as facilitator and liaison of services between internal and extramural research partners, particularly in developing countries
– Currently active in research at some level, with an ability to meet established goals independently
– Ability to verbally articulate research outcomes with people of varying backgrounds
– Ability to assist in the development /expansion of research efforts

Additional Preferred Qualifications
– Experience with grant writing
– Experience with financial management, purchasing and expenditures
– Experience performing similar duties within or in partnership with a research museum
– Demonstrated curation skills

This position is a full-time (100% effort) appointment for one year, and may be renewed based on performance and availability of funding. The position will remain open until filled. The anticipated start date is November or December 2017. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

To apply, please submit the following items online at:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01366

1. A cover letter, not more than two pages outlining your interest and how your skills and experience make you an ideal candidate.
2. Your Curriculum Vitae
3. Contact information for 3 references

Letters of recommendation are not required at this time. If requested, all letters of reference will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html). The position is open until filled. For questions, please contact Andi Horton at ahorton@berkeley.edu. UC Berkeley is an AA/EEO employer.

Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Scholarship

Brown University invites applications for one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships to support the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds (with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy) who show promise as innovative scholars in the following integrative scholarship areas:

• Creating Peaceful, Just, and Prosperous Societies: Economic, political and cultural development are as important as defense and diplomacy in establishing peaceful and just societies. This area invites rigorous scholarship in international studies, promotes active engagement in the world of international affairs, and supports scholarship that promotes social justice and economic prosperity domestically and internationally.

• Exploring Human Experience: Brown has a long and distinguished record of innovation in the humanities. Learning from the historical record, analyzing present conditions, and comprehending our future possibilities are fundamental to the University’s mission and its contributions to society.  This area seeks to develop a robust environment for the study of human experience in all its diversity throughout history and around the world.

• Cultivating Creative Expression: Creative expression is used to explore human values and communicate new ideas, to challenge societies, and to draw disparate groups together. At Brown, the creative arts are tightly integrated into the liberal arts. This area focuses on scholarship that can foster an environment in which artists are operating at the highest levels of their crafts and learn from and inform scholars in disciplines across the campus.

• Understanding the Human Brain: This area focuses on efforts to understand functions of the brain that distinguish us as humans, discover treatments for disorders that diminish our capacities, and create technologies to improve lives.

• Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental change can threaten global supplies of food and water, harm human health, and undermine the stability of societies around the world. This area focuses on the relationship of the environment to human societies combining the efforts of natural, physical, and social scientists, together with humanists, to understand the determinants of environmental change, alter norms of human behavior, consider ethical issues related to sustainability, and develop sound environmental policies.

• Using Science and Technology to Improve Lives: The development of new technology is critical to human progress, and Brown is at the forefront of discovery in areas such as computing, nanoscience and bioengineering. We recognize that the benefits of new technologies hinge on how well they ultimately align with societal needs. This area emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to innovation, grounded in a broad understanding of local and global needs and concerns.

• Deciphering Disease and Improving Population Health: Improving human health requires an integrated approach to understanding the causes of disease and translating that knowledge into new modes of diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately prevention – from bench to bedside to population.

The successful candidate will teach one course per year as part of the appointment and will participate in activities related to the President’s Diversity Postdoctoral Fellows Program. Scholars with a PhD in the humanities, social sciences, sciences or engineering will be considered.  The candidate’s dissertation must be complete by July 1, 2018.

These one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships are not renewable. Candidates should submit a letter of application that describes how the candidate’s scholarship fits into one or more integrative area, and describes the candidate’s interest in and plans for impacting the ethnic, gender, and/or racial diversity of the campus. Please also indicate clearly your desired departmental affiliation.  In addition, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference are required.

Deadline for applications is February 1, 2018.

The appointment will be effective July 1, 2018.

 

Assistant/Associate Professor, Population Health & Health Equity

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates for a tenure track position as Assistant/Associate Professor. The focus is on Population Health & Health Equity. We are especially interested in junior candidates who earned their doctoral degree in one of the population health sciences (e.g., social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, bioinformatics) or a related public health field, or in the social sciences (e.g., sociology, demography), with training in public health.

We seek a rising scholar who can help advance the field of population health sciences. We are interested in scholars who conduct innovative, theoretically sophisticated, methodologically rigorous, interdisciplinary and intersectional research to advance health equity. Possible topics of expertise include but are not limited to: (1) understanding how social and/or organizational policies impact population health. Areas of focus may include the impact of labor markets, education, welfare, and organizational policies (e.g., workplaces, schools) on health and health equity; (2) measuring and monitoring population health and health inequities; (3) population health, and health equity as they relate to migration (within and between countries) or Indigenous populations; (4) translational research (e.g. implementation science) involving social and/or behavioral interventions and evaluations to improve health equity.

Candidates should have expertise in their field and a track record of interdisciplinary scholarship and application of intersectional approaches in both research and pedagogy. The research and teaching should each be directed towards understanding and changing population health and improving health equity. Candidates with a track record of obtaining and leading externally funded research projects will be given priority.

Please apply to: http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/7950

For questions, please contact:

Chair, Search Committee for SBS
c/o Monika Szperka, Search Administrator

Email: mszperka@hsph.harvard.edu

CSDE Population Studies Proseminar Winter 2018: Getting Your Hand Dirty Digging in the Data

CSDE 502 is a “how to” course that teaches skills for working with data. It is meant to fill a perceived curriculum gap between methods courses that emphasize study design, and statistics courses that teach statistical analysis. The course is useful for students about to embark on their first independent research project, as well as for those starting to work on a research team with other students or faculty. It focuses on applied methods for data preparation and will introduce the following topics: data management and documentation, data cleaning and variable creation, working with demographic data, and reproducibility. For more information, visit the link below.

 

 

Become a CSDE Affiliate!

If you are a new or veteran faculty member at UW, consider becoming a CSDE Affiliate. If you are a demographer and located in the Pacific Northwest, consider becoming an affiliate!

Affiliate applications are considered quarterly by CSDE’s Executive Committee. Once you are an affiliate, you can treat yourself and advance your scholarship with research consultations, computing accounts and software, grant support, and engagement from a productive community of scholars. The next CSDE Executive Committee meeting will be in early January. Send in your letter of application by the end of the year and be considered in the next review.  Learn more about becoming an affiliate.

Alexes Harris Discusses Her Research on Legal Financial Obligations

Alexes Harris, affiliate and Professor of Sociology, was quoted in an Atlanta Black Star article that addresses legal financial obligations (LFOs) that offenders must pay once they have served prison time, and the repercussions of failing to meet these obligations. One such repercussion is losing the right to vote, an outcome that disproportionately affects African-American offenders. In the article, Harris discusses various issues relating to LFOs, including how many obliged to pay them are not aware how failure to do so will affect their right to vote. For instance, Harris observed that in some cases, those who maintained voting rights because they kept up with their LFO obligations—which is the case in Washington—were not aware that they could vote. Furthermore, in the course of her research, Harris found that the LFO system is built on a history of racism. “Monetary sanctions were…integral to systems of criminal justice, debt bondage, and racial domination in the American South for decades,” she said. The full article is available below.

Deadline Extended for CSDE Predoctoral Fellowship

CSDE’s fellowship program supports and prepares promising early researchers for careers that will have a significant impact on the field of demography. Each year, CSDE awards several distinguished fellowships for predoctoral funding and additional mentoring. CSDE is pleased to offer two 12-month fellowships supported by the Shanahan Foundation that begin mid-September 2018.

Students have until Monday, December 11 (by 5 PM) to complete the online component of the application, and submit a copy of the online component along with the rest of their application materials to their department’s graduate program administrator. The department should submit a cover letter and the most competitive applications to CSDE by Friday, December 29 (by 5 PM).

The “Call for Applications”  and CSDE fellowship application website provide detailed information about the application process.

Highlights & Awards from CSDE Lightning Talks & Poster Session

Last Friday, eight CSDE trainees shared their work at CSDE’s Fall Lightning Talks and Poster Session, held in the Research Commons at Allen Library. Hailing from various departments–including Geography, Sociology, Social Work, and Statistics–each presented unique research that contributes to the field of population science.

At the conclusion of the event, CSDE Fellows Lee Fiorio and Connor Gilroy both received awards for best poster. Fiorio, a student in the Department of Geography, was recognized for his poster “Regularities in Mobility Patterns at Different Time Scales.” Gilroy, a student in the Department of Sociology, was recognized for his poster “Extending the Demography of Sexuality with Digital Trace Data.”