The University of Southern Indiana Social Work Department invites applications for tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level, with appointments beginning in August of 2017. Responsibilities include teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in social work, in addition to advising students, university and community service, and academic scholarship.

The Social Work Department at USI has a combined program offering a BSW in generalist practice and a MSW with a clinical concentration. The Department also houses the Center for Social Justice Education, which aims to foster advocacy for social justice and empowerment through education, research and collaboration. Faculty members within the department are strongly collegial, with a commitment to teaching excellence, scholarship, and service to the University and the region.

Candidates are required to have an MSW from a CSWE accredited program and a minimum of two years post masters direct practice experience. The committee will give preference to those candidates with a doctorate in social work (or related field) from a nationally accredited institution of higher education, social work clinical licensure (LCSW), and direct practice experience treating addictions. The committee will consider applicants who are ABD, if they have direct social work practice experience. Successful candidates will demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and scholarly productivity.

The Department of Community Sustainability and the Center for Global Change and Earth Observation at Michigan State University is searching for a full-time Research Associate/post doc to be a part of a four-year NSF-funded grant that is developing new ways to reduce the social, economic and environmental costs of hydropower development. The position will start as soon as an appropriate candidate is found, preferably by summer 2017. Candidates will be based in East Lansing, Michigan, with significant fieldwork in the Brazilian Amazon.

Project Abstract: An estimated 3,700 major dams are currently either planned or under construction worldwide, and they will continue to play significant roles in energy production in the foreseeable future, especially in developing countries. This study’s goal is to develop innovative solutions for hydropower– not just to produce energy for the national grid, but woven into the surrounding food, water, and institutional systems. The team includes hydroengineers, hydrogeologists, climatologists, biologists and social scientists working in tandem to offer transformative solutions for hydropower development while ensuring that social and environmental benefits outweigh costs. The research teams will assess land cover change to understand deforestation risk in and around dams, and identify agricultural areas that can benefit from sediment application. Coupled hydrological and climate models, linked to land cover changes in different landscape and socio-ecological settings, including international collaborations, will identify better hydropower solutions including ways to move sediments to farms and/or locations for in-stream turbines. Institutional and governance analysis will examine the multi-tiered dimensions that intrude upon the way civil society benefits from hydropower. The project will generate innovative solutions to produce renewable energy from hydropower, increase food production, and lessen negative environmental and social impacts that have reduced the acceptability of hydropower development, in the U.S., Europe and across the world.

The successful applicant will become part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to investigating the multi-tiered and multi-sector governance structure of the food-energy-water system. The research associate will conduct an institutional analysis of the FEWs nexus to help achieve an integrated policy assessment of this nexus for the Amazon basin. Necessary skills include knowledge of the study of governance and institutions (e.g. Ostrom, North). The work will require qualitative and quantitative skills since the work will cover communities in three river basins in the Brazilian Amazon. Statistical skills are required to be able to collaborate in interdisciplinary research across the social and natural sciences. Desirable experience includes knowledge of the literature on the food-energy-water nexus and the impact of hydropower dams, along with livelihood analysis. Responsibilities will be divided between fieldwork, analysis, and writing. Candidate is expected to work independently but contribute to team-based science.

Qualifications: We are seeking candidates who:

• Are committed to a research career in interdisciplinary science, active publication of research results, and communicating them to communities.
• Have an outstanding academic record is expected, preferably with evidence of research publications.
• Completed Ph.D. degree in a social science or interdisciplinary field that includes a social science component.
• Expertise in institutional and governance analysis along the lines of the work of Elinor Ostrom and Douglas North.
• Fieldwork experience, such as survey and interview data collection.
• Acquainted with dataset management and statistical methods, mixed methods.
• Fluency in Portuguese.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills; ability to think creatively about collaboration, and scientific inquiry; ability to work with rural communities in the Amazon region.
• Comfortable interaction with members of other disciplines and with integration of concepts from related fields; strong interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• Flexibility to travel and work as needed.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted electronically through Michigan State University’s website, http://www.careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/listing/ under Job Posting No 432771. Applications should include (a) a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s interest in the position and how the applicant meets the qualifications specified above, (b) a current CV, and (c) a summary of your experience with diversity in your research endeavors, and any experience mentoring diverse student, and an explanation of how you will contribute to our goals of inclusive excellence, and (d) 3 letters of recommendation. Queries may be directed to Professor Maria Claudia Lopez, Chair of the Search Committee.

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at Michigan State University is committed to achieving excellence by creating and sustaining an accessible and inclusive culture that values cultural and academic diversity. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The CANR is particularly interested in candidates of all backgrounds who are committed to the principle that academic excellence is achieved through open access and proactive inclusion.

If you are a student, come and see what CSSS has to offer!

– 12:30-12:40 Presentation of Letters of Recognition to those who have completed CSSS tracks
– 12:40-1:30 An overview of 2017-18 courses by CSSS faculty.
– 1:30–2:15 Informal Poster Session and Reception (SAV 408)

CSSS Graduate Course Offerings, 2017-18 (Tentative)

AUTUMN 2017

509 STAT/ECON/CS&SS Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
510 POL S/CS&SS Maximum Likelihood Methods
536 CS&SS/SOC/STAT Analysis of Categorical and Count Data
594 SOC WL/CS&SS Longitudinal Data Analysis
590 CS&SS CSSS Seminar

WINTER 2018

505 CS&SS Review of Mathematics
504 STAT/CS&SS Applied Regression
CS&SS Review of Mathematics
529 CS&SS/STAT/BIOS Sample Survey Techniques
544 CS&SS Event History Analysis
566 CS&SS/STAT Causal Modeling
569 CS&SS Visualizing Data
590 CS&SS CSSS Seminar

SPRING 2018

508 CS&SS Introduction to R for Social Scientists
526 SOC/CS&SS Structural Equation Modeling
560 CS&SS/STAT/SOC Hierarchical Modeling
564 CS&SS/STAT Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences
591 POLS/CS&SS Panel Data Analysis
590 CS&SS CSSS Seminar

On Thursday, May 25th, the UW Libraries is hosting the UW GIS Symposium in the Research Commons from 9am – noon.

They are still seeking faculty, students, or staff to present lightning talks and/or posters. Submissions will be reviewed as they are submitted. Deadline for submission is May 14th. Submit your lightning talk or poster presentation proposal below (space is limited!).

The Kickoff Speaker will be UW Geography alum Sarah Battersby (BS ’99). Sarah received her PhD in Geography in 2006 from UCSB and is currently a Senior Research Scientist at Tableau.

They will be publishing abstracts of the presentations and posters in the inaugural issue of Proceedings of the UW GIS Symposium following the event. More event information is available on the UW GIS Symposium website.

Welfare Rules, Incentives, and Family Structure

This study provides a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on marriage and cohabitation among low-income women.  Focusing on the AFDC and TANF programs and how they treat the presence of men in the household, the study notes that the eligibility and benefit rules are based more on the biological relationship between the children and any male in the household than on marriage or cohabitation per se.  A new empirical analysis of the effect of 1990s welfare reforms on family structure that matches these rules correctly shows that the effects of those reforms on marriage and cohabitation differ depending on whether the union formation in question involved men who were biological fathers of the children.  The effects of reforms which involved harsh work-related policies had more effects than reforms which involved family structure per se.

Robert Moffitt is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also an Associate of the NICHD-funded Hopkins Population Center.  Professor Moffitt’s research focuses on the U.S. welfare system and its effect on low income families and children as well as on general issues related to poverty, and he has conducted research on statistical methodology, including methods for conducting causal inference with observational data and on the estimation of models of social interactions and networks. He was the 2014 President of the Population Association America and is a recipient of an NICHD MERIT award.

Come hear from UW Labor Studies alumni about their experiences fighting for social justice in labor unions, law practice, and non-profits.

Meet staff from local labor organizations. Learn about on-going opportunities, including paid internships and scholarships, that can prepare you for working in the labor movement. Hear how graduate students can apply their skills and education in non-academic settings. Refreshments will be provided!

RSVPs are not required, but are requested. To RSVP, contact the Bridges Center at 206-543-7946, or e-mail hbcls@uw.edu

Nominations are now open for the 2017-18 GO-MAP Dissertation Fellowships. The GO-MAP Dissertation Fellowship award is intended to assist Ph.D. candidates of color in the final stages of writing and completing their dissertations. The 2017-18 GO-MAP Dissertation Fellowship is a three-quarter award established with support of the Stroum Endowment. Departments may submit no more than one nominee for this award.

The award must be used during the 2017-18 academic year (Fall 2017 through Summer 2018). The choice of the consecutive quarters will be left to the discretion of the graduate student in consultation with their supervisory committee chair.

2017-18 NOMINATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017; 5 PM

Eligibility

To be considered for this award, the student must:

• Have passed the General Examination and attained candidate status by the time of nomination.
• Have demonstrated progress on the dissertation that indicates completion by end of Summer 2018 or sooner.
• Be in a tuition-based program; students in fee-based programs are not eligible.
• Not have received another dissertation award from the Graduate School (e.g., Gatzert, Presidential).

Nomination Process

SUBMIT NOMINATIONS VIA CATALYST

Nominations are due no later than 5 PM, Thursday, May 11, 2017. No late materials will be accepted. Nominations will not be considered unless they are complete and submitted by the deadline.
Nomination Materials Nomination materials should be submitted only by the department as one file in PDF format. Nominations must include the following: 1. A completed nomination cover sheet (see email attachment). 2. A one-page letter of nomination from the GPC or chair of the department. Information about the student’s status and performance in the program or comparison with other recent students would be useful. 3. A one-page statement from the dissertation advisor demonstrating their opinion of: o The significance of the research. o The progress made to date (e.g., data collection, chapter drafts submitted), including the anticipated completion date. 4. A personal statement from the student (not to exceed 2 pages, double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, 1 inch margins) addressing factors such as economic and/or educational disadvantages, overcoming personal adversity, and cultural awareness. 5. A one-page statement of career goals from the student. 6. A one-page timeline of expected dissertation activities in 2017-18. 7. The student’s curriculum vitae. 8. A copy of the student’s current UW transcript. An unofficial copy is sufficient.

Terms of Award

• This is a consecutive three-quarter award.
• The award must be used during the 2017-18 year (Fall 2017 – Summer 2018).
• The student may not receive funding or employment from another source without prior approval from GO-MAP.
• The award provides a stipend of $20,000 for three quarters ($2,222 per month), GAIP insurance, and UW state tuition and fees (excluding UPASS).
• The number of awards will be determined by the caliber of the applications and the amount of funding available.
• International students and students in fee-based programs are not eligible.

Awards will be announced in early June.

The Los Rios Community College District is seeking a pool of qualified applicants for possible temporary part-time teaching assignments. These positions are filled on an as needed basis and are on-going recruitment. Assignments may include day, evening and weekend courses.

(For complete information on the adjunct faculty recruitment process, select “Home” on the navigation bar to the left, then click Los Rios Jobs and select “Adjunct (PT) Faculty Recruitment Overview” in the “Applying for Positions at LRCCD ” section.)

Assignment Responsibilities

General Responsibilities:
The adjunct faculty member shall be responsible for the following: teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean; helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in his/her regular teaching field; continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position; assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities; assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of an adjunct faculty member as outlined in the college faculty handbook.

More information is available below.