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PI for National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

The Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR) in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for the position of Principal Investigator of the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). This position may be either as a tenured (associate or full) professor within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), or as a research scientist at CHRR. Candidates should have a strong ongoing record of scholarly research, and should be interested in taking the lead scientific role in shaping the NLSY79. As Principal Investigator (PI) of the NLSY79, the candidate will provide scientific leadership for all aspects of the survey, including questionnaire design and seeking outside funding. Interests in retirement and/or health preferred. Expertise in survey research is desired but not required. The most important qualification for the PI position is willingness to develop and implement a vision for the future of the survey, in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the funding agency, team members at both CHRR and NORC at the University of Chicago, and the user community.
If applying as a faculty member, the successful candidate will be housed in an SBS department in the area of economics, sociology or survey methodology. The individual will be expected to contribute to their department by maintaining a productive research program, teaching and advising PhD students, and providing service to the department and university. The successful candidate’s academic tenure home will be in an SBS Department, and the allocation of his or her time and effort between the department and CHRR will be governed by a memorandum of understanding.

If applying as a Research Scientist, the position will be fully funded for the first 3 years. During this time period the candidate will be expected to pursue additional grant opportunities.

Qualifications
The candidate sought will have an established, active and ongoing record of scholarship at the highest level. He or she will have an international reputation in research. A doctoral degree in a relevant social science discipline is required at the time of application. Appointment is contingent on the university’s verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or university policies, including but not limited to a criminal background check.

Call for Submissions: CSDE Trainee Special Seminar on Dec 2 – Lightning Talks & Posters

CSDE invites its trainees to submit a project abstract for this Fall’s Trainee Lightning Talks and Poster Session, as part of the CSDE Seminar series “Next Population Science Insights.” Selected trainees will introduce their project via lightning talks and continue the conversation over posters.

Proposals are due October 28, 2016

This is a great opportunity to showcase your research to an excitingly diverse set of colleagues from across the university, make new connections with scholars working in similar areas, and celebrate your continued development as a strong demographic researcher.

CSDE will recognize the best poster with an award. Posters will be assessed based on design, content, and presentation.

Poster Session Date: Friday, December 2, 2016
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Green A, Research Commons, Allen Library South

Submit your project abstract: https://goo.gl/forms/WkonUkp4patj7BTB2

CSDE Big Data To Knowledge (BD2K) Predoctoral Graduate Fellowships

CSDE announces two 12-month fellowships funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. The fellowships are the result of a partnership between CSDE, CSSS and the eScience institute. The BD2K fellowship program is designed to provide integrated training in three core areas essential for future advances in demographic research: demography, statistics (and machine learning), and computing (programming, data management, etc). The goal of this initiative is to prepare a new generation of population scientists who are well versed in data science, computational methods and social statistics and who will harness the power of new, diverse, complex, and unstructured data sources to address important research questions in the biomedical, behavioral and social sciences.

The fellowships will begin in the Winter 2017 quarter, and provide fellows with a monthly stipend at the NIH predoctoral level and $500 to attend conferences. CSDE will pay full tuition, the graduate operating fee, and health insurance premiums.

Current Graduate Students who are in PhD programs of CSDE Affiliated Departments or Schools (Anthropology, Epidemiology, Geography, Health Services, Public Affairs, Social Work, Sociology, and Statistics) are eligible to apply.

Fellowship recipients are required to maintain continuous residence, remain in good standing in their home department, complete the core sequence of courses in demography (e.g., CSDE/SOC 533 “Demographic Methods” and SOC 590 “Data Science and Population Processes”), pursue advanced training in statistics or machine learning (e.g., by completing a CSSS track or other coursework, as appropriate), and take appropriate courses in the area of Software Development and Data Management (e.g., CSE 599 “Software Development for Data Scientists, CSE 414 “Introduction to Data Management”). Successful applicants have likely completed some coursework in at least two of the three core areas.

Fellowship recipients are required to attend at least one quarter of the CSDE seminars, at least one quarter of the CSSS seminars and at least one quarter of the eScience Community seminars. Fellows are also required to work with a mentoring team on a mutually agreed upon research project for 15-19 hours per week. The mentoring team should be composed of at least 2 affiliates of CSDE, CSSS or eScience, with the appropriate expertise in methods and the substantive area of research.

The application package includes:

  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. Current transcripts
  3. Statement of proposed research project (max 600 words, not including references and figures)
  4. Three brief essays (200 words max) describing your interest, experience, and competency in each of the BD2K core areas (demography, statistics, and computing). For any areas in which your background is deep, explain how your previous activities (e.g. research projects, CSDE training program, specific courses, CSSS track) provide competency in the area. For areas in which you have less experience, explain how the BD2K fellowship will catalyze new research and learning opportunities that will advance your career. Successful candidates will likely demonstrate competency in at least two of the three areas.
  5. Responses to an online questionnaire. As part of the questionnaire, you will be asked to list the names and affiliations of two mentors that would be part of your mentoring team. Priority will be given to mentoring teams that span the competency areas (demography, statistics, and computing). Mentors should be affiliates of CSDE, CSSS, or the eScience institute. Please contact your mentors before listing them on your application. If you are selected as a finalist, the selection committee will request letters of support from both mentors.

All the documents (except for the online questionnaire) must be submitted in .pdf format. Please combine all the documents into a single pdf document. Please use the following file name: CandidateLastName_CandidateFirstName_BD2K.pdf where you replace CandidateLastName with your last name and CandidateFirstName with your first name.

Submission link for single PDF file: https://www.dropbox.com/request/7sHujYHICwHy1RhkKG6P

Link to the online questionnaire: https://goo.gl/forms/LUvXL0w9uiBdHWh22

Online and Activity-Based Social Networks Workshop

Communities in the fields of health, social sciences, and computer and information sciences have recently become interested in online and mobile applications dedicated to improving health-related behavior. Researchers studying these topics focus on everything from software and hardware development to understanding and modeling the social exchange and peer influence on these new platforms. These activity-based social networks are important environments for improving the health and well-being of individuals; they also offer numerous opportunities for use by the broader medical community. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), for example, has identified a series of issues related to improving an individual’s health-related behavior, including “encouragement, support, or companionship from family and friends” all of which are supported in popular activity-based networks. Building on the combination of technological foundations, emergent social dynamics and health implications, this workshop looks to bring together researchers from across variety of disciplines to share current findings and help build a community around this engaging new area of research.

In this workshop, the organizers invite researchers and practitioners from different disciplines such as sociology, economics, psychology, social computing, public health, statistics, communications, computer science, engineering and other related areas to share their ideas and research achievements in order to better understand online and mobile applications dedicated to improving health-related behavior. Their goal is for this workshop to be inclusive and broadly expose both researchers and practitioners to current advances in a variety of fields.

Topics
They solicit original, unpublished and innovative research work on all aspects around, but not limited to, the following themes:

  • Sampling from activity-based networks
  • Measuring activity-based networks
  • Modeling activity-based networks
  • Experiments on activity-based networks
  • Influence of activity-based networks
  • Designing activity-based networks
  • Recruiting participants for activity-based networks
  • Building applications to engage activity-based networks
  • Measuring the health effects and/or efficacy of activity-based networks
  • Policy implications of activity-based networks

Format and Submission
Submission of regular research papers (6-8 pages) as well as position papers (2-4 pages) is welcome.

They recommend that applicants follow the formatting of SocInfo2016 general submissions according to Springer LNCS paper formatting guidelines. The submissions will be evaluated by the Organizing Committee on the basis of quality and fit to the workshop theme. Accepted papers will be presented as short presentations or lightning talks at the workshop.

Participants who are interested in attending but do not submit a research paper or a position paper should submit a paragraph explaining why they are interested in participating, what they would gain from participation, and how they can contribute to the workshop.

Authors of accepted papers need to register for either the Workshop day or SocInfo2016 conference (http://usa2016.socinfo.eu/registration/). 
All submissions must be submitted in PDF format according to the guidelines through the Easychair installation: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=abn2016

NSF INCLUDES Conference on Multi-Scale Evaluation in STEM Education

Effective program evaluation is an essential component of STEM education and workforce development. The conference and associated events will enhance participants’ abilities to develop an evaluation plan that meets the needs of an INCLUDES Alliance Project. Participants will include individuals involved in current INCLUDES projects, those considering collaborating in such projects and STEM educators considering inclusion of formal evaluation in their projects. Examples of program evaluation developed by the program organizers are available at http://www.nimbios.org/NISER.

Associate Professor in Demography

There is an exciting opportunity for a full time Population Scientist to work as an Associate Professor in demography for 4 years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They are looking for an academic with relevant skills and a commitment to population research, for a post which offers a range of opportunities in research, teaching and management in the Population Studies Group. The successful candidate will be expected to build their own portfolio of research projects as well as having an opportunity to join other research projects undertaken by the group. She/he will supervise PhD and MSc students and teach on our two world leading MSc courses in Demography and Health, and Reproductive and Sexual Health Research, including Distance Learning versions of the courses taught face to face at the School.

Assistant Professor in Borders, Mobility, and Social Inclusion

The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members:

Job ID: 12488
Institution: University of Windsor
Department: Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology
Title: Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Borders, Mobility, and Social Inclusion
Position/Rank: Academic Positions: Assistant Professor

For additional information on this position (including how to apply), visit the ASA Job Bank at http://jobbank.asanet.org.

Assistant Professor – Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members:

Job ID: 12480
Institution: North Carolina State University
Department: Dept of Sociology & Anthropology
Title: Sociology of Race, Ethnicity and/or Immigration
Position/Rank: Academic Positions: Assistant Professor
Areas/Special Programs: Racial and Ethnic Relations , Migration/Immigration

For additional information on this position (including how to apply), visit the ASA Job Bank at http://jobbank.asanet.org.

Assistant Professor in Population Health

The Department of Sociology at Temple University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Population Health for Fall 2017. They seek a scholar who studies health and illness and their interrelationships with the social determinants of health at and across local, national, or global levels. They are particularly interested in researchers who also address urban processes, race and ethnicity, or gender. This faculty member is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in medical sociology, the social determinants of health, and urban and/or global health, as well as specialized and advanced courses in their area(s) of interest. They welcome scholars who use qualitative or quantitative methodological approaches. Their department offers a major, a minor, and a research certificate in the sociology of health. Applicants should submit a letter of intent, a curriculum vitae, samples of written work, and a statement of teaching interests, experience, and philosophy. Three confidential letters of reference are also required.  E-mail materials as attachments to healthsearch@temple.edu.  If necessary, they may also be sent by mail to the department chair, Professor Kim Goyette c/o Cathy Staples, Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Gladfelter Hall, 7th floor, 1115 Polett Walk, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Applications must be received by November 15 to receive full consideration. The candidate is expected to have a PhD upon appointment. Temple University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and it welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

Foundation Funding Workshop for Early Career Faculty

Join the Office of Research and Corporate & Foundation Relations for a workshop on funding! Here’s what the event will cover:

  • The focus of early career awards and how they differ from other funding opportunities
  • Funding opportunities designed to help faculty launch their careers
    • Packard Fellowships (science and engineering)
    • Sloan Fellowships (chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a related field)
    • Rita Allen Foundation Scholars (biomedical sciences)
    • Mallinckrodt Scholar Program (biomedical sciences)
    • Pew Scholars Program (biomedical sciences)
    • Searle Scholars program (biomedical sciences and chemistry)
    • Beckman Young Investigators (chemical and life sciences)
    • Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship (humanities)
  • Maximizing the role of each element
    • What your research statement needs to accomplish
    • What other application components need to accomplish
    • Choosing letter writers
  • The submission process
  • Review processes and criteria – varied audiences
  • How the UW’s limited submission opportunity (LSO) works
  • Where to learn more and get support/other opportunities

Please RSVP your plans to attend to research@uw.edu.