If you wish to have an announcement posted, please send an email to  with your announcement attached (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, and pdf files preferred).  Miscellaneous Announcements will be posted until event date has expired or at no charge for two months from the date posted date if no date is provided.  

Integrated Health Interview Series: free dataset

The Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS, at www.ihis.us) provides free online access to over 12,000 variables covering health status and conditions, health behaviors, health care, and health disparities for the U.S. noninstitutionalized civilian population between 1963 and the present. IHIS offers consistently-coded variables with extensive on-line documentation, and is based on the U.S. National Health Interview Survey, the leading source of information on the health of the U.S. population.  Researchers and students can analyze IHIS data using an online tabulator or create a customized data file with the years and variables they need, for analysis using a statistical package.  IHIS is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and is created by researchers at the University of Minnesota.

Gender & Society: Thematic Sections Project

Gender & Society, the official journal of Sociologists for Women in Society, is looking to reach broader audiences with its work.  The editorial office is in the process of organizing the content of our journal articles into searchable clusters, offering scholars the opportunity to access Gender & Society articles by theme. We are looking for individuals to help us organize and catalog previously published articles in Gender & Society into these themes and topics.  These themes may include but are not limited to:

  • Activism and Social Movements 
  • Class Inequality and Discrimination
  • Division of Household Labor
  • Feminist Identity 
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies 
  • Gender and Migration 
  • Gender and Work 
  • Gendered Bodies 
  • Health and Carework 
  • Heteronormativity 
  • Intimate Partner Violence 
  • Masculinities 
  • Media Representations 
  • Parenting 
  • Politics and Gender 
  • Race, Gender, and Class
  • Reproductive Technology 
  • Religion and Gender 
  • Sexual Harassment 
  • Sexualities 
  • Welfare Reform
  • Gender & Policy

Individuals who organize a thematic section for this project will receive recognition on the website and will be able to credit themselves as a webpage organizer on their C.V.  If you are interested in organizing a section based upon the topics above or would like to organize a topic not mentioned in this call, please contact both Marni Brown at and RJ Barrios at . In your response, please include your name, contact information, and the academic area you would like to organize for Gender & Society in the Classroom.

Incoporating Texts into Institutional Ethnography: Workshop with Dorthy E. Smith & Susan Marie Turner

November 25-27, 2011

Institutional Ethnography is a method of social inquiry that explores how institutions are put together; starts from the standpoint of people’s everyday lives and real concerns; and explores the organization of power that is outside the range of people’s own knowledge. 

This is the first time IE’s approach to texts is being presented in an intensive workshop format. The workshop is for both experienced and novice researchers. It is of interest to anyone wanting to clarify their understanding of IE, and to learn and practice its analytic strategies for incorporating texts.

E-mail to register. Visit www.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse for full workshop details. The workshop is presented by the Centre for Women's Studies in Education (CWSE) and will be held in downtown Toronto. Click here (PDF) for the conference flyer.

Crime & Justice Summer Research Institute: Broadening Perspectives & Participation

July 9 – 27, 2012, Ohio State University

Faculty pursuing tenure and career success in research-intensive institutions, academics transitioning from teaching to research institutions, and faculty members carrying out research in teaching contexts will be interested in this Summer Research Institute. Organized by Lauren J. Krivo and Ruth D. Peterson and funded by the National Science Foundation and Ohio State University, the institute is designed to promote successful research projects and careers among faculty from underrepresented groups working in areas of crime and criminal justice. During the institute, each participant will complete an ongoing project (either a research paper or grant proposal) in preparation for journal submission or agency funding review. In addition, participants will gain information that will serve as a tool-kit tailored to successful navigation of the academic setting. The Summer Research Institute will provide participants with:

  • Resources for completing their research projects;
  • Senior faculty mentors in their areas of study;
  • Opportunities to network with junior and senior scholars; 
  • Workshops addressing topics related to publishing, professionalization, and career planning;
  • Travel expenses to Ohio, housing in Columbus, and living expenses.

The institute will culminate in a research symposium where participants present their completed research before a scholarly audience.

Completed applications must be postmarked by Friday, February 10, 2012. To download the application form, please see our web site (http://cjrc.osu.edu/rdcj-n/summerinstitute). All applicants must hold regular tenure-track positions in U.S. institutions and demonstrate how their participation broadens participation of underrepresented groups in crime and justice research. Graduate students without tenure track appointments are not eligible for this program. Please direct all inquiries to .  

United Nations Graduate Student Internship Program

The United Nations provides opportunities for students enrolled in a graduate program to undertake an internship at its headquarters in New York.  The United Nations Headquarters Internship Program is offered on a two-month basis three times a year:

  1. Mid January to mid March (spring session): the deadline for applications is mid-September.
  2. Early June to early August (summer session): The deadline for applications is the end of January.
  3. Mid September to mid November (fall session): The deadline for applications is mid May.

Interested graduate students should write via EMAIL ONLY to the Ad Hoc Internship Coordinator, Human Resources Management Service, United Nations Office.  Applications (in English) should include the following: A cover letter, recent curriculum vitae (CV), copies of their university degrees or a list of courses attended, abstracts of academic papers they have written.

Send electronic applications to: . For more information, visit: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds/internsh/index.htm.

(Posted 5/24/2011)

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Book Award

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis is soliciting nominations for its Book Award, which will recognize the book published in 2011 that best furthers understanding of the American Civil Rights Movement and its legacy. The recipient of the award will receive $1,000 and an invitation to deliver an address in the Hooks Institute Lecture Series during the 2012-2013 academic year.

For consideration, one copy of the book should be submitted, postmarked by December 1, 2011, to Book Award Nomination, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, 107 Scates Hall, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, 38152-3530.  Only non-fiction books originally published in 2011 will be eligible for submission. 

Finalists will be asked to submit additional copies to a panel of judges representing various disciplines and academic institutions in Memphis.

For questions or comments, please contact Book Award Committee Chair Aram Goudsouzian, Associate Professor in the University of Memphis Department of History by phone at 901-678-2520 or via email at .

In 1996, University of Memphis officials received approval from the Tennessee Board of Regents to create the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change. The Institute is dedicated to Teaching, Studying, and Promoting Civil Rights and Social Change.  Hooks Institute archives include Dr. Hooks’s personal papers, which are housed in the Mississippi Valley Collection in the University’s McWherter Library.

(Posted: May 6, 2011)