The University Honors Program has an outstanding opportunity for a part-time Counseling Services Coordinator to join our dynamic and collaborative team.  This individual represents the University Honors Program in a variety of capacities to organizations and groups within and beyond the University community and serves as an adviser for prospective and current members of the University Honors Program.  Primary responsibilities for this position include academic advising, assisting in the management of a travel fellowship, assisting with the instruction of a first year course, and providing support for recruitment, admissions, and data management.

The University Honors Program at UW has an exciting opportunity to hire three graduate student admissions readers for Winter Quarter, 2017. This is an excellent chance for graduate students to work with higher education professionals from across campus in the review of undergraduate freshmen applications to the Honors Program for admittance Autumn Quarter 2017.

Readers will assess freshman Honors Program applications using a combination of personal and academic factors. Applications are assessed separately by multiple readers, and final admission decisions are made by Honors Program staff based on a holistic assessment rubric.

A detailed position description can be found below.

Interested in studying a foreign language and learning about different cultures? FLAS Fellowships award $7,500-$33,000 to UW students studying foreign languages!

These fellowships are available to current and incoming undergraduate, graduate and professional UW students who are U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents. For more information, including a list of upcoming information sessions, click below or email Robyn Davis at rldavis@uw.edu.

The Training and Statistical Development Branch of the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Programs is seeking to hire a Survey Statistician/Demographer. The ideal candidate would have international experience and be familiar with the census and/or survey life cycle. The position requires about 25% overseas travel focused on training staff from National Statistical Offices in developing countries.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide training and technical assistance to NSO counterparts in various census or survey related activities (planning and management, budget formulation, questionnaire and enumerator manual design and development, field staff training, data processing, analysis, and dissemination) through short-term field missions to developing countries
• Participate in strategic planning exercises associated with the Washington, D.C. based International Training Program
• Collaborate with staff in the development of DAPPS
• Develop and update training materials for international workshops
• Liaise with a variety of foreign governments, universities, and local and international stakeholders in census and survey operations

For more information, email oliver.p.fischer@census.gov.

The multidisciplinary Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and the Department of Sociology at Vassar College invite applications for a joint tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in one or more of the following fields: science studies, environment and technology, queer/trans studies, or other areas that intersect explicitly between STS and Sociology. The position begins in fall of 2017. A Ph.D. in Sociology or related field is required.

Teaching load in the first year is 4 courses; after that it is 5 courses per year, split 2/3 and 3/2 in alternating years, between the STS Program and the Sociology Department. The person in this position will teach courses, normally to be cross-listed between STS and Sociology, at all levels in their fields of sociological expertise. Within the STS Program, interest and ability to teach the core course in STS (‘Conceptualizing STS: Theories and Practice’) would be beneficial, although not required. Within the Sociology Department, the person in this position will be expected to teach the department’s theory-based Introductory Sociology course.

The Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of family and gender. It seeks a methodologically and substantively diverse applicant pool. Applications are encouraged from candidates with expertise in the study of gender and family processes as well as their intersection with social stratification and inequality, race and ethnic relations, work and occupations, or education. We seek candidates who are committed to undergraduate and graduate teaching in topics related to the family and gender.

The Department of Sociology at Syracuse University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin Fall, 2017. It seeks a scholar with a strong background and interest in African American/Black American issues, with emphasis on qualitative methods.

Preference will be given to candidates who can contribute to other strengths in the sociology department as well as to Maxwell School-wide priorities. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Sociology or a related discipline by the time of appointment and must show success in or a strong promise of scholarly achievement and productivity, as well as a commitment to graduate and undergraduate teaching. Faculty members have the opportunity to affiliate with one of the Maxwell School’s research institutes or a number of other interdisciplinary centers and programs.

The Extension Family and Community Health (FCH) Program, and the Division of Outreach & Engagement (O&E) at Oregon State University, invite applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term (non-tenuretrack) Extension Assistant Professor (Practice) position in social demography. The individual in this position will develop a statewide Extension program to study population dynamics in Oregon, and will work with colleagues in Extension and O&E to build programs that serve Oregon communities.

This position is at the rank of Assistant Professor of Practice, located on the OSU campus in Corvallis. The Professor of Practice is an academic series at Oregon State University that is expected to develop a creative, original professional program that contributes to the goals of Extension programming as well as the evidence base for effective community programming. As a fixed-term position, it is renewable annually. The position is not tenured, but it allows for advancement through the ranks of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Practice, following procedures described in the OSU Promotion and tenure guidelines.

Position responsibilities include obtaining external funding and leading grant projects. At present, this individual will be the Principal Investigator for several ongoing grant projects (currently estimated at .35 FTE), which support 2.5 additional FTE.

The 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Award Ceremony on October 28-29, 2016, will include scientific talks, poster presentations, panel discussions, ample opportunities for discussion and interaction, and the awarding of the Blackwell-Tapia Prize to Dr. Mariel Vazquez. Participants will come from all career stages and will represent institutions of all sizes across the country, including Puerto Rico.

Conference goals are to:

• Recognize and showcase mathematical excellence by minority researchers
• Recognize and disseminate successful efforts to address under-representation
• Inform students and mathematicians about career opportunities in mathematics, especially outside academia
• Provide networking opportunities for mathematical researchers at all points in the higher education/career trajectory