The Department Sociology at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, which would commence in August 2018. We seek candidates with expertise and research interests in the use and/or development of computational statistics, big data analytic techniques, network analysis, data visualization, automated text analysis, machine learning, spatial and longitudinal analysis, demographic techniques, or other areas of social data analytics.  We seek candidates who show strong promise and evidence of ability to pursue ambitious research programs utilizing any of the analytic techniques listed above or others, and who have clearly defined substantive interests in sociology.  We are interested in applicants who have published in peer-reviewed journals, and who show promise or evidence of ability to win external research funding. We also seek candidates with excellent teaching skills or potential. Applicants should have a PhD in Sociology or related field in hand by August 15, 2018.

The Department Sociology has a long tradition of strength in quantitative research, and offers a supportive home for scholars working in computational social science. There are many opportunities for collaboration within the Department of Sociology, as well as for cross-disciplinary research with the University of Iowa’s informatics initiative (https://informatics.uiowa.edu/) health sciences and public health, environmental sciences, engineering, law and justice, management science, public policy, and other disciplines in liberal arts and sciences and other colleges at the University of Iowa.

For information on how to apply, please visit http://jobs.uiowa.edu/ and reference Requisition #71393. Formal screening will begin on September 15, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled. Electronic attachments to the online application should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, research statement, copies of selected scholarly papers, and email contact information for three letters of recommendation. After applying, references will be sent a link to electronically upload their letters of recommendation.

 

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in biological anthropology to begin on September 16, 2018. We seek an outstanding, broadly-trained evolutionary biological anthropologist who will complement, not duplicate, the existing strengths within the department. Examples of possible specialties include, but are not limited to, human evolutionary biology, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary anatomy, paleobiology, and paleogenomics. The successful candidate is expected to conduct a rigorous, fieldwork and/or laboratory based, externally-funded research program as well as teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. A PhD is required by September 15, 2018. Postdoctoral experience and an established publication record are preferred.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a research statement, a teaching statement, a CV, and the names and contact information of three references. Submission is via Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9455. Questions regarding the position can be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Nelson Ting (nting@uoregon.edu) with “Bioanth Search” in the subject line. For full consideration, materials should be submitted by September 15, 2017. The position will remain open until filled.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work effectively with faculty, staff and students from a variety of diverse backgrounds.

The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track position in Vegetation Modeling as part of a series of university-level strategic hires that are focused on environmental change. We are particularly interested in candidates who will advance our understanding of how climate and vegetation interact to explain landscapes of the past, present, and/or future. Successful candidates should have interests in analyzing climate-vegetation dynamics by using innovative modeling approaches, such as those that incorporate plant functional traits. Research and teaching expertise and interest in remote sensing and/or GIS is essential. Candidates are expected to have or be able to develop an excellent research program, with the ability to attract external funding.

Teaching duties will include both undergraduate and graduate courses. This hire is part of Indiana Universitys Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenges initiative (http://grandchallenges.iu.edu), which has received multi-million dollar funding. The candidate will join a growing community of colleagues across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, with opportunities for internal funding through the program.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in geography or a related field by the time of employment. To ensure full consideration, applications should be submitted by October 12, 2017; however, applications will be considered until the position is filled. Interested candidates should review the job description and submit application materials on-line at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/.

Questions regarding the position or application process should be directed via e-mail to: Dr. Scott Robeson, Search Committee Chair, srobeson@indiana.edu.

The UCLA Department of Social Welfare in the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs is searching for tenure-track faculty at the rank Associate or Full Professor with mental health expertise, to join a distinguished Department with more than a 65-year tradition of educating and serving ethnically and culturally diverse urban populations. The Department of Social Welfare is in the process of dynamic growth. We are currently introducing three new areas of concentration in our MSW curriculum: Social and Economic Justice, Health and Mental Health Across the Life Span, and Child and Family Well-being, and launching a school-wide undergraduate major in Public Affairs in the fall of 2019.

Candidates will be considered for the Marjorie Crump Chair within the Department of Social Welfare.  The Endowed Chair is a five-year appointment and is for a distinguished scholar whose research addresses cutting edge and innovative issues in the field of social welfare. Ideal mid-career and senior candidates should be able to provide leadership in securing extramural research funding, including the potential for center grants. In addition, applicants should have an MSW degree, a doctorate in social welfare or a related field, and demonstrated success as a productive scholar as evidenced by publications in top-tier journals in social welfare and related fields.

The Department of Social Welfare welcomes candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. Applicants should have teaching and research interests in mental health or a related field. We are especially interested in applicants who focus on mental health disparities, community-based mental health interventions, and/or mental health policy. Faculty candidates are expected to teach foundation and advanced courses in the MSW program and mentor PhD students in their areas of expertise.  We are seeking those who are able to teach direct practice and human behavior in the social environment. Applicants should have experience in mentoring and outreach to diverse groups of students.

Position is open until filled, but early inquiries are encouraged.  Applications will be reviewed beginning September 15, 2017.  To apply, submit a cover letter, CV, and the names & addresses 3 references ONLINE to: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03140 .  For questions related to the position, please contact Search Committee Chair and Professor Todd Franke at tfranke@g.ucla.edu.

The National Science Foundation offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to provide opportunities for recent doctoral graduates to obtain additional training, to gain research experience under the sponsorship of established scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their undergraduate and graduate training. Postdoctoral Fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts across traditional disciplinary lines and to avail themselves of unique research resources, sites, and facilities, including at foreign locations. NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from underrepresented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal.

The goal of the SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SPRF) program is to promote fundamental research in the SBE sciences; enhance the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering; provide an opportunity for independence and advanced training under the direction of a sponsor; and encourage doctoral-level scientists (who are not yet in full-time positions) to take advantage of the two-year Fellowship to prepare for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government.

Program Description

II.1. Areas of Research: The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) supports research in a broad range of disciplines and in interdisciplinary areas through its Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) Division, Social and Economic Sciences (SES) Division, and SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA). The prospective Fellowship candidate and sponsoring scientist (Mentor) should visit the web pages hyperlinked in this section to get detailed information of the research fields/themes/topics supported by the SBE Directorate. Any research field within the purview of the SBE sciences, as described in the above websites, would be welcome.

II.2. Tracks: This SPRF program offers two tracks of Fellowships. For both of these tracks, proposals are encouraged from a wide range of doctoral-level investigators including those from groups that continue to be underrepresented in their field. Some proposals may contain elements of both tracks, in such cases it is up to the Fellowship candidate to choose which track to submit his or her proposal.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals of increasing access to health insurance, enhancing the quality of care and moderating the growth in costs. The new law is likely to have far reaching effects, beyond the way health insurance markets operate and beyond its impact on population health outcomes. It is those other effects of the ACA that we seek to understand.

This Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social, economic and political effects of the Affordable Care Act. We are especially interested in funding analyses that address important questions about the effects of the reform on outcomes such as financial security and family economic well-being, labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children’s outcomes, and differential effects by age, race, ethnicity, nativity, or disability status. We are also interested in research that examines the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy development outside of health care. Funding is available for secondary analysis of data or for original data collection. We welcome projects that propose novel uses of existing data, as well as projects that propose to analyze newly available or underutilized data. We will not fund research on the effects of the ACA on health care delivery or health outcomes (e.g., barriers to implementation, changes in the quality of care and health status, or trends in enrollment and affordability); other funders already do that.

Funding is available for secondary analysis of data or for original data collection. We are especially interested in novel uses of existing data, as well as analyses of new or under-utilized data. Proposals to conduct laboratory or field experiments, in-depth qualitative interviews, and ethnographies are also encouraged. Smaller projects might consist of exploratory fieldwork, a pilot study, or the analysis of existing data. The Foundation encourages methodological variety and inter-disciplinary collaboration. All proposed projects must have well-developed conceptual frameworks and research designs. Analytical models must be specified and research questions and hypotheses (where applicable) must be clearly stated.

Awards are available for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time for conducting research and writing up results. Applications should limit budget requests to no more than a two-year period, with a maximum of $150,000 (including overhead) per project. Presidential Awards, with a maximum budget of $35,000 (no overhead allowed) are also available. Our website lists upcoming deadlines and provides detailed information about submitting letters of inquiry, proposals and budgets.

A brief letter of inquiry (4 pages max. excluding references) must precede a full proposal to determine whether the proposed project is in line with the Foundation’s priorities under this special initiative and available funds. All applications must be submitted through the Foundation’s online submission system. If you still have questions after reviewing the information on our website, please contact Aixa Cintrón-Vélez, Program Director, at programs@rsage.org.

Call for papers and panels for the XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), to be held in Barcelona, Spain, in May 23 – 26, 2018.

This is the first time LASA offers a track on Data Science:

Social Research in the Era of Analytics and Big Data

Please consider presenting your work following the information here:
http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/congress/proposalsubmission-main.asp
(No submissions by regular mail will be accepted.)

There are travel grants available:
http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/congress/travelgrants-main.asp

The deadline to submit proposals is September 7, 2017, 5 pm EDT.

Abstracts are being accepted for a multidisciplinary social science conference on rural poverty in the United States on the 50^th Anniversary of the 1967 report of the President’s National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty entitled The People Left Behind. This report focused attention on the economic and social conditions of the 14 million rural people living in poverty, and called for policies that would improve opportunity and living conditions in rural America.

The conference will bring together leading and emerging scholars to explore historical and contemporary rural poverty issues and examine strategies to reduce poverty. It will also engage these scholars in developing a wide-ranging research agenda for rigorous research that will improve economic opportunity and the well-being of low-income people in rural and small town America.

Scholars are invited to submit abstracts for papers that

• examine the geography of U.S. poverty and opportunity
• explore the challenges that have affected the nation’s progress in reducing rural poverty over the past half century
• examine the nation’s policies and programs to reduce rural poverty, assessing the effectiveness of poverty-reducing strategies, policies and programs in rural areas, or exploring regional innovations in policy

Examples of relevant issues include (but are not limited to) rural economic development, new immigrants, service provision in rural areas, rural labor mobility, local politics of inequality, persistent poverty, and intergenerational economic mobility. We encourage submissions from early-career scholars and scholars from underrepresented populations. Limited travel funds will be available for one conference presenter per accepted paper.

Submission guidelines: Email a two-­page abstract (or completed paper) to info@rupri.org by October 1, 2017. Acceptance decisions will be made no later than October 21, 2017. Completed papers are expected at least two weeks in advance of the March 21-22, 2018 conference.