Lisa Arrastia who awarded an American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Congratulations to Lisa, who, according to the AAUW was one of 64 Fellows selected from 1,175 applications from such diverse disciplines as biology, philosophy, and anthropology.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
University of WI-Madison Visiting Assistant Professor Position
The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a visiting assistant professor for 2009-2010. Applicants are recommended to have past teaching experience. Application deadline: June 1, 2009 or until filled.
University of WI-Madison Visiting Assistant Professor Position
Application Deadline: June 1, 2009 or until filled. The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a visiting assistant professor for 2009-2010 in the area of Hmong American Studies, Critical Hmong Studies, or transnational Hmong Studies with a contemporary U.S. focus. We are interested in someone who is already experienced in teaching a course in any of the following disciplinary perspectives:
Hmong Studies, Sociology, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Community Studies, Political Science, Public Health, Psychology, Counseling, Education, Human Development and Family Studies, Nursing, or a related discipline with a contemporary US focus. Experience with community based research or service learning is desirable but not
required. The teaching load will be 2 courses per semester. This position also includes providing consultation about the future of Hmong Studies as a field and involvement in programming. The teaching load will be 2 courses per semester.
We have already put two courses in the timetable for the Fall (generically titled so that they can be tailored to the interests of the instructor).
Asian Am 240 Hmong Experiences in the U.S.
Asian Am 540 Hmong American Studies
This is a 9 month position that will pay $42,865 plus benefits. If you are interested in being considered for this position, please send BY EMAIL your curriculum vita and a letter describing what your course content and perspective would be for both of these courses by June 1 to:
Lynet Uttal
Director, Asian American Studies Program
luttal@wisc.edu
Note: If a prospective visiting assistant professor has yet to complete the Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree by the date of offer, the appointment will be made as a visiting instructor. The appointment letter will include a statement indicating that if all degree work is not completed by the start of the appointment, it will be for one year at the rank of Visiting Instructor at a salary $500 less than the rate to be offered that individual at the rank of visiting assistant professor.
University of WI-Madison Visiting Assistant Professor Position
Application Deadline: June 1, 2009 or until filled. The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a visiting assistant professor for 2009-2010 in the area of Hmong American Studies, Critical Hmong Studies, or transnational Hmong Studies with a contemporary U.S. focus. We are interested in someone who is already experienced in teaching a course in any of the following disciplinary perspectives:
Hmong Studies, Sociology, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Community Studies, Political Science, Public Health, Psychology, Counseling, Education, Human Development and Family Studies, Nursing, or a related discipline with a contemporary US focus. Experience with community based research or service learning is desirable but not
required. The teaching load will be 2 courses per semester. This position also includes providing consultation about the future of Hmong Studies as a field and involvement in programming. The teaching load will be 2 courses per semester.
We have already put two courses in the timetable for the Fall (generically titled so that they can be tailored to the interests of the instructor).
Asian Am 240 Hmong Experiences in the U.S.
Asian Am 540 Hmong American Studies
This is a 9 month position that will pay $42,865 plus benefits. If you are interested in being considered for this position, please send BY EMAIL your curriculum vita and a letter describing what your course content and perspective would be for both of these courses by June 1 to:
Lynet Uttal
Director, Asian American Studies Program
luttal@wisc.edu
Note: If a prospective visiting assistant professor has yet to complete the Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree by the date of offer, the appointment will be made as a visiting instructor. The appointment letter will include a statement indicating that if all degree work is not completed by the start of the appointment, it will be for one year at the rank of Visiting Instructor at a salary $500 less than the rate to be offered that individual at the rank of visiting assistant professor.
Fulbright Information Sessions
The Graduate School Fellowship Office is pleased to announce five Fulbright Information Sessions for students for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Fulbright Information Sessions
The Graduate School Fellowship Office is pleased to announce five Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in conducting research abroad during the 2010-11 academic year. Excellent opportunities are available to over 140 countries. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The UM campus application deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2009.
Those who would like to attend should go to the following link to reserve a place at one of the five meetings:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/fulbright/
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Wednesday, June 3, at 2 p.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Thursday, June 11, at 9 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Tuesday, June 16, at 9:15 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Thursday, June 18, at 2:15 p.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Fulbright Information Sessions
The Graduate School Fellowship Office is pleased to announce five Fulbright Information Sessions for students who are interested in conducting research abroad during the 2010-11 academic year. Excellent opportunities are available to over 140 countries. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The UM campus application deadline is Wednesday, September 9, 2009.
Those who would like to attend should go to the following link to reserve a place at one of the five meetings:
http://www.grad.umn.edu/fulbright/
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Wednesday, June 3, at 2 p.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Thursday, June 11, at 9 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Tuesday, June 16, at 9:15 a.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
Thursday, June 18, at 2:15 p.m., Room 433 Johnston Hall
PCard Receipt Reminder
PCard receipts for all purchases made through 5/22/09 are due to Melanie by May 29, 2009.
PCard Receipt Reminder
See attachment below for the 'Generic Justification Worksheet'
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PCard Receipt Reminder
See attachment below for the 'Generic Justification Worksheet'
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The New York Metro American Studies Association Call for Papers
The New York Metro American Studies Association (NYMASA) announces a call for papers for our 2009 annual one-day conference in Manhattan, November 14, 2009. Proposals due: June 30, 2009.
The New York Metro American Studies Association Call for Papers
The New York Metro American Studies Association (NYMASA) announces a call for papers for our 2009 annual one-day conference:
A More Perfect Union?
November 14, 2009
9:00am-5:30pm
St. John's University, Downtown Manhattan campus
Our annual conference this year explores the appeal of and challenges to the national ideal of "a more perfect union," initially posited at the emergence of the legal entity known as "the United States."
As this call for papers goes out, the governor of Texas is suggesting that his state secede from the United States. Although his quest is unlikely to succeed, what's most interesting is its transhistorical consistency. One hundred and fifty years ago, William Lloyd Garrison demanded "no union with slavery!" Of course, students of American
studies have long examined cultural and political fault lines in the US, including race, gender, class, religion, and sexuality. Indeed, from our disciplinary perspective, the real surprise may not be the failure of unity in the national polity, but its enduring promise.
Suspending some of our discipline's conventional skepticism, this conference asks what American studies can or should teach us not only about the divisions in US culture, but about its uneven potentials and latent desires for unity. How can we analyze the desire for a "more perfect union" in terms of both perfection and unity?
We invite papers on the multiple nodes--historical and contemporary, virtual and material--which both express and interrupt this urge towards unity: How, for example, does the proliferation of different types of media, from TiVo to Twitter, from blogs to Facebook, disrupt traditional unities organized around nation, region, and family (not
to mention consumer capital)? What do we make of the fact that Obama's overwhelming victory in the presidential election--after a campaign thematized by his calls to "choose unity over division"--was accompanied by majority votes in three states to deny same-sex marriage and to restrict adoption rights for gay Americans? Or that,
afterward, national gay journalists and pundits (many of whom were Obama supporters) led a media charge to scapegoat California's African American voters, while spontaneous protests across California, major US cities, and the internet, targeted the Mormon Church?
We especially invite papers which reflect on the conference location in Lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero, where the redevelopment effort has also involved ideals of unity and perfectability. How have rhetorics around national and transnational unity that emerged out of September 11 been reworked in subsequent years? How have these issues played out in local politics? In what ways do tensions over community dissent/assent, historical and geographic dis/unity, and the conflicting agendas of politicians, cultural and economic groups coexist with a hope (spoken or unspoken) that the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site will spur creation of a "more perfect" urban
area and global city that will heal the ruptures of 9/11/01?
We welcome papers from a variety of disciplines, as well as from culture workers and policy professionals outside academia. Please note that we accept only individual papers (not panels). Topics may include, but are not limited to:
-Re-unions
-Dis-union (necessary oppositions, irreconcilable differences)
-Intimate unions (marriage, civil unions, miscegenation, human-animal
relations, therapeutic bonds)
-Labor unions (historical, graduate student unions, after NAFTA and Bush)
-Economic unions (business, wage-labor, slavery, sex work, marriage,
collective bargaining)
-Perfection, perfectibility, progress, and development (economic,
evolutionary, political, and social)
-Political unity (assent, dissent, party politics, strange bedfellows)
-Historical unions (relations across time, subjugated knowledges)
-Geographic unions (territory, jurisdiction, expansion, transportation)
-Alliances (historical, contemporary, uncanny, unexpected, entrenched)
-Temporary unions (flash mobs, blogstorms, Facebook protest groups)
-Collaborations (multi-media, multi-disciplinary, multi-purpose)
-Creative/creating unions (pastiche, editing, compilation)
-Changing unions (moves toward unity or moves away from it, in history,
representation, politics, knowledge, etc.)
-Unified fields
Please send proposals and inquiries to nymasa09@gmail.com by June 30,
2009.
http:// www.nymasa.org
The New York Metro American Studies Association Call for Papers
The New York Metro American Studies Association (NYMASA) announces a call for papers for our 2009 annual one-day conference:
A More Perfect Union?
November 14, 2009
9:00am-5:30pm
St. John's University, Downtown Manhattan campus
Our annual conference this year explores the appeal of and challenges to the national ideal of "a more perfect union," initially posited at the emergence of the legal entity known as "the United States."
As this call for papers goes out, the governor of Texas is suggesting that his state secede from the United States. Although his quest is unlikely to succeed, what's most interesting is its transhistorical consistency. One hundred and fifty years ago, William Lloyd Garrison demanded "no union with slavery!" Of course, students of American
studies have long examined cultural and political fault lines in the US, including race, gender, class, religion, and sexuality. Indeed, from our disciplinary perspective, the real surprise may not be the failure of unity in the national polity, but its enduring promise.
Suspending some of our discipline's conventional skepticism, this conference asks what American studies can or should teach us not only about the divisions in US culture, but about its uneven potentials and latent desires for unity. How can we analyze the desire for a "more perfect union" in terms of both perfection and unity?
We invite papers on the multiple nodes--historical and contemporary, virtual and material--which both express and interrupt this urge towards unity: How, for example, does the proliferation of different types of media, from TiVo to Twitter, from blogs to Facebook, disrupt traditional unities organized around nation, region, and family (not
to mention consumer capital)? What do we make of the fact that Obama's overwhelming victory in the presidential election--after a campaign thematized by his calls to "choose unity over division"--was accompanied by majority votes in three states to deny same-sex marriage and to restrict adoption rights for gay Americans? Or that,
afterward, national gay journalists and pundits (many of whom were Obama supporters) led a media charge to scapegoat California's African American voters, while spontaneous protests across California, major US cities, and the internet, targeted the Mormon Church?
We especially invite papers which reflect on the conference location in Lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero, where the redevelopment effort has also involved ideals of unity and perfectability. How have rhetorics around national and transnational unity that emerged out of September 11 been reworked in subsequent years? How have these issues played out in local politics? In what ways do tensions over community dissent/assent, historical and geographic dis/unity, and the conflicting agendas of politicians, cultural and economic groups coexist with a hope (spoken or unspoken) that the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site will spur creation of a "more perfect" urban
area and global city that will heal the ruptures of 9/11/01?
We welcome papers from a variety of disciplines, as well as from culture workers and policy professionals outside academia. Please note that we accept only individual papers (not panels). Topics may include, but are not limited to:
-Re-unions
-Dis-union (necessary oppositions, irreconcilable differences)
-Intimate unions (marriage, civil unions, miscegenation, human-animal
relations, therapeutic bonds)
-Labor unions (historical, graduate student unions, after NAFTA and Bush)
-Economic unions (business, wage-labor, slavery, sex work, marriage,
collective bargaining)
-Perfection, perfectibility, progress, and development (economic,
evolutionary, political, and social)
-Political unity (assent, dissent, party politics, strange bedfellows)
-Historical unions (relations across time, subjugated knowledges)
-Geographic unions (territory, jurisdiction, expansion, transportation)
-Alliances (historical, contemporary, uncanny, unexpected, entrenched)
-Temporary unions (flash mobs, blogstorms, Facebook protest groups)
-Collaborations (multi-media, multi-disciplinary, multi-purpose)
-Creative/creating unions (pastiche, editing, compilation)
-Changing unions (moves toward unity or moves away from it, in history,
representation, politics, knowledge, etc.)
-Unified fields
Please send proposals and inquiries to nymasa09@gmail.com by June 30,
2009.
http:// www.nymasa.org
Congratulations Juliana Hu Pegues
Congratulations to Juliana Hu Pegues who has won an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for 2009-2010.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Marie Milsten-Fiedler Retirement
As Marie Milsten-Fiedler nears her date of retirement, please join us to mark her over 23 years of service to the University. Marie's last day at the University is Friday, June 5th, but American Studies will host a public celebration on Wednesday, May 20th from 1:30 - 3:30. Please see attached invitation for details.
Marie Milsten-Fiedler Retirement
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Marie Milsten-Fiedler Retirement
See attachment below for invitation.
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Communication Law Review Special Issue
Communication Law Review is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue of “Critical Race Theory and Communication Studies.” Graduate students as well as faculty are highly encouraged to submit manuscripts for this special issue. Deadline: August 1, 2009.
Communication Law Review Special Issue
Call for Papers: Critical Race Theory and Communication
Studies
A Special Issue of Communication Law Review
Guest Editor: Rachel Griffin Ph.D., Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
The editorial board of the Communication Law Review
encourages submissions of scholarly articles for a special
issue on Critical Race Theory (CRT). The overarching premise
of this special issue is to serve as a focused point of
entry for CRT into the field of Communication Studies.
Described as “a gasp of emancipatory hope” by Cornel West
(1995, p.xii), CRT offers numerous possibilities to the
field of Communication Studies as a theoretical and
methodological force that necessitates positioning the
perspectives, knowledges, and experiences of marginalized
identity groups at the center of inquiry.
Rooted in legal studies, critical race theory was designed
to critique the laws and policies that uphold White
supremacy in the United States (Crenshaw Gotanda, Peller, &
Thomas, 1995). As theory, CRT provides a rich foundation for
understanding the experiences of people of color; as method,
CRT allows for the exploration of how race and racism work
in the everyday lives of people of color. With a fierce
emphasis on liberation, those who utilize CRT and the
offspring of CRT including Critical Race Feminism, LatCrit,
AsianCrit, TribalCrit, WhiteCrit, and QueerCrit within their
work address the deeply embedded roots of oppression. As a
genre of critical scholarship, CRT and its’ offspring offer
rich theoretical and methodological means to explore the
ways social inequality is produced, (re)produced, and/or
contested at micro and macro levels of U.S. American society
and abroad. Submissions that bring together the unique
insights of CRT and communication scholarship to
contribute to an innovative dialogue that inspires social
consciousness and social justice will be favored. Authors
may address a variety of different topic areas including but
not limited to rhetoric, performance, identity, policy,
education, pedagogy, media, technology, sport, and
globalization.
Graduate students as well as faculty are highly encouraged
to submit manuscripts for this special issue. It is strongly
encouraged that authors submit manuscripts electronically
and conform to the stylistic and citation guidelines of the
Chicago Manual of Style. The deadline for submissions to
this special issue is August 1st, 2009. All submissions
should be sent to Rachel Griffin, Ph.D. at rachelag@siu.edu
in a Microsoft Word document. To facilitate the blind, peer
review process, no material identifying the author(s) of
submitted manuscripts should appear anywhere other than the
title page, which should include: (a) the title of the
paper, (b) the author’s name, position, institutional
affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers, and email
address, (c) any acknowledgements, including the history of
the manuscript and if any part of it has been presented at a
conference or is derived from a thesis or dissertation; and
(d) a word count. Manuscripts must be double-spaced
throughout and should be no longer than 9,000 words,
inclusive of notes and reference matter. Papers will be
referred to peer reviewers for publication. The manuscripts
for this special issue should not be under review by any
other publication venue.
To inquire about this special issue, please contact:
Rachel Alicia Griffin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Speech Communication
Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale
1100 Lincoln Drive Mailcode 6605
Carbondale, IL 62901
Rachelag@siu.edu
(618) 453-1882
Communication Law Review Special Issue
Call for Papers: Critical Race Theory and Communication
Studies
A Special Issue of Communication Law Review
Guest Editor: Rachel Griffin Ph.D., Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
The editorial board of the Communication Law Review
encourages submissions of scholarly articles for a special
issue on Critical Race Theory (CRT). The overarching premise
of this special issue is to serve as a focused point of
entry for CRT into the field of Communication Studies.
Described as “a gasp of emancipatory hope” by Cornel West
(1995, p.xii), CRT offers numerous possibilities to the
field of Communication Studies as a theoretical and
methodological force that necessitates positioning the
perspectives, knowledges, and experiences of marginalized
identity groups at the center of inquiry.
Rooted in legal studies, critical race theory was designed
to critique the laws and policies that uphold White
supremacy in the United States (Crenshaw Gotanda, Peller, &
Thomas, 1995). As theory, CRT provides a rich foundation for
understanding the experiences of people of color; as method,
CRT allows for the exploration of how race and racism work
in the everyday lives of people of color. With a fierce
emphasis on liberation, those who utilize CRT and the
offspring of CRT including Critical Race Feminism, LatCrit,
AsianCrit, TribalCrit, WhiteCrit, and QueerCrit within their
work address the deeply embedded roots of oppression. As a
genre of critical scholarship, CRT and its’ offspring offer
rich theoretical and methodological means to explore the
ways social inequality is produced, (re)produced, and/or
contested at micro and macro levels of U.S. American society
and abroad. Submissions that bring together the unique
insights of CRT and communication scholarship to
contribute to an innovative dialogue that inspires social
consciousness and social justice will be favored. Authors
may address a variety of different topic areas including but
not limited to rhetoric, performance, identity, policy,
education, pedagogy, media, technology, sport, and
globalization.
Graduate students as well as faculty are highly encouraged
to submit manuscripts for this special issue. It is strongly
encouraged that authors submit manuscripts electronically
and conform to the stylistic and citation guidelines of the
Chicago Manual of Style. The deadline for submissions to
this special issue is August 1st, 2009. All submissions
should be sent to Rachel Griffin, Ph.D. at rachelag@siu.edu
in a Microsoft Word document. To facilitate the blind, peer
review process, no material identifying the author(s) of
submitted manuscripts should appear anywhere other than the
title page, which should include: (a) the title of the
paper, (b) the author’s name, position, institutional
affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers, and email
address, (c) any acknowledgements, including the history of
the manuscript and if any part of it has been presented at a
conference or is derived from a thesis or dissertation; and
(d) a word count. Manuscripts must be double-spaced
throughout and should be no longer than 9,000 words,
inclusive of notes and reference matter. Papers will be
referred to peer reviewers for publication. The manuscripts
for this special issue should not be under review by any
other publication venue.
To inquire about this special issue, please contact:
Rachel Alicia Griffin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Speech Communication
Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale
1100 Lincoln Drive Mailcode 6605
Carbondale, IL 62901
Rachelag@siu.edu
(618) 453-1882
Monday, May 11, 2009
Teaching Assistant AFRO 3601W
A teaching assistant is sought for AFRO 3601W: “Introduction to African Literatures” (either 25% = 10 hours a week or 50% = 20 hours a week
Teaching Assistant AFRO 3601W
A Teaching Assistant is sought for AFRO 3601W: “Introduction to African Literatures” (either 25% = 10 hours a week or 50% = 20 hours a week).
The TA should preferably be:
(i) A graduate major or minor in African American and African Studies with a concentration in African World Literatures; (ii) A graduate major or minor in black studies, postcolonial studies, diaspora studies, world literatures, gender studies . . . (iii) A graduate student majoring in literatures and/or languages with a strong background in literary and critical approaches and theories.
TA duties will ordinarily include all of the following: • attending lectures • holding office hours • keeping records of attendance and absence • coordinating the list serve and students’ inquiries • attending meetings with the course instructor • grading homework and exams (mainly essays) in a confident, skilful, and competent manner
Please contact Professor Njeri Githire (ngithire@umn.edu)
Teaching Assistant AFRO 3601W
A Teaching Assistant is sought for AFRO 3601W: “Introduction to African Literatures” (either 25% = 10 hours a week or 50% = 20 hours a week).
The TA should preferably be:
(i) A graduate major or minor in African American and African Studies with a concentration in African World Literatures; (ii) A graduate major or minor in black studies, postcolonial studies, diaspora studies, world literatures, gender studies . . . (iii) A graduate student majoring in literatures and/or languages with a strong background in literary and critical approaches and theories.
TA duties will ordinarily include all of the following: • attending lectures • holding office hours • keeping records of attendance and absence • coordinating the list serve and students’ inquiries • attending meetings with the course instructor • grading homework and exams (mainly essays) in a confident, skilful, and competent manner
Please contact Professor Njeri Githire (ngithire@umn.edu)
Office Keys
Grad instructors and TA's with Scott Hall offices: Please return keys to department office by Wednesday, 5/20
Office Spaces
Grad instructors and TA's occupying office space on the 3rd floor of Scott Hall must remove all personal items from offices by Wednesday, 5/20. Any unclaimed items will be removed.
Preparing Future Faculty Retreat
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Retreat is Thursday, May 21, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in McNamara Alumni Center.
Preparing Future Faculty Retreat
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Preparing Future Faculty Retreat
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MAASA Webmaster Position
The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) invites application for the position of webmaster. The regular term of appointment will be one full calendar year with $3500 stipend. Application due: May 20, 2009.
MAASA Webmaster Position
The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) invites application for the position of webmaster. MAASA is the midwest regional chapter of the American Studies Association.
Qualifications
The position is open to graduate students accepted and in good standing in a program in American Studies at a MAASA member institution. Member institutions of MAASA with graduate programs include the University of Iowa, the University of Kansas, the University of Minnesota, and St. Louis University. The successful candidate must be conversant with the software necessary to design, build, host, update, and maintain a website.
Responsibilities
• The first appointed webmaster will build and launch a basic site in summer 2009, based on content and direction provided by the Executive Board (EB).
• For the duration of the appointment, the webmaster will maintain, monitor, and update the site; field email communication regarding the site’s design and functionality; and remain in contact with the EB.
• By the last day of final exams for each semester at the webmaster’s home institution, s/he will submit a report of activities to the EB.
• In addition, the webmaster is invited to propose and implement improvements to the website, depending on his/her skills and initiative.
Term and Honorarium
The regular term of appointment will be one full calendar year, beginning on the first day of the fall term at that webmaster’s home institution. The appointment may be renewed following a satisfactory review of the year’s work. For one regular term the stipend is $3500.
In the first year only, a special summer term of appointment will precede the regular term. The stipend
for launching the site in summer 2009 is an additional $1500.
Application
To apply, please submit a letter of no more than two printed pages, addressing the following:
• Your ideas about what a website can contribute to an academic, professional organization like
MAASA.
• Your preparation and experience in website development and maintenance, or any related
activities. Please include mention of any past or forthcoming training in the necessary skills.
• The degree program in which you are a student, and your estimated completion date.
• Contact information for your degree advisor or program chair, who can confirm your standing
as a graduate student in the program.
You may also include a portfolio of any design work or links to websites you have created or
maintained. Please email all application materials in .doc, .pdf, or .html format to Jane Simonsen,
president: JaneSimonsen@augustana.edu.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MAY 20, 2009
MAASA Webmaster Position
The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) invites application for the position of webmaster. MAASA is the midwest regional chapter of the American Studies Association.
Qualifications
The position is open to graduate students accepted and in good standing in a program in American Studies at a MAASA member institution. Member institutions of MAASA with graduate programs include the University of Iowa, the University of Kansas, the University of Minnesota, and St. Louis University. The successful candidate must be conversant with the software necessary to design, build, host, update, and maintain a website.
Responsibilities
• The first appointed webmaster will build and launch a basic site in summer 2009, based on content and direction provided by the Executive Board (EB).
• For the duration of the appointment, the webmaster will maintain, monitor, and update the site; field email communication regarding the site’s design and functionality; and remain in contact with the EB.
• By the last day of final exams for each semester at the webmaster’s home institution, s/he will submit a report of activities to the EB.
• In addition, the webmaster is invited to propose and implement improvements to the website, depending on his/her skills and initiative.
Term and Honorarium
The regular term of appointment will be one full calendar year, beginning on the first day of the fall term at that webmaster’s home institution. The appointment may be renewed following a satisfactory review of the year’s work. For one regular term the stipend is $3500.
In the first year only, a special summer term of appointment will precede the regular term. The stipend
for launching the site in summer 2009 is an additional $1500.
Application
To apply, please submit a letter of no more than two printed pages, addressing the following:
• Your ideas about what a website can contribute to an academic, professional organization like
MAASA.
• Your preparation and experience in website development and maintenance, or any related
activities. Please include mention of any past or forthcoming training in the necessary skills.
• The degree program in which you are a student, and your estimated completion date.
• Contact information for your degree advisor or program chair, who can confirm your standing
as a graduate student in the program.
You may also include a portfolio of any design work or links to websites you have created or
maintained. Please email all application materials in .doc, .pdf, or .html format to Jane Simonsen,
president: JaneSimonsen@augustana.edu.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MAY 20, 2009
Congratulations
Congratulations to Zhihui (Sophia) Geng (Ph.D. 2008) who has just been awarded the 2009 Academic Advisor of the Year Award at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, where she is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.
Congratulations SooJin Pate
Congratulations to SooJin Pate who has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2009-2010.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Marie's Retirement Celebration
Save the Date: Join us on Wednesday, May 20th for Marie's retirement celebration. We will celebrate in Scott Hall from 1:30 - 3:30. More details to follow.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
CLA Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work
Instructors must submit a CLA Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work form for each Incomplete grade you assign. Please provide a copy to Marie for filing with the final grade report. Deadline: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
CLA Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work
Click below for the work form.
http://www.class.umn.edu/forms/completionofincompletework.pdf
Click below for additional information.
http://advisingtools.class.umn.edu/cgep/gradingpolicies.html
CLA Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work
Click below for the work form.
http://www.class.umn.edu/forms/completionofincompletework.pdf
Click below for additional information.
http://advisingtools.class.umn.edu/cgep/gradingpolicies.html
SPAN 221
SPAN 221, “Reading Spanish,” will be taught by Professor Joseph Towle summer 2009, Mondays and Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
SPAN 221
Span 221 is designed to provide students with a reading knowledge of Spanish. It should enable students to read general essays and articles in Spanish as well as those in a specific area of research. The majority of class instruction will be in English and the grading scale will be S/N. The class will meet Monday and Wednesday from 6-9pm starting May 26, 2009 and ending July 17, 2009.
Any other questions please contact Prof Towle: towle027@umn.edu
SPAN 221
Span 221 is designed to provide students with a reading knowledge of Spanish. It should enable students to read general essays and articles in Spanish as well as those in a specific area of research. The majority of class instruction will be in English and the grading scale will be S/N. The class will meet Monday and Wednesday from 6-9pm starting May 26, 2009 and ending July 17, 2009.
Any other questions please contact Prof Towle: towle027@umn.edu
ENGL 8090
ENGL 8090, “Whose Nature? The Environment in Humanistic Inquiry,” will be lead by Professor Dan Philippon. This new interdisciplinary dissertation-writing seminar is intended for advanced graduate students who are working on dissertation-related writing. Meeting times for fall 2009 are Thursdays 3:35 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
ENGL 8090
Click below for more information.
http://www.grad.umn.edu/gradwriting/IDSeminars/Philippon.html
ENGL 8090
Click below for more information.
http://www.grad.umn.edu/gradwriting/IDSeminars/Philippon.html
Monday, May 4, 2009
8th Crossroads Conference in Hong Kong
The 8th Crossroads Conference in Cultural Studies will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Studies jointly with Kwan Fong Cultural Research & Development Programme of Lingnan University in Hong Kong during June 17-21, 2010.
8th Crossroads Conference in Hong Kong
The 8th Crossroads Conference in Cultural Studies will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Studies jointly with Kwan Fong Cultural Research & Development Programme of Lingnan University in HONG KONG during June 17-21, 2010. Please check the details at our conference website: http://www.crossroads2010.org
This year we are very pleased to have invited the following keynote and plenary speakers:
* Katherine GIBSON (Australia)
* Tony BENNETT (UK/Australia)
* Anne BALSAMO (US)
* Nilufer GOLE (Turkey/France)
* Josephine HO (Taiwan)
* Sandro MEZZADRA (Italy)
* PUN Ngai (China)
* Vinod RAINA (India)
* Andrew ROSS (US)
* Catherine WALSH (Ecuador)
As always, we are open to all innovative topics in Cultural Studies. There is certainly no boundary of your scholarly thinking; however, we do have some suggested topics listed in the section "Topic Suggestions" in the
conference website as food for thoughts. Please also refer to the section on "Panels and Proposals" in the conference website for the submission guidelines.
Please submit your proposals by *December 31st, 2009* to the Academic Programme Sub-committee at: xroads@LN.edu.hk
Crossroads 2010
Academic Programme Sub-committee
Academic Director:
* Professor Meaghan MORRIS, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Committee Members:
* Professor Stephen Ching-kiu CHAN, Dept of Cultural Studies,
Lingnan University
* Professor John Nguyet ERNI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan
University
* Dr Helen GRACE, Dept of Cultural & Religious Studies, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
* Professor Mette Anne HJORT, Dept of Philosophy, Lingnan University
* Dr Po-keung HUI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
* Dr Wing-sang LAW, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
* Dr Angel LIN, Dept of English, City University of Hong Kong
* Dr Shuang SHEN, Dept of Chinese, Lingnan University
* Dr Ching YAU, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
8th Crossroads Conference in Hong Kong
The 8th Crossroads Conference in Cultural Studies will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Studies jointly with Kwan Fong Cultural Research & Development Programme of Lingnan University in HONG KONG during June 17-21, 2010. Please check the details at our conference website: http://www.crossroads2010.org
This year we are very pleased to have invited the following keynote and plenary speakers:
* Katherine GIBSON (Australia)
* Tony BENNETT (UK/Australia)
* Anne BALSAMO (US)
* Nilufer GOLE (Turkey/France)
* Josephine HO (Taiwan)
* Sandro MEZZADRA (Italy)
* PUN Ngai (China)
* Vinod RAINA (India)
* Andrew ROSS (US)
* Catherine WALSH (Ecuador)
As always, we are open to all innovative topics in Cultural Studies. There is certainly no boundary of your scholarly thinking; however, we do have some suggested topics listed in the section "Topic Suggestions" in the
conference website as food for thoughts. Please also refer to the section on "Panels and Proposals" in the conference website for the submission guidelines.
Please submit your proposals by *December 31st, 2009* to the Academic Programme Sub-committee at: xroads@LN.edu.hk
Crossroads 2010
Academic Programme Sub-committee
Academic Director:
* Professor Meaghan MORRIS, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Committee Members:
* Professor Stephen Ching-kiu CHAN, Dept of Cultural Studies,
Lingnan University
* Professor John Nguyet ERNI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan
University
* Dr Helen GRACE, Dept of Cultural & Religious Studies, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
* Professor Mette Anne HJORT, Dept of Philosophy, Lingnan University
* Dr Po-keung HUI, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
* Dr Wing-sang LAW, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
* Dr Angel LIN, Dept of English, City University of Hong Kong
* Dr Shuang SHEN, Dept of Chinese, Lingnan University
* Dr Ching YAU, Dept of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Library Book and Video Return
Reminder to all Faculty and Students: Return any books and videos you have checked out from the department library. Return materials to the "task box" in the department office by Friday, May 15, 2009.
"Teaching with Writing 2009" Seminar
The University of Minnesota's Center for Writing will be holding its annual 5 day seminar "Teaching with Writing 2009" for Faculty, Graduate Instructors, and Teaching Assistants. The seminar will take place August 24th-28th, 2009 from 9:00am - 12:00pm. Registration ends August 7th, 2009 or when seminar fills.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Climate Justice Conference Retreat
The Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to offer a two-day even on Climate Justice. The events include an afternoon Pre-Retreat Energy Basics Workshop and a full-day Climate Justice Conference Retreat on September 11, 2009 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Stevens Ave Building. Please register as soon as possible.
Climate Justice Conference Retreat
The Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to offer a two-day event on Climate Justice. The events include an afternoon Pre- Retreat Energy Basics Workshop and a full-day Climate Justice Conference Retreat.
REGISTER TODAY: www.iatp.org/ceed
Headwaters Foundation Past and Present grantees qualify to attend the Climate Justice Retreat for FREE!
PRE-RETREAT ENERGY BASICS WORKSHOP
A fun and informational session on what you can do in your home and in your community to REDUCE pollution, REDUCE your energy bills, and REDUCE the threats of climate change in your community. This is a hands-on, interactive training that you can take back to your
communities. Learn about programs that are available to support your energy needs and how Minnesota policies are going to affect you and your family. This enjoyable session includes an energy toolkit developed by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy for training community members on these important issues. Please join us at this fun workshop and take home an ENERGY SAVINGS WORKBOOK to share with friends, family and fellow colleagues.
$10 if registered by September 1, 2009.
Workshop Leaders:
Amy Roe, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy University of Delaware
Manu Mathai, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy University of Delaware
TIME: 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
LOCATION: IATP, Stevens Ave Building (Map)
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Click here to download a registration form to mail.
For online registration: www.iatp.org/ceed
CLIMATE JUSTICE CONFERENCE RETREAT
The CLIMATE JUSTICE RETREAT will bring together policy analysts and activists to link a social justice discussion about approaches for solving the climate crisis. Special guest Bill Gallegos, long time environmental justice advocate and Executive Director of Communities
for A Better Environment will help us frame how we can make our voices heard. This is for grassroots and community leaders who want to learn more about the equity and social justice issues of climate change. We will discuss how families and communities are being impacted by
current climate change polices and look at what type of solutions can benefit grassroots and environmental justice communities. We will strategize for solutions that work for our communities and are based on a principle of social justice. The retreat is being held at Wilder
Forest which is a short 40 minutes from Minneapolis, and 30 minutes from St. Paul. Lunch and snacks are included in the registration fee.
Climate Justice Conference Retreat
The Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is pleased to offer a two-day event on Climate Justice. The events include an afternoon Pre- Retreat Energy Basics Workshop and a full-day Climate Justice Conference Retreat.
REGISTER TODAY: www.iatp.org/ceed
Headwaters Foundation Past and Present grantees qualify to attend the Climate Justice Retreat for FREE!
PRE-RETREAT ENERGY BASICS WORKSHOP
A fun and informational session on what you can do in your home and in your community to REDUCE pollution, REDUCE your energy bills, and REDUCE the threats of climate change in your community. This is a hands-on, interactive training that you can take back to your
communities. Learn about programs that are available to support your energy needs and how Minnesota policies are going to affect you and your family. This enjoyable session includes an energy toolkit developed by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy for training community members on these important issues. Please join us at this fun workshop and take home an ENERGY SAVINGS WORKBOOK to share with friends, family and fellow colleagues.
$10 if registered by September 1, 2009.
Workshop Leaders:
Amy Roe, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy University of Delaware
Manu Mathai, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy University of Delaware
TIME: 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
LOCATION: IATP, Stevens Ave Building (Map)
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Click here to download a registration form to mail.
For online registration: www.iatp.org/ceed
CLIMATE JUSTICE CONFERENCE RETREAT
The CLIMATE JUSTICE RETREAT will bring together policy analysts and activists to link a social justice discussion about approaches for solving the climate crisis. Special guest Bill Gallegos, long time environmental justice advocate and Executive Director of Communities
for A Better Environment will help us frame how we can make our voices heard. This is for grassroots and community leaders who want to learn more about the equity and social justice issues of climate change. We will discuss how families and communities are being impacted by
current climate change polices and look at what type of solutions can benefit grassroots and environmental justice communities. We will strategize for solutions that work for our communities and are based on a principle of social justice. The retreat is being held at Wilder
Forest which is a short 40 minutes from Minneapolis, and 30 minutes from St. Paul. Lunch and snacks are included in the registration fee.
BGAPSA Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ
Black Graduate and Professional Students Association (BGAPSA) presents their Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ on Friday, September 25, 2009 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Riverbend Plaza behind Coffman. Friends, family, and allies are welcome as well.
BGAPSA Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ
Black Graduate and Professional Students Association (BGAPSA) presents...
The BGAPSA Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ *
Join us for a chance to meet the members of the 2009-2010 Black Graduate and
Professional Students Association board, students across the university,
faculty, as well as folks from community organizations.
Come meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and enjoy FREE FOOD! DJ
Mixwell will also be spinning hip-hop, funk, and soul at the event.
Friends, family, and allies are welcome as well.
TIME: 4p-6p
LOCATION: Riverbend Plaza, behind Coffman
BGAPSA Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ
Black Graduate and Professional Students Association (BGAPSA) presents...
The BGAPSA Welcome Back Kick-Off BBQ *
Join us for a chance to meet the members of the 2009-2010 Black Graduate and
Professional Students Association board, students across the university,
faculty, as well as folks from community organizations.
Come meet new people, reconnect with old friends, and enjoy FREE FOOD! DJ
Mixwell will also be spinning hip-hop, funk, and soul at the event.
Friends, family, and allies are welcome as well.
TIME: 4p-6p
LOCATION: Riverbend Plaza, behind Coffman
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