The David L. Boren Fellowship provides up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. Boren Fellowships support study and research in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Boren Fellows represent a variety of academic and professional disciplines, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. In addition to language study, graduate applicants have the option to propose research, academic study, professional internship, or any combination of the above.

Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their projects, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.  NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.

Fellowship recipients are responsible for fulfilling a NSEP Service Requirement within two years of graduating, within one or more of many eligible federal agencies.

Eligibility:

• S. citizens only
• Must be matriculated into your graduate program
• May not graduate until the fellowship is complete

Applications are submitted online. UW applicants are not required, but are highly encouraged to submit by the early campus deadline in order to participate in an on-campus interview process. The interview process is intended to provide applicants with valuable feedback from relevant faculty and staff on campus; all UW applicants will move onto the national competition.

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is now accepting applications for its 2017-2018 U.S. Policy Communication Training Program. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – National Institute of Health (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). It is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents pursuing doctoral programs at reputable U.S. academic institutions and who are between their 3rd and 5th year of studies. PRB gives priority to applicants who are current or previous trainees of NICHD-supported population centers in the United States.

Applicants may be in any field of study, but their research focus must be related to demography, reproductive health, or population health. Demographic topics include population dynamics, distribution, growth, and decline; migration; fertility, nuptiality, and family demography; mortality and morbidity; or the causes and consequences of demographic change. Reproductive health studies of interest are limited to behavioral and social science research. Population health areas include human health, productivity, and development at the population level. The populations of concern may be U.S. or non-U.S. populations.

Through the U.S. Policy Communication Training Program, participants will:

• Understand the process by which research informs the policy environment.
• Learn various ways to communicate findings to U.S. policy audiences.
• Improve their ability to communicate in written and verbal formats.

The U.S. Policy Communication Training Program builds on PRB’s 40-year legacy of training researchers to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process. While research often has profound policy implications, it must be communicated effectively to a variety of non-technical audiences in order to have an impact. The U.S. Policy Communication Training Program prepares researchers to influence policymaking through effective communication. To that end, the core training sessions cover:

• The research to policy gap
• Communication strategies to link research to policy
• Writing for policy and nontechnical audiences
• Effective content for and delivery of presentations

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Postdoctoral and Ph.D. program. BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen and is funded by the German Excellence Initiative.

BIGSSS is part of an international network of highly acknowledged graduate programs. It supports its doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in achieving early scientific independence and provides funds for the conduct, presentation, and publishing of their research. The language of instruction is English. Fellows are expected to choose Bremen as their place of residence.

Up to three Postdoctoral Positions

BIGSSS offers up to three postdoctoral positions. The BIGSSS Postdoc Program provides Postdocs with the opportunity, resources, and support to

• present their research at international conferences and build up international networks,
• disseminate their research finding in scientific publication outlets
• write grant proposals,
• organize a conference or workshop,
• teach and supervise,
• participate in transferable skills training (e.g., didactics, media, career) and establish a mentoring relationship with senior faculty.

BIGSSS expects their Postdocs to

• engage with the BIGSSS PhD-fellows (discussion, mentoring, supervision),
• actively participate in BIGSSS courses (doctoral colloquium, lecture series) as well as academic and social events,
• produce a significant scientific output (e.g. to publish a journal article or book, write a grant proposal, organize a conference or workshop).

Postdoctoral positions are paid in line with TV-L E13 and may be taken up for a period up to 24 months. We expect our candidates to conduct English-language research projects and to have full professional proficiency. Competition is open to candidates who have received a doctorate in political science, sociology, psychology, or related social science disciplines within the last three years. Applicants need to have graduated prior to commencing their postdoctoral stay and have to apply to one of BIGSSS’ three Thematic Fields:

1. Global Governance and Regional Integration
2. Welfare State, Inequality, and Quality of Life
3. Changing Lives in Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts

Two Ph.D. Stipends/Fellowships

BIGSSS offers two fellow positions in its Ph.D. program. Successful applicants will pursue a topic in BIGSSS’ Thematic Field:

1. Changing Lives in Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts

We seek candidates with innovative, interdisciplinary research topics who are interested in the interplay of individual attitudes, capabilities, and behavior with changing demographics, cultures, and institutions. BIGSSS seeks candidates with strong academic abilities and a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in psychology, sociology, political science, or a related social science discipline. We offer Ph.D. stipends of € 1300/month for 36 months, contingent on successful completion of each year.

Application

More information and lists of required application materials can be found at www.bigsss-bremen.de. For additional inquiries, please check the online FAQ and feel free to contact our Admissions Officer at admissions-officer@bigsss-bremen.de.

Postdoctoral positions and Ph.D. fellowships will start on September 1, 2017. Non-German students are strongly encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, BIGSSS particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.

Applications must be submitted online at https://admissions.bigsss-bremen.de until January 31, 2017.

This year’s unpredictable and groundbreaking presidential campaign inspired hyperbole, hysteria, and plenty of historical comparisons. How history-making *was* this year’s race?  How does it relate to broader trends around the world?

Join four UW History faculty as they situate the US election amid broader global and historical trends. Moving from Duterte’s Philippines to Fujimori’s Peru to post-Brexit Europe to the America of Clinton and Trump, our panel will explore the broader historical forces shaping today’s political landscape, and what it means for the global future.

Seminar on Topics of Diversity and Justice: Engaging Privilege

GRDSCH 640 SLN: 21886 1 credit CR/NC

Instructors: Gino Aisenberg, PhD, MSW & Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi, M.Ed.

Tuesdays, 4:30pm-5:50pm, Odegaard Library Active Learning Classroom (ACL) 141

This course is centered in the diverse and common experiences, strengths, and needs of multicultural and marginalized communities. Through active participation in guest presentations, facilitated discussions, small group work and other dynamic learning, the class will gain

1. a deepening critical understanding of factors that perpetuate power and privilege;
2. understanding of the impact of power and privilege at individual and systemic levels; and
3. skills to engage in dialogue and promote just action that dismantle systems of power.

The Latino/a Scholars Graduate School Fellowship is now accepting applications. Graduate students awarded will receive a one-time award of $1,500 for Winter quarter. The deadline is Friday, December 16 at 5 PM.

If out-of-state/non-resident students are awarded, the $1,500 will be made in bi-weekly payments. This payment method allows a student to qualify for the non-resident differential (NRD) – Students will be charged resident tuition as opposed to non-resident tuition for Winter 2017. To apply or read more about the opportunity, visit the posting below.

The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center seeks to recruit a graduate student to join our team of talented Graduate Student Liaisons and Mentors for the Undergraduate Community-Based Internship (UCBI) program. This internship creates a venue for a graduate student to assist in the implementation of paid undergraduate community based internships in non-profit and public sector organizations concentrated in 5 neighborhood zones between the University District and the City of SeaTac.

Hours: 15-18 hours per week (orientation in Autumn Quarter, regular weekly schedule in Winter and Spring Quarters). Must be available on Tuesday evenings, 6 pm-8:00 pm, for undergraduate internship meetings.

Compensation: $19 per hour

Position Description:

In the 2015/16 academic year, the Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center partnered with the UW Career & Internship Center to develop a robust set of internship opportunities in non-profit and public sector settings for UW undergraduates. Graduate Student Liaisons and Mentors both assisted with the development of well-designed internship opportunities (in partnership with community-based organizations) and in mentoring UW undergraduates as they engaged in their internship experiences.

In the 2016/17 academic year, we are pleased to both continue this program and to expand it to serve a greater number of students and community-based organizations. As a result of this growth, we seek to hire an additional graduate student to join the team of graduate interns who worked to develop and implement UCBI last year. With the guidance of colleagues in the UW Career & Internship Center, Graduate Student Interns will provide on-going training and support for the undergraduate interns with a focus on helping them articulate their learning and skill development through a career and leadership focused lens. This internship provides a unique opportunity for graduate students at the UW to learn more about facilitating student experiences, linking experiential opportunities to career readiness and leadership development, and better understanding the strengths and challenges faced by non-profit partners and communities in the Seattle/King County area.

Qualifications:

We are looking for graduate students from a broad range of backgrounds and disciplines who have an interest in facilitating undergraduate student learning, fostering community-campus partnerships, and working towards equitable outcomes with communities. Students should be able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing. Applicants should be excited to form a community of practice with other graduate students, interested in learning program implementation skills, and committed to understanding principles of best practice in student learning, asset based partnership development and anti-oppression work.

To Apply: To be considered, please submit the following:

• A current resume as well as the names and contact information for two references.
• A cover letter outlining why you are applying for this internship and articulating your interests in facilitating student learning, working with under-represented communities, and developing community-campus partnerships. Please also include a description of 2-3 things you seek to learn from this graduate student internship experience.

Deadline: Please submit all materials via email by 5 pm on Monday, November 21st to Rachel Vaughn, Director, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center, rvaughn@uw.edu. Questions may be addressed to Rachel via email, or via phone at (206) 685-2705.

This Winter Quarter, JUSTICE MATTERS aims to introduce graduate and professional students from a wide range of backgrounds to some central moral questions about social structures and institutions. Discussion will center on issues of justice, broadly construed as the basic virtue of social institutions. In particular, the course will ask what it is to treat people as equals, and consider different answers to this question as proposed by (for example) utilitarians, liberals, libertarians, socialists and communitarians.  It will also illustrate the relevance of justice to various areas of social life, such as poverty, health care, human rights and global climate change. The course serves as a core course for the Graduate Certificate in Ethics (see below), but is also regularly taken independently.

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The UW Graduate Certificate in Ethics aims to facilitate graduate research in ethics as it arises across the disciplines. The program is designed to provide students with the necessary groundwork for pursuing ethics scholarship as it relates to their field of study. The curriculum is designed to accommodate diverse student interests and to facilitate cross-disciplinary conversations and scholarship. It welcomes applications to the Graduate Certificate in Ethics from graduate students across the university community. Visit the Certificate home page for more information.

The Graduate Certificate in Ethics is offered through the Program on Values in Society (POV) at the University of Washington. The program is dedicated to research, teaching, and outreach on ethical issues that arise across the disciplines. It is committed to facilitating the multidisciplinary collaboration that is essential to finding practical and insightful responses to today’s myriad moral problems. Members of the core faculty are currently working on a variety of issues, including global climate change; immigration and international justice; justice in health care; and medical practice and disability rights.

Please feel free to email ponvins@uw.edu with any questions about the program.

For 2017-2018 the Graduate School will award one-quarter fellowships to support international study or research abroad by UW graduate students. These grants are available to fund research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. During the quarter of their award, fellows are required to register for study abroad through UW Study Abroad. The program fee is covered by the fellowship. Graduate students in fee-based programs are not eligible to apply. No extra money is included for airfare.

These fellowships are available to fund research and/or study periods of one quarter (three full months) abroad during the 2017-2018 year (autumn 2017 through summer 2018). These awards DO NOT support faculty-led UW study abroad programs.

In allocating these awards, priority will be given to applications that address the following:

• clear statement of the research and/or study that will be done on the fellowship;
• evidence of the relationship between the proposed study/research and the applicant’s academic program;
• evidence of the necessity to go overseas to conduct the study/research and the relevance of the university or locale to the planned research (including evidence of affiliation, if required or appropriate, to carry out the proposed project); and
• evidence of appropriate language competence.

Students who have already received a Graduate School Pembroke Award, a Graduate School Fritz or Boeing Fellowship, or Western Europe Travel Grant are ineligible to receive this fellowship. For more information and to view the application form, please visit the website below.

Nature Sustainability, a new multidisciplinary journal from Nature Research, will publish the most significant research across a wide spectrum of natural, social and engineering science: research into how we organize our lives in a finite world, into the multiple impacts our actions have, and into the solutions that will ensure well-being now and in the future.

They wish to recruit an editor for the journal to cover the socioeconomic and international development dimensions of sustainability research — they are looking for research expertise in international development, or international relations, or sociology, or human geography, or related disciplines, preferably with training in quantitative methods.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team that will help shape and launch a new academic journal, to present a fully cross-disciplinary picture of sustainability research. Applicants should have a PhD in the relevant discipline, and preferably postdoctoral experience, with a strong research record.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Chief Editor, and with three editors from the natural and engineering sciences. Together, the Nature Sustainability team will work on all aspects of the editorial process, including manuscript selection and peer review, the commissioning and editing of Reviews and News & Views articles, and also writing for the journal.