Introduction to the statistical programming language R. Assumes no prior experience with R.

The Yale University Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration seeks to make at least one senior appointment of a scholar working in Asian American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Native American or Indigenous Studies, or Comparative/Transnational Ethnic Studies. Applications are welcome from scholars at the level of advanced Associate or Full Professor who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship and teaching, as well as leadership in their field and in the profession.

Specialization is open, but the committee particularly encourages applications from scholars pursuing ethnographic field research and critical analysis, or from social scientists, humanists, or interdisciplinary scholars whose work engages one or more of the following areas:  geography, critical demography, education, environmental justice, science/medicine/technology, or stratification and inequality.

The successful candidate or candidates will begin on July 1, 2017 and hold a joint appointment in the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program and another fitting academic department or program.

The Department of Social Work at California State University, Fullerton, invites applications for assistant professor. This is a 10-month full-time tenure-track position to begin Fall 2017. The Department of Social Work is recruiting one faculty member with expertise in aging and working with older adults. The appointee will teach a range of courses within the curriculum in the areas of practice/policy/research (e.g., advanced aging practice, aging policy, capstone research project courses, and electives). The individual who is hired will be expected to conduct and publish research, and seek external funding. Additional responsibilities will include participating in university, college, and department service committees. The appointee will be expected to teach in both the Fullerton and Irvine campus programs.

The DHS Program is seeking a data analyst for its analysis team. The DHS Program is USAID’s flagship program–and longest running project–to collect data on population and health indicators in low and middle income countries. The DHS Program has collected, analyzed, and disseminated representative data on population, HIV, malaria, and nutrition through more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries.

The Department of Government seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in Political Economy. We are particularly interested in scholars working on the political economy of developing areas, but this is not a requirement. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2017. The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Doctorate or terminal degree in Political Science, Economics, or related discipline required by the time the appointment begins. Demonstrated excellence in teaching is desired.

The Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, and the Brian Lamb School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University are conducting a cluster hire for two positions in quantitative methodologies and/or formal theory at the Assistant or Associate Professor ranks, with initial positions starting in the fall of 2017.

The successful candidates for these positions will be expected to contribute to the research and teaching programs of the departments in which they affiliate, and to collaborate with others within the cluster and across the university in interdisciplinary and extramurally funded research. Candidates will also be expected to contribute to an anticipated multi-college, shared graduate training platform, including a graduate certification program in advanced methodologies.

The Department of Geography at Texas A&M University invites applications for five tenure-track faculty positions.

Combinations of research expertise among these specialties are encouraged as well as the integration with geospatial technologies. Essential characteristics include publications commensurate with experience; demonstrated capability to secure external funding; ability to contribute to GIS research and teaching; and the ability to strengthen the graduate program in Geography through course offerings and mentoring students. Candidates should have the potential for creating synergies with existing Department strengths, must have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment, and a have strong commitment to excellence in research and teaching.

Two of the tenure-track faculty positions will be in physical geography at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Research specializations should complement existing departmental strengths in biogeography, climatology, and/or geomorphology. Three of the positions will be in human geography at the Assistant Professor level. The department is reinvesting in its human geography program by hiring leading-edge scholars with research specializations in urban, health, economic, or human-environment geography.

The Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University is currently recruiting a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate to start on or soon after September 2016. This position will be funded, in part, by a five-year research grant from the Eunice Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development.  In this research Brown’s PSTC team is collaborating closely with colleagues at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Research at the PSTC (http://www.pstc.brown.edu), as illustrated by this project, is distinguished by its commitment to collaboration across disciplinary and institutional boundaries as well as its strong portfolio of research in developing country settings. The successful applicant for this postdoctoral position will be a key member of the “Migration, Urbanization, and Health” project team, working both at Brown and for substantial periods in the field in South Africa.  The tasks involve all phases of designing, fielding and analyzing a multi-wave longitudinal survey.  Potential applicants are encouraged to consult the PSTC website to learn more about the institutional environment and related research underway.

In addition to playing a central role in this ongoing research, the Associate will be expected to attend the weekly PSTC Colloquium when in residence, present research locally and at appropriate scholarly society annual meetings, and submit articles for publication. Postdocs have access to the considerable PSTC research infrastructure and also have the opportunity to benefit from workshops and mentoring on grant preparation, research skill development, and the responsible conduct of research.  Some opportunity will also be reserved for the Associate’s own independent research.

This is a two-year position with the second year contingent on satisfactory performance in the first year. Salary will be based on current NIH guidelines that depend on the experience/credentials of the appointee and will include health benefits.  Applications will be accepted beginning August 1, 2016, with earliest start date for the position September 1, 2016. New applications will be accepted until the position is filled.