Congratulations to affiliate India Ornelas, who was awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research on reducing health disparities among Latina immigrants. Ornelas, Associate Professor of Health Services, received the R01 award for her project “Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): A Randomized Control Trial of an Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Disparities in Mexican Immigrant Women.”
Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) invites applications for one postdoctoral research associate position for the 2018-19 year (12 months), beginning September 1, 2018. The position is open to scholars who would be in residence for the year and would participate in the activities of the Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on the theme “Global Migration: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Dialogue.” The Seminar engages a multidisciplinary group of Princeton faculty and graduate students, which aims to advance the study of global migration as a many-faceted phenomenon requiring insights from both the humanities and social sciences. Political, legal, and demographic issues (and solutions sought) will therefore be discussed in tandem with more humanistic themes. Questions of particular interest for the Seminar are global narratives of migration (be these political/national, journalistic, artistic); linguistic and legal aspects of migration; and the historical, ethical, and philosophical issues that arise with migration. For more information on the PIIRS research community and its activities, see the PIIRS website at http://piirs.princeton.edu/research-community/migration-people-and-cultures-across-borders.
The postdoctoral research associate would be expected to participate regularly in the activities of the seminar and to be engaged in research and writing on a topic related to the Seminar’s broader themes. Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. by the beginning of the appointment and have received the degree no earlier than September 2015 . This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
To apply, please link to: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/4981
Applications must include:
(1) A cover letter;
(2) A statement of plans for work and their relation to the community’s theme (under 1,000 words);
(3) A current curriculum vitae;
(4) Names and contact information for two references; and
(5) A representative sample of recent work (under 25 written pages or equivalent in the candidate’s professional medium; for artistic work, links within a PDF preferred). The work sample need not be directly related to the theme of migration.
Application deadline: January 9, 2018 (11:59 PM EST).
For more information on PIIRS, see http://piirs.princeton.edu/. Questions about the application process for this position may be directed to Nicole Bergman (nbergman@princeton.edu).
CSDE Biomarker Working Group
CSDE is organizing a Biomarker Working Group for those interested in using biological data in social and behavioral science research. The aim is to provide a forum for informal discussions of practical and theoretical issues associated with collecting and using biomarker data, and to offer opportunities to discuss early-stage research ideas or present preliminary results.
Our next meeting (Tuesday, November 14, 2 to 3:30 pm, 114 Raitt Hall) will be an informal discussion of logistics and challenges with collecting, processing, storing and transporting biological samples in field research settings.
This working group is open to all students, faculty, and staff and we plan to meet about once a month. Those interested in joining the working group can contact Ellie Brindle (ebrindle@uw.edu) to be added to the email distribution list.
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2018
2018 Call for Submissions Information
The Submission Site for the 2018 program is open. The submission deadline is January 11, 2018, 11:59 p.m. (Eastern). In addition to paper submissions, for the 2018 Annual Meeting, proposals will be accepted for Courses, Workshops, Preconferences, the Sociology in Practice Settings Symposium, and the Teaching and Learning Symposium. Please see the links to the right to view these individual calls.
How to Submit
View the Webinar on “Getting Your Paper on the Program”
All submissions for the 2018 program must be made via the online submission system. The online forms will guide you through the steps required to submit your proposal.
- Log in with your ASA username and password on the portal
- Click on the link “2018 Submissions”
Program Policies
The program policies listed below apply to all organizers and participants.
Open Submissions: The ASA meetings have an open submission policy. Organizers are expected to select for the program the best papers submitted to them. It is against ASA and Program Committee policy for organizers to recruit presenters selectively or to impose their own pre-planned themes on sessions.
Diversity: Much of the vitality of the ASA flows from its diverse membership. With this in mind, it is the policy of the ASA to include people of color, women, sociologists from small institutions or who work in government, business, and other applied settings, and international scholars in all of its programmatic activities and in the business of the Association.
Membership: Individuals who are listed on the program as participants are encouraged to hold membership in ASA. All persons listed as “Session Organizer,” must be members of the ASA.
Registration: All participants on the Annual Meeting program must register for the meeting. A “participant” is anyone who is listed as presenting author, presider, discussant, panelist, critic, workshop leader, discussion leader, table presider, or any other type of presenter
Exemption from participant registration is permitted in the following two cases:
- A non-sociologist who is invited to be a discussant on a paper session and who appears on the program only once may be exempted from the registration requirement. This exemption permits the individual to be listed on the program without registering; it does not provide for a name badge, a complimentary registration, or program packet.
- In cases of multiple-authored papers, co-authors who will not be attending the Annual Meeting are not required to register. However, co-author(s) who do plan to present must register.
Authorship: Only one single-authored paper presentation is permitted. Authors who have more than one single-authored paper accepted must decide which paper will be presented and inform the session organizers promptly.
Participation: Individuals may not be listed on more than two sessions on the program. This includes all participant roles. A “participant” is anyone listed as an author, co-author, presider, discussant, panelist, critic, roundtable presenter, discussion leader, or any similar substantive role on the program. Session organizers are exempt from this policy and there is a “professional service” exemption for workshop leaders and for representatives listed on informational poster sessions. Participants who are accepted to more than two sessions must decide on which sessions to participate and inform the sessions organizers promptly.
Solving Future Challenges of Population Growth
Between 1900 and 2000, the world’s population increased from 1.5 to 6.1 billion people.
In just 100 years, the world’s population has grown three times larger than the entire previous history of humanity. As a result, unprecedented demands are being placed on infrastructure, with mounting risks to public health, safety, and livelihood.
Are you concerned about how the world’s population is changing and where we’ll be in the next three decades? If so, you’re not alone. Fortunately with this increase in population size comes a larger community of global residents who can collectively PRESS ON to discover new technologies, innovations and ideas capable of solving this massive challenge to the human race.
Program:
5:30 – Doors Open
5:30-6:15 – Networking
6:15-7:45 – Presentations
7:45-8:30 – Q&A
Our esteemed Guest Speakers include Rusty Rodriguez of Symbiogenics and Sara Curran of University of Washington. The discussion will be moderated by Heather Lewis of Rover.com.
Medical Anthropology & Global Health Speaker Series: Cost of Care Conversations in Health Care
Abstract: As medical care costs have increasingly shifted to patients, patients face unanticipated out of pocket costs that place them at risk for financial hardship and poor health outcomes. Timely access to costs of care can help patients with treatment and expense planning, facilitate connections to financial assistance resources, and is an important part of patient-centered care. Many studies suggest that patients want their health care teams to communicate with them about health care costs. However, initiatives to help patients understand and manage out of pocket costs requires clinicians, teams, patients, and health plan staff to interact with each other and with technology in new ways, and best practices for embedding cost and value information into existing clinical workflows remain unresolved. This presentation will discuss an ongoing research portfolio seeking solutions for meeting our patients’ needs.
Dr. Nora Henrikson is a Research Associate at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, in Seattle. She is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the department of Health Services in the School of Public Health, at the University of Washington. She completed a PhD in Public Health at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, at the University of Washington. Dr. Henrikson holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina. At Kaiser Permanente Research Institute, she carries out multiple projects that, in broad terms, examine people’s experiences with and perceptions of health policies that affect them and their families when seeking health services. In a recent project, she studies ways to improve price transparency for Kaiser Permanente Washington members and their clinicians in cancer care, and how to facilitate conversations about the costs of health services. Dr. Henrikson’s work has appeared in Genetic Medicine, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and Journal of Oncology Practice, among other journals and edited volumes.
Next speaker: 6 December– James Pfeiffer, University of Washington
For more information about the lecture series, please contact coordinator Marieke van Eijk (mariev2@uw.edu)
Postdoctoral Research Positions in Demography and Genetics
The Institute of Behavioral Science and the Institute for Behavioral Genetics recently received a T32 training grant from NIA to train pre and post-doctoral candidates in Demography and Genetics (T32AG052371). The Institute is currently searching for two post-doctoral positions that will begin early or late Summer, 2018. These candidates will work with faculty in the IBS/IBG training program at the intersection of demographic and genetic research and will train in methods and substance in both areas. Each position is for a two-year period at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Candidates will be expected to participate in weekly research meetings, participate in graduate level training in demography and statistical genetics, attend and present at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America and the Behavior Genetics Association, and contribute to new and ongoing projects one or both research institutes. Candidates must have received, as of the beginning date of the appointment, a PhD, MD or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Documentation by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution certifying all degree requirements have been met prior to the beginning date of training is acceptable. The University of Colorado is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.
Please submit the following to Jessica LaRue (Jessica.LaRue@Colorado.EDU) as one complete .pdf file with your last name_first name.pdf as the name of the document (e.g., boardman_jason.pdf) :
- Cover letter: please provide a brief description of your research interests and training in genetics or demography or both.
- List of references (name and email is sufficient).
- CV
Review of materials will begin at the end of January, 2018 but applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as soon as possible.
Opportunities at Germany’s Federal Institute for Population Research
The Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany, has two vacancies:
1) Research Director on Demographic Change & Ageing (full-time, salary scale A/E14):
We are seeking an internationally renowned scientist with an excellent track record in the field of demographic change and ageing/mortality.
The successful candidate should have an excellent publication record, experience in policy advice and the acquisition of third-party funding, as well as experience with the management of a research group.
The position requires a Masters and PhD degree as well as German language skills at native speaker level.
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2017.
See job offer 309/17 (https://goo.gl/dSmBdk) for details. Applications must be sent to the BiB recruiting office via email.
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2) Post-doctoral research fellow on demographic change (full-time for 4 years, salary scale 14 TVöD):
We are seeking an experienced scientist with an international publication record in the field of demographic change to work within the Institute’s research theme “Demographic Change, Ageing and World Population (FB 3)”. The position requires a Master’s degree, a PhD is desirable.
Deadline for applications: 23 November 2017.
See job offer 311/17 (https://goo.gl/ffYDbC) for details. Applications must be sent to the BiB recruiting office via email.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Saint Michael’s College seeks a tenure-track assistant professor to teach 4-credit economics courses at the undergraduate level. The teaching load is 11 semester-long courses spread over 2 years (3-3-3-2). The college seeks teacher-scholars who are committed to excellence in teaching while being active in various forms of peer-reviewed scholarship. The ideal candidate will teach Macroeconomic Theory, Money and Banking, and Econometrics. We welcome new elective courses with various methodological perspectives consistent with candidate’s areas of teaching and research interest. The college offers competitive grant-funded undergraduate research opportunities, and the major in economics has a required research thesis capstone. The ideal candidate will therefore be able to work with students interested in doing empirical research and applied economic analysis. There will be opportunities to work with a new hire in the area of finance in the Department of Business Administration to explore complementarity in course offerings that might be of interest to students in both programs. Those with a proclivity for teaching and mentoring are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the field through peer-reviewed scholarship, published and other forms, consistent with standards of performance required for continuing appointment (tenure). The position also carries student advisement responsibilities and other service obligations consistent with the needs of the Department, College, and Profession.
Application Instructions:For full job descriptions and to apply online please go to: http://smcvt.interviewexchange.com/. Please be prepared to attach the following documents after clicking on Apply Now button:
- Cover letter with a short statement about what attracts you to a small, private liberal arts college
- Curriculum Vitae
- Teaching Philosophy and Statement about Research Interest
- Samples of teaching evaluations (with student comments if available)
- Job market paper or samples of peer-reviewed publications
- Copy of transcript
- 3 letters of reference
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Initial round of interviews will be through video conference after which finalists will be invited in early spring semester of 2018 for campus interviews.
No phone calls, emails or walk-ins please.
- PhD (in-hand by Aug 2018 or ABD to be completed within 6 months of appointment)
An offer of employment will be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Lecturer in Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track Lecturer of Sociology beginning August 16, 2018. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in Criminal Justice and Police & Society, assist with sociology-criminology student advising, and have the opportunity to develop courses in sociology-criminology related to curricular needs and candidate expertise. Courses relating the social dynamics of crime to inequalities of race, class, gender, and other vectors of marginalization are especially welcome. Non-tenure-track faculty teach a six-course teaching load.
To apply online, please register at https://www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/20324 and submit a letter of application, vita, statement of teaching philosophy, sample syllabi for courses in Criminal Justice and Police & Society, recent teaching evaluations (if available), and contact information for three professional references, who will receive an email invitation to upload a recommendation.
The Department houses undergraduate majors in Sociology, Sociology Criminology, and Sociology Pre-Law, and offers a Sociology Master’s Degree. Department faculty are active in interdisciplinary programs at the university including Ohio University’s Center for Law, Justice & Culture that approaches crime, law, and justice from a liberal arts perspective. Ohio University is a Research Extensive institution that serves 20,000 students on a residential campus. It is located in Athens, Ohio, a quintessential college town seventy-five miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio.
The successful candidate must be ABD in Sociology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, or a related field by the start date of the position. Review of applications will begin on January 16, 2018, and continue until the position is filled. Questions can be directed to Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Search Committee Chair, at hoffmanb@ohio.edu.