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The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) provides a free fellowship and scholarship bulletin for members and non-members to browse for opportunities. Announcements are posted with the newest announcements first. Please remember to contact each institution individually if you would like more information about a fellowship or scholarship listing. SSSP hopes you find this service valuable.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow In Community Engagement

Institution: The University of Notre Dame

Contact: Jay Brandenberger, Ph.D.,

Phone: 574-631-5293

Address: Center for Social Concerns 166 Geddes Hall Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-4633 USA

The University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns (CSC) is seeking a full-time, two-year postdoctoral research fellow who can begin work in August, 2012, or before.

OVERVIEW Founded in 1983, the Center is an academic institute at Notre Dame that fosters student and faculty engagement in relation to issues of social concern and justice. Each year, approximately 1,000 undergraduate students enroll in over 25 Center-facilitated courses built on community engagement. Students are placed at sites in the local community, across the United States, and internationally. To enhance such efforts across the University, the Center offers course-development grants, research awards, and consultation to faculty and graduate students in each College. The Center conducts research on the impact of such initiatives on students’ personal, ethical, and professional development.* It is also interested in investigating the impact of such educational efforts in communities that receive Notre Dame students. The Center is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to further this research agenda in higher education. NOTE: Final hiring is dependent on expected funding being secured.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. To strengthen the Center’s capacity to fulfill its research agenda.

  2. To make use of existing Center data and collect new data assessing the impact of its community based learning efforts on students and/or in the local community. The fellow’s research will result in the publication of scholarly manuscripts and research articles.

  3. To offer one course each year that is consistent with the Center’s mission and builds on the Fellow’s area of expertise; for example, a course that helps students learn how to use research skills to assist a community organization, or one that examines the role of higher education in social change.

  4. To assist the Center with the development and writing of reports and the creation of instruments for the assessment of programs and student learning. The Center is developing university-wide assessment tools for community engagement

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Strong research skills, quantitative methods preferred

  2. Record of publication

  3. Experience/interest in higher education, engaged pedagogies, and/or applied research

  4. Ph.D. in field consistent with research and teaching at the Center (e.g., higher education, psychology, sociology, statistics).

Degrees from interdisciplinary programs welcome. Salary: $39-41,000/year, plus benefits. The review process will begin January 11 and continue until the position is filled.

To ensure consideration, please send the following items electronically to Jay Brandenberger at

  1. Letter of interest describing experience, goals, and project interests

  2. Curriculum Vitae

  3. Sample of work (scholarly publication or professional writing sample); you may also send a relevant course syllabus

  4. Current contact information for three professional references

Mitchem Fellow, Marquette University- August 2012

Contact: Peter Kovochich

Contact E-mail: 

Phone: 414-288-1560

Marquette University invites applications for the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program. Mitchem Fellowships seek to help increase the presence of currently underrepresented racial and cultural groups in the U.S. professoriate by supporting advanced doctoral candidates during completion of the dissertation. The fellowships provide one year of support for doctoral candidates who are well into the writing stage of their dissertation work, are U.S. citizens, and are currently enrolled in U.S. universities. In addition to library, office and clerical support privileges, Mitchem Fellows receive a $35,000 stipend plus fringe benefits, research and travel monies for the 2012-13 academic year. Fellows are to be in residence at Marquette University for the academic year, August 20, 2012 to May 19, 2013, during which they teach one (1) course in their area of specialization, interact with faculty and undergraduate students, give a public presentation, and devote their primary energies to the completion of their dissertations. During their residence, Mitchem Fellows will participate in a formal mentoring program, each fellow collaborating with a senior faculty mentor who is appointed by the Dean in her or her discipline. Master's degree required.

Applications for the 2012-13 Fellowships are invited from the following academic areas:

  • Communication Studies 
  • Counseling Psychology 
  • Educational Policy and Leadership 
  • English 
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures 
  • History 
  • Mass Communication 
  • Mathematics 
  • Statistics and Computer Science 
  • Philosophy 
  • Political Science 
  • Psychology 
  • Social and Cultural Sciences 
  • Theology/Religious Studies
Persons are eligible to apply if they have not earned a doctoral degree at any time or in any field, are U.S. Citizens, have completed all other requirements for the Ph.D. and are at the writing stage of their dissertation work, and belong to a racial-cultural group historically underrepresented in the U.S. professoriate. African-American, Native American and Hispanic American candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Application instructions: All applications for this position must be initiated through Marquette University's electronic recruiting system at: https://careers.marquette.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53443 Attach a current curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, a dissertation prospectus (10 page maximum), and a description of teaching interests.

Please visit http://www.marquette.edu/provost/mitchem-dissertation-program.shtml to obtain the Progress Toward Degree and Letter of Reference Cover Sheet forms. Three confidential letters of recommendation, including one from the applicant's dissertation advisor are required. These, along with official graduate transcripts and the completed progress toward degree form should be send via USPS to: Dr. William Welburn Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Marquette University Office of the Provost - Zilber Hall 454 P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 AA/EOE

The Visiting Scholar Program at the University of Colorado Population Center

The University of Colorado Population Center at Boulder invites applications for a 2012-2013 Visiting Scholar Program that will help support a semester or year-long visit to Boulder, the university, and center.  We invite applications from national and international population scholars with interests in our signature themes health and mortality, migration and population distribution, and environmental demography and the desire to participate in center activities and perhaps collaborate with center affiliates.  The center is part of the interdisciplinary Population Program and Institute of Behavioral Science.  For more detail, see http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/pop.

We can supplement the visitor's own salary from a sabbatical or grant with support of up to $20,000 for the costs for travel, living allowance, and research.  In special cases, we will consider visits for shorter periods.  For questions or to express interest, please contact Rajshree Shrestha ( ).  For applications, please submit to the same email address a one-page summary of research interests, a CV, and desired period of visit.  The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.  The type and amount of financial support will be negotiated as part of the visitor offer.