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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Three Improtant Workshops for Grad Students, Faculty, and Research Staff

There will be three important workshops being offered for grad students, faculty, and research staff here on campus during November. You will need to register to attend these workshops.

Can I Use That?: Dealing with Copyright in Everyday Life
Quotation, criticism, review, collage, parody - Copyright presents some big challenges in all of those situations! Participants in this workshop will develop an understanding of the complexities of copyright by exploring examples from visual arts, music, and video, as well as academic research and writing. Expect to think hard, discuss a little, and have fun! No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational in nature.
Primarily intended for faculty, researchers, and graduate students engaged in the scholarly writing & publishing process. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.
Mon, 11/25/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Wilson Library Rm S30a
Wed, 12/04/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Walter Library Rm 310
Tues, 12/10/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
ONLINE ONLY via UM Connect
Register: http://z.umn.edu/caniusethat
Know Your Rights: Copyright Essentials for Authors and Creators
How many copyrights do you own? How long will they last? Can you post your paper online? Can someone else quote from your paper in their own? This workshop will provide a solid grounding in some of the elements of copyright law that are essential to scholarship, teaching, and research. Learn more about protections in the law for educators, and about your rights as an author or creator. Discuss and debate with your peers about some of the burning questions in the field, and enjoy exploring some entertaining and thought-provoking examples. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational and educational in nature.

Primarily intended for faculty, researchers, and graduate students engaged in the scholarly writing & publishing process. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Walter Library Rm 310
Thu, 12/05/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Magrath Library Rm 81
Mon, 12/09/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
ONLINE ONLY via UM Connect
Register: http://z.umn.edu/knowyourrights
Copyright in the Classroom (and Online)
Can you show a movie in class? Can you distribute copies of a newspaper article? What are you allowed to post on your Moodle site, anyway? What about your students' work, or their online postings? This workshop focuses on copyright issues in the classroom, and in teaching online. Learn how the library can help you with electronic reserves and links to subscription materials. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational in nature. NO RCR credit available, sorry.
Primarily intended for individuals currently teaching at the University.
Wed, 11/13/2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Walter Library Rm 310
Thu, 11/14/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
ONLINE ONLY via UM Connect
Wed, 11/20/2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Magrath Library Rm 81
Register: http://z.umn.edu/copyrightinclassroom

Call for Papers for the International Graduate Student Symposium

The Department of French and Fransophone Studies at Northwestern University has a call for papers for the international graduate student symposium in the literary and visual arts on May 1st and 2nd, 2014. This conference seeks to investigate this transnational moment, providing theoretical elements for different approaches to literature, film, and the visual arts. Papers will be accepted in either English or French. Deadline is December 20.

The symposium's keynote speaker will be Françoise Lionnet (Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles)
The prospect of the "transnational turn" that has been proclaimed in much recent scholarship across the humanities presents an opportunity to trouble the artistic and critical frames that have shaped (post)modern aesthetics, particularly those of the nation-state. This development comes on the heels of the creation of positions dedicated to arts and literatures beyond traditional nation-based fields in the humanities departments of American universities. As a result, new objects of study emerge, such as works which engage with borderlands and crossroads, or groupings of authors who share the use of formerly "national" languages. Similarly, artistic practices have elicited and reflected such changes.
This conference seeks to investigate this transnational moment, providing theoretical elements for different approaches to literature, film, and the visual arts. What makes the transnational? Is this transnationalism an artistic practice, an academic methodology, or a political strategy? Is it an ideal model or a mode of resistance? Is it a "third way" between diversity and difference, between identity and essentialism? What is a "transnational move" in artistic production or academic criticism and how might its implied relationship to other categories (national, international, multinational, supranational) be problematized? How do transnational theories rethink the intersections of aesthetics and politics? How do new media and internet culture relate to (trans)national spaces? How does transnationalism overlap with the concept of creolization?
Suggested topics for exploration include, but are not limited to:
1.transnational subjectivities (migrants, students, outsiders, border agents, cosmopolitans)
2. imaginary geographies and political territories
3. community / communitarian: a "rise in communitarianism"?
4. languages between the local, national, and global
5. transnational creation and reception: mobile artists and audiences, in diaspora and exile
This event is co-sponsored by the French & Italian department, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the French Interdisciplinary Group.

Postitions at the Minnestoa Hisotical Society

The Minnesota Historical Society has extended fourteen of their available spring 2014 positions until November 3 at midnight, as they are looking to expand their pool of candidates. They have a wide variety of majors they are looking for, and a wide variety of opportunities, from diversity work to high level administrative opportunities, to MLIS required positions in their library. A list of all fourteen positions is available here: Internship Positions.docx

Teaching Fellow Postition at Ithaca College

The School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College announces Pre-Doctoral Diversity Fellowships for 2014-15. Applications are welcome in the following areas: Communication Studies, History, Sociology, Theater Arts, Writing, Modern Languages and Literatures and the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity. Applications should be received by December 15, 2013.

Additional interdisciplinary minors that may be of interest to candidates: African Diaspora Studies, Latina/o Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian American Studies, Muslim Cultures, Native American Studies and Women's Studies.
The fellowships support promising scholars who are committed to diversity in the academy in order to better prepare them for tenure track appointments within liberal arts or comprehensive colleges/universities.
Fellows who successfully obtain the Ph.D. and show an exemplary record of teaching and scholarship and engagement in academic service throughout their fellowship, may be considered as candidates for tenure-eligible appointments anticipated to begin in the fall of 2015.
Fellowships are for the academic year (August 16, 2014 to May 31, 2015) and are non-renewable. The fellow will receive a $30,000 stipend, $3,000 in travel/professional development support, office space, health benefits and access to Ithaca College and Cornell University libraries. The fellow will teach one course in the fall semester and one course in the spring semester and be invited to speak about her/his dissertation research in relevant classes and at special events at Ithaca College.
Successful candidates will show evidence of superior academic achievement, a high degree of promise for continued achievement as scholars and teachers and a capacity to respond in pedagogically productive ways to the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds. Candidates should demonstrate sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and an ability to bring this asset to learning, teaching and scholarship at the college and university level. Using the diversity of human experience as an educational resource in teaching and scholarship is expected.
Instructions for submitting your application
Interested individuals should apply online at apply.icjobs.org, and submit a letter of interest, C.V./Resume, two sample syllabi, a list of references containing the contact information for at least three references, and scanned copies of academic transcript(s). Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607)274-8000. Screening of applications will begin immediately. To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 15, 2013.
Required Documents
1. Letter/Statement of Interest
2. CV / Resume
3. List of References
4. Proposed Course Syllabi
5. Transcript
To view application posting, click here.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor Postion at Kennsaw State University

Kennsaw State University has an opening for a jointly appointed nine-month tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in indigenous literature of the Americas in English. Additional specialty in early American literature would be desirable. Ideal candidates should have a PhD in English, American Studies, Native American Studies, or a related field, or foreign equivalent, or its equivalent in training, ability, and/or experience. Application deadline is December 1.

Position Qualifications - Responsibilities:
Preference will be given to candidates with an interdisciplinary approach to their research and who offer a promising record of scholarly publication and teaching. Teaching assignments could include undergraduate courses in the English department and both undergraduate and graduate courses in American Studies on a 3-3 semester load. Willingness to develop and teach online courses is highly desirable. Service to support academic programs is expected. Both the English and the Interdisciplinary Studies Department welcome candidates who enjoy working in diverse communities.
Required Education - Experience - Skills (Minimum Qualifications):
ABD or PhD in American Studies, Native American Studies, English or related field, or foreign equivalent or equivalent in training, ability /or expertise.
Evidence of scholarly research
Evidence of working in diverse community
Evidence of strong interest in teaching at both undergraduate and graduate level.
Questions About Position Opening:
Rebecca Hill
Interdisciplinary Studies Dept.
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd, MD 2208
Kennesaw, GA 30144
rhill54@kennesaw.edu
770-794-7543
Application Instructions
Please submit your application through the Kennesaw State online application system. Direct questions to
Dr. Rebecca Hill,
chair AMST/ENGL search
Interdisciplinary Studies Department
rhill54@kennesaw.edu
770-794-7543
Required Documents
1. Letter of Application
2. Current Curriculum Vitae
3. List of Names and Contact Information of Three References
4. Unofficial Academic Transcripts (official transcripts due upon hire)
Click here view the application posting.

The Legal History Workshop to be Held on Monday, November 4

The Legal History Workshop will be held Monday, November 4, from 2:00-3:25 in Mondale Hall 15. At this session, Sam Erman will be presenting "Santiago Iglesias's Imperial U.S. Citizenship: Puerto Rico and Labor's Constitution".

Abstract: To illuminate relationships between U.S. citizenship - even when it carries few rights--and membership, legitimation, protection, and exclusion, I propose to examine the status as a fulcrum in the transformation of Santiago Iglesias. Mid-1898 found that then obscure Spanish-born anti-imperialist labor radical languishing in a Puerto Rican prison. A quarter century later he was among the most powerful people in Puerto Rico, a U.S. citizen leading an ever-larger organized-worker constituency in successful strikes and electoral campaigns while also promoting the U.S.-backed Pan-American Federation of Labor as it worked to implement a Monroe Doctrine for labor. In the interim, the United States annexed Puerto Rico (1898-1899) and Iglesias determined to abandon the anti-imperial cause of Antillean independence in favor of seeking to strengthen island unions and consolidate his leadership over them through claims involving U.S. membership, especially U.S. citizenship. He leveraged advocacy and receipt of U.S. citizenship to gain American Federation of Labor backing, align with purportedly paternal federal administrators against island politicians, and secure oversight from Washington. He argued that growth of Puerto Rican organized labor was a feature of the U.S. order--like mainstream mainland unions or the transformation of slaves into citizens--rather than an alien and communistic threat. Strikingly--and in line with conventional legal wisdom during the 1917 naturalization of Puerto Ricans--Iglesias did not identify particular rights that Puerto Ricans would gain as U.S. citizens. The most significant right that he disregarded was that to travel within the U.S. empire-state. Although such travel had proven crucial to his own professional successes, he came to see labor migration - especially when international--as harmful to migrants and workers whom they joined. He here coupled the weight he laid on citizenship and its association with national borders to a strategy of winning and insulating local labor gains.

Graduate Workshop in Modern History to be held on Friday, November 1

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will be held Friday, November 1 at noon in Heller Hall 1229. Ryan Johnson will present his dissertation chapter: "The Dregs of Europe: Enemy Anarchists and Immigration Reform."

Hard copies of the paper will be available in the history department main office in Heller Hall. An electronic version is also currently available on the moodle website below.
TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP WEBSITE:
Option 1: If you have a Moodle account and are logged in, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 and enter the one-time enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Option 2: If you prefer to access the site anonymously, go to http://moodle2.umn.edu and scroll down on the left-hand side to click on "Read-only access." Next, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 (or search for "Graduate Workshop in Modern History") and enter the enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.

Become a MLA Member

If you are interested in becoming a MLA member, information packets are available at the front desk of the American Studies Department office in room 104 Scott Hall. MLA members undertake a wide range of important activities that promote the study and teaching of language and literature. Click here to see their website.

GLBTA Upcoming Events

The GLBTA Programs Office for Equity and Diversity is holding many upcoming events. Click here to see a full list of events: Oct Ezine 2013.pdf

Kate Orkin to Speak on Thursday, November 7

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the event entitled "Children's role in local politics about education reform in Ethiopia" on Thursday, November 7 from 4:00 to 5:00pm in 1210 Heller Hall. Kate Orkin, Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Cambridge University, will be presenting.

Research on education in developing countries has overlooked children's ability to influence policy decisions at school level. Using Young Lives panel data for 2002-2009 plus qualitative data, Orkin shows that when principals, teachers, parents and children resisted controversial federal reform initiatives, the central government often adapted or abandoned reforms in response. Although the children interviewed were in primary school, they appear to have been viewed as an important potential political constituency.

"Post- apartheid South Africa two decades on"

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the event "Post- apartheid South Africa two decades on: Some reflections on the impact of the South African Truth and Reconciliation process." The event will be held on Monday, November 2 from 3:00-4:30 in CSOM 1-143. It will be presented by Professor Janis Grobbelaar.

This presentation reflects on the reconciliation process and its legacy. Dr Janis Grobbelaar spent 2 year's seconded to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her paper reflects on the impact and the narrative of the 'truth commissioning process' against the background of the radical legislative post 1994 changes. The extent to which a facilitatory narrative has developed post apartheid conflict in South Africa is considered.

Coffe Hour with Dr. Stephen Walsh

The Department of Geography, Environment and Society is holding a Coffee Hour Friday, November 1 in Blegen 445 at 3:30. Dr. Stephen Walsh will give a talk titled "Enhanced Process Understanding of the Drivers of Land Use/Land Cover Change by Synthesizing across Agent Based Models."

Abstract:
Drawing upon Work conducted In the Ecuadorian Amazon, Northeastern Thailand, and The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador to examine the proximate and distal drivers of land use/land cover change, dynamic systems are assessed through fundamental concepts of biocomplexity-emergent behaviors, feedback mechanisms, and complex adaptive systems. Agent Based Models (ABMs) are used to enhance our understanding of social and ecological processes and their linked effects by examining the behavior of farmers linked to deforestation, agricultural extensification, and urbanization in the Ecuadorian Amazon frontier; the adaptive capacity of farmers and the behavior of household migrants on household wealth and assets in Northeastern Thailand; and the preferences of international tourists and tourism accommodation offers in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Synthesizing across models offers the opportunity to enhance process understanding by constructing a fuller and more complete description of social and ecological processes that are subject to environmental variations, social dynamics, and behavioral shifts. Agents in our models learn and adapt to changing circumstances, imposed by endogenous forces and exogenous factors that alter contexts, relationships, and trajectories of change.

Brown Bag Series with Virgil Slade

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the Brown Bag Series entitled "Colouring over the White Line" on Friday, November 1 at 12:00pm in Heller Hall. Virgil Slade will be presenting.

Abstract: In the immediate aftermath of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, the authoritarian state in South Africa seemed to abandon apartheid orthodoxy when they introduced a supposed 'reform' in the guise of 'multinational' football. This 'reform', however, was harmonious with apartheid convention in that it did not dissolve the racial categorization that dictated social engineering in apartheid South Africa. In juxtaposition, the 'non-racial' South African Council on Sport (SACOS) provided an ideological other to the apartheid state endorsed 'multinational' leagues. 'Black' footballers could join either association, but at stake in this decision was how their political position would be perceived in their communities. It is precisely this decision that will be placed under the microscope in this talk. When considering the importance that the postapartheid state has attached to 'struggle credentials', how do we think of those who crossed the 'white line'?
For the complete Fall 2013 ICGC brown bag schedule, go to ICGC.umn.edu

Article by Mario Obando Published

Mario Obando, doctoral student in American Studies, had his article "The Problem with the TPP: While transparency would be great, the Trade Deal's Eradication Would be Better" published and appears in Counter Punch. To read the article, please click here.

David E. Smith, Ph.D., 1962

Professor David E. Smith of Walpole, Maine, formerly of Amherst, Mass. passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at the Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, ME. David was born May 5, 1926, in Boston, a son of Robert Whitelaw Smith and Mary Jane (Wallace) Smith.

After graduation from the Mount Hermon School, David entered the service in WWII as an aviation cadet in the V-12 program. He graduated from Middlebury College under the G.I. bill. After completing master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, he joined the faculty at Indiana University, where he helped to establish and chaired the graduate program in American Studies. He is the author of "John Bunyan In America," an editor of "The MacMillan Anthology of American Literature," and author of many scholarly articles. A grant from The Society for Ethics in Higher Education provided support for his post-graduate work at Yale University's Divinity School.
In 1970, David became a founding faculty member at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was instrumental in helping the college develop its experimenting curriculum, unique pedagogical structures and divisional system. He taught classes in English and American Studies, courses on the American Landscape, Native American cultures, Women's Studies, and Nature/Nature Writers. He served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Arts for ten years and guided the school in the establishment of interdisciplinary academic departments and collaborative faculty partnerships. David deeply enjoyed music, building harpsichords, sailing, and exploring German history and culture.
David is survived by his wife of 55 years, Priscilla Riley Smith, and his four children: Eric Smith and wife Kali of Savannah, Georgia; Sarah Letsky and husband Bill of Andover, Massachusetts; Miriam Smith and husband Michael Acton of Acton, Massachusetts; and Wilhelmina Smith and husband Mark Mandarano of St. Paul, Minnesota; and nine grandchildren.
If friends wish, memorial gifts in David's name may be made to The David Smith Endowment Fund at Hampshire College (c/o Cheri Butler, Hampshire College Office of Institutional Advancement, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002) or to Salt Bay Chamberfest (www.saltbaychamberfest.org, P.O. Box 1268, Damariscotta, Maine, 04543).

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies Event on Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies is holding the event "International Symposium Erasures: Gender, Violence, and Human Rights." It will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25 from 9:00am to 5:00pm in the Maroon and Gold Room in the McNamara Alumni Center. Susana Trimarco will present "The Story of a Fight Against Human Trafficking in Argentina."

The symposium will address violence against women as a human rights violation, the erasure of gender violence in cultural debates about human rights, and the epistemic revolts of the rethinking of violence from a gender perspective.
Speakers presenting include, Rosa Linda Fregoso, Karina Ansolabehere, Héctor Dominguez Revalcaba, Susan Berk-Seligson, Maria Sonderéguer, Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, Raul Marrero Fente, Ana Amado, Ileana Rodriguez, Shannon Drysdale Walsh and Kimberley Theidon.
Click here for the event fyler: Trimarco flyer 2013.pdf
Click here for event program: programERASURES1.pdf

Brown Bag Series with Professor Allen Isaacman

The Interdisciplinary Center for the study of Global Change is holding the Brown Bag Series this week entitled "Cahora Bassa: Extending South Africa's Tentacles of Empire 1965-2013." It will be held on Friday, October 25 at 12:00pm in 437 Heller Hall. It will be presented by Professor Allen Isaacman.

Abstract:
In 1965, when Portugal proposed constructing a dam at Cahora Bassa, colonial officials envisioned that numerous benefits would flow from the US$515 million hydroelectric project and the managed environment it would produce. However, during the period of construction, the growing success of the liberation struggle against Portuguese colonialism in Mozambique turned the dam into a focal point in a larger regional struggle, and Cahora Bassa became a security project, which the minority regime in South Africa and the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal masked as a development initiative. Both viewed the dam and its connected lake as a powerful buffer that would block the advance of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) forces and, by extension, the African National Congress, since they feared that, were FRELIMO and its allies able to cross the Zambezi River, they would have relatively easy access to both the two major colonial cities of Beira and Lourenço Marques and the South Africa frontier. The agreement enabled the apartheid regime to extend its influence well beyond southern Mozambique, where it had been a dominant force since the middle of the nineteenth century. Its tentacles of empire now reached north from its de-facto labor reserve in southern Mozambique and its dominance at the port of Lourenço Marques to the dam site in very heart of the colony, some nine hundred kilometers away. Allowing South Africa to expand into the Mozambican hinterhand was just the latest example of the financially strapped Portuguese state's "outsourcing of empire."

The Legal History Workshop to be Held on Monday, October 28

The Legal History Workshop will be held on Monday, October 28 from 2:00 to 3:25pm in room 15 of Mondale Hall. At this session, Kris Collins, Peter Paul Development Professor, Boston University School of Law, Visiting Professor, Yale Law School will be presenting a "Illegitimate Half-Castes' and the Citizen Family."

Light snacks and refreshments will be served. A schedule of the remaining workshops for the fall semester is available here: LHW FALL 2013.Speaker Schedule.doc
Professor Collin's paper is available here: Collins Paper.pdf
Hard copies of the paper can be obtained from Stephanie McCauley in the Dean's Suite of the Law School.

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History to be Held on Friday, October 25th

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will be held on Friday, October 25th at noon in 1229 Heller Hall. Katie Lambright will present a paper: "Cleanliness, Clutter, & Working Women: Fashioning Gender & Class in Sitcom Set Design." Professor Jennifer Marshall of the American Studies Department will offer faculty comment.

Hard copies will be available in the history department main office in Heller Hall and an electronic version is also available at the GWMH Moodle site (see below).
A light lunch will be provided.
TO ACCESS THE WORKSHOP WEBSITE:
Option 1: If you have a Moodle account and are logged in, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 and enter the one-time enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.
Option 2: If you prefer to access the site anonymously, go to http://moodle2.umn.edu and scroll down on the left-hand side to click on "Read-only access." Next, go to https://moodle2.umn.edu/course/view.php?id=13717 (or search for "Graduate Workshop in Modern History") and enter the enrollment key (password: modhist) when prompted.

Coffee Hour with Dr. Phillip Sandro

The Department of Geography, Environment, and Society is holding a Coffee Hour on Friday, October 25th at 3:30 in room 445 Blegen Hall. Dr. Phillip Sandro will share how theory, field work and internships are integrated across multiple disciplines to teach about urban and regional poverty, inequality and social change.

Dr. Phillip Sandro, Director and Faculty of HECUA's Inequality in America program, will also discuss how the program equips students for effective political engagement.
HECUA is an academically rigorous social justice off-campus education program in the United States, Bangladesh, Ecuador, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and Norway. HECUA programs address vital issues in neighborhoods, nations, and the world, enrolling students in understanding and acting on real-world issues, in real time. HECUA programs are open to any enrolled undergraduate student from any college or university in the United States.

New Listings at the University Libraries

To see the latest listing of new materials to read from the University Libraries, please click here: NewBooksList.o13.pdf

New Software System at the University Libraries

The University Libraries are in the process of moving to a new software system. The new software promises to add better functionality to the new MNCAT system. There is also a new product for finding articles quickly from the "Articles & Databases" tab. MNCAT Article Discovery is able to search through the licensed databases to form a type of federated search. To read a full description of the new MNCAT Article Discovery service, click here: MNCAT Article Discovery.o13.pdf



Internships Available at Graywolf Press

Graywolf Press offers ongoing unpaid internships designed to expose qualified applicants to editorial, marketing and publicity, and development work, and other aspects of the publishing industry. Six internships will be offered per session: two development internships, two editorial internships, and two marketing and publicity internships.

The internships are intended for those who are serious about pursuing these particular fields, and the acceptance process will be highly selective. See the guidelines below for detailed information on each type of internship.
Please apply for only one internship at a time, and indicate in your cover letter whether or not you might be available for a different department. All interns are expected to help with general office administrative tasks such as data entry, photocopying, mailings, and other various support tasks as needed.
Benefits of an internship at Graywolf include a great hands-on learning experience at a well-established nonprofit arts organization, a flexible schedule, and free books. College credit is also available.
Application information
Interested applicants must be in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree. Higher level applicants are welcome; the work level will be adjusted to the applicant's level of education and experience. The internships require a commitment of fifteen to twenty hours per week for a period of four months. Internships must be scheduled during Graywolf's operating hours (9 AM through 5 PM, Monday through Thursday, and 9 AM through 3 PM, Friday). A typical intern schedule would be 10 AM to 5 PM, two days a week or three afternoons. We are open to interns who are willing to work three full days a week, but we understand scheduling constraints. We structure our internships around the academic calendar, with three sessions per year: Winter/Spring, Summer, and Fall. Winter internships run from early January to early May, Summer internships run from early May to late August, and Fall internships run from early September to mid December.
To apply, please email a resume and cover letter as attachments to:
wolves@graywolfpress.org
Please use the subject line "Internship Application" and address your applications to Casey Peterson.
Applicants to the editorial internship should also submit a one-page review of a contemporary book.

Submit applications according to the following schedule:

Winter/Spring internships: resumes accepted between September 1st and November 1st of the previous year.
Summer internships: resumes accepted between February 1st and March 1st. (Please note: Since summer internships are particularly competitive, consider applying for a winter/spring or fall internship if you can.)
Fall internships: resumes accepted between May 15th and July 15th.

Call for Submissions for the 2013 Comparative Ethnic Studies Prize

The Committee on the Ethnic Studies calls for submissions for the 2013 Comparative Ethnic Studies Prize. The winning paper will receive a $500 award at the annual meeting to be held November 21-24, 2013, in Washington, DC. Relevant submissions will contrast or connect the process of race-making or the experiences of ethnic communities with similar processes or experiences inside or outside the United States. Papers should be submitted by October 26.

Any paper given at the meeting is eligible for consideration, provided that it does not exceed 15 pages, including the notes. The paper should be a work-in-progress. All essays must be global and/or comparative, focusing on the power of race/ethnicity to shape the lives of diverse groups of people.
Papers should be submitted electronically to Karen Inouye, chair of the committee, at: kinouye@indiana.edu Late submissions will not be accepted.

Yuichiro Onishi and Kale Fajardo to Speak

The Department of Asian American Studies is hosting the event "Across Regions and Oceans: New Works from AAS Faculty" on Thursday, November 7 from 1:00-2:45pm in Coffman room 325. Yuichiro Onishi, Assistant Professor of African American & African Studies, will present "Transpacific Antiracism: Afro-Asian Solidarity in 20th-Century Black America, Japan, and Okinawa." Kale Fajardo, Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies, will also be presenting "Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities, and Globalization."

Yuichiro Onishi is an Assistant Professor of African American & African Studies. His areas of specialization include critical race studies; Black radicalism and internationalism; African American history; and Asian American studies. He is the author of Transpacific Antiracism: Afro-Asian Solidarity in 20th-Century Black America, Japan, and Okinawa (forthcoming from NYU Press in June 2013). In addition, he continues to investigate the details of U.S. colonialism toward Okinawa during the early Cold War in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some of the findings of this long-range transnational historical research will are presented in the article titled "Occupied Okinawa on the Edge," which will appear in American Quarterly (December 2012).
Kale Bantigue Fajardo is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His academic training is in cultural anthropology, feminist/gender/queer studies, Philippine Studies, Filipino/a American Studies and Asian American Studies. Professor Fajardo's first book, Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities and Globalization (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) is an interdisciplinary ethnography that analyzes the cultural politics of Filipino migrant/maritime masculinities in the local/global shipping industry. He is currently working on a second book called Chasing Carlos: Filipino/a Travel and Migration in North America.

Campaign Jobs for Undergraduates

The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. They currently have paid positions open for undergraduate students for campaigning staff out of their Minneapolis office. They are looking for candidates who work hard, communicate well, and are dedicated to working towards positive environmental and social change.

As a member of their staff, you will fundraise, build membership for their partner groups, and educate and activate citizens on pressing issues. You will also have the opportunity to organize press conferences and build coalitions with other non-profit organizations. While on staff you will learn how to effectively generate public support, build upon your understanding of the political process, and create positive social change.
You can get involved by applying online at http://fundforthepublicinterest.org/apply-now or by calling their office at 612-331-8401.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Hunt for the Parathyroids Lecture

The Program in the History of Medicine and the International Medical Education and Research Program is holding the lecture "The Hunt for the Parathyroids" today, October 16 from 3:45-4:15pm in 568 Diehl Hall. Jörgen Nordenström, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm and Visiting Professor, U of M/KI Biomedical Research Partnership, will be presenting this lecture. Click here to see the event flyer: Nordenstrom lecture and reception flyer Fall 2013.pdf

International Symposium Erasures: Gender, Violence and Human Rights Lecture

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies presents the "International Symposium Erasures: Gender, Violence and Human Rights" lecture on Thursday and Friday, October 24th and 25th from 9:00an to 5:00pm in the Maroon & Gold room in McNamara Alumni Center. Speakers presenting include: Susana Trimarco (Plenary Speaker), Rosa Linda Fregoso, Karina Ansolabehere, Héctor Dominguez Revalcaba, Susan Berk-Seligson, Maria Sonderéguer, Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, Raul Marrero Fente, Ana Amado, Ileana Rodriguez, Shannon Drysdale Walsh and Kimberley Theidon.

This significant symposium will address violence against women as a human rights violation, the erasure of gender violence in cultural debates about human rights, and the epistemic revolts of the rethinking of violence from a gender perspective. To see the event flyer, click here: Erasures flyer.pdf

Dr. David Wiley to Speak

The Libraries and the Graduate and Proffessional Students Assembly (GAPSA) is co-sponsoring a lecture by Dr. David Wiley, Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology at Brigham Young University, who will speak on The Ethic of Openness. This event will take place on October 22 from 2:30pm-4pm in the Coffman Theatre. Reservations are requested from those planning to attend. RSVP here. Click here to see the event flyer: OpenAccessKeynoteSpeaker.pdf

Cheif Tashka Yawanaw√° to Speak

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the event "Protecting Brazilian Indigenous Lands: A first-hand account from the Chief of the Yawanaw√°" on October 21 at 6:00pm in 1210 Heller Hall. Chief Tashka Yawanaw√° will discuss steps that Indigenous communities have taken to defend and sustain their lands, culture, and ways of life in the 21st century.

Tashka's leadership and tireless efforts have led to the reinvigoration of Yawanaw√° culture and the establishment of environmentally, economically and socially empowering alliances.
Tashka Yawanaw√° is the Chief of the Yawanaw√°, an indigenous group residing in the Brazilian Amazon. Since becoming Chief in 2001, Tashka has worked to reestablish and preserve his people's traditional culture and sustain their ancestral lands. He is actively involved in the Sociocultural Association of Yawanaw√°, which works to improve the socioeconomic status of the Yawanaw√° and to preserve their natural heritage. The organization has successfully resisted pressures from commercial logging and Tashka secured official title to over 150,000 hectares of Yawanaw√° ancestral rainforest where over 600 members of the Yawanaw√° community live. Tashka has also facilitated an ongoing partnership between the Yawanaw√° and Aveda, a manufacturer of botanically-based personal care products, which involves the sale of locally-harvested urucum seeds. He regularly speaks at UN international conferences.

GLBTA Series of Events

The GLBTA Programs Office is holding a series of events this month, the first being "Media Matters" held today, October 16 from 5:00-7:00pm in room 226 Appleby Hall.

Does Queer Trump Race or Does Race Trump Queer?
We live in a world of boxes. We check boxes on every form. We place ourselves in boxes to give our lives order. But what does it mean to navigate the boxes between race, sexual orientation, and gender expression? Does one box always trump another? Join us for a media accompanied dialogue facilitated by Anitra Cottledge, Assistant Director at the University of Minnesota Women's Center.
Dinner will be provided. Co-sponsored by Tongues Untied.
Please RSVP online at: z.umn.edu/MLKmediamatters
CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS - Friday, October 18th, 2013 1:30pm-3:30pm (Givens Conference Room - Anderson Library)
Flipping the Frame: (Trans)gressing a Traumatizing Gender Culture
Acknowledging that we are all part of a gender culture that discriminates against some while privileging others, we invite you to participate in a discussion with trans, gender non-conforming, and two-spirit identified panelists who seek to "flip the frame" about gender identity. One aim is to increase knowledge and end social isolation, exploitation, and trauma that gender non-conforming individuals experience. Many Americans face healthcare quality and affordability issues, but medical equity is especially critical for transgender people since most plans have discriminatory exclusions for trans-related care. Legal rights are also crucial as transgender people face higher incidences of exploitation, depression, job fragility, and personal safety issues. Engage in this discussion and leave with greater understanding about community issues and yourself.
Panelists: Roxanne Anderson, Director, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition; Keagan Goetsch, student, University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts; Nick Metcalf, Federal Compliance Specialist, Minnesota Department of Human Services; Paridise Valentino, Outreach and Resource Sharing Coordinator, Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN) of Minnesota. Moderator: MJ Gilbert, Instructor, University of Minnesota School of Social Work. This year they have added live streaming of the Conversation, if you are unable to attend in person. You can access both live streaming and a copy of the flier on our Critical Conversations webpage: https://diversity.umn.edu/criticalconversations
CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS - Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 10am-1pm (President's Room - Coffman Memorial Union)
Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence
Students! Please join us for the following:
-Scholarship experts and organizations on site to answer your questions
-Local corporations, government agencies, and University programs will recruit for in ternship and job opportunities within their organizations
-Campus career services will provide resume critiques and GoldPASS assistance
Register at z.umn.edu/sifstudent by October 15
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH EVENT - Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 7pm-8:30pm (The Whole - Coffman Memorial Union)
Film Screening: Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass is the story of a woman named Shairi who disentangles herself from a toxic relationship in order to rediscover, in her words, "the smile of that girl in those pictures they say is me." The story unfolds as Shairi awakens to her Divine Ancestral Muse whose inspirational words, "sung in my ear like a precious tune - musical, melodious," send her on a journey of penning poetry and song. This discovery of gifts, birthed from her soul, evokes a personal and spiritual transcendence that helps heal Shairi's wounds and introduces her to her True Divine Self for the very first time.
For more information, visit: http://www.shatteredglassshow.moonfruit.com/#/about/4564429540
DAKOTA SACRED SITES - Friday, Oct 25th, 2013 3pm-6:30pm
The Circle of Indigenous Nations (COIN) is hosting a bus tour of three sites in the Twin Cities area that are sacred to the Dakota people. All are invited to attend this free educational opportunity!
Boarding will begin at 2:45 PM behind Appleby Hall. (128 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455) Buses will leave by 3:00pm.
To RSVP for this event, visit: z.umn.edu/dakotasitesfall2013
ADA COMSTOCK DISTINGUISHED WOMEN SCHOLARS AWARD LECTURE - Tuesday, October 29, 2013 4:00pm (Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs)
Beyond HGTV: Can Design Change People's Lives?
Denise Guerin, a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor of Interior Design, presents an overview of her imaginative, sustainable approach to interior design centered on the well-being of people. Guerin's work has revolutionized the thinking, teaching, research and practice in the interior design field locally and globally. She asks: How can we use interior design to improve a person's performance and satisfaction? Have we looked at safety and sustainability, but also considered aesthetics, usability, and potential to facilitate healthy communication patterns or happiness? How might good design improve healing during a child's hospital stay? How might thoughtful design improve employees' work experiences? How might intentional, evidence-based design change people's lives?
RSVP online at z.umn.edu/adacomstock

Brown Bag Series with Dr. Giorgio Miescher

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the Brown Bag Series "The NE 51 Series Frontier: Housing and Forced Removal on the Fringes of the South African Empire." It will be presented by Dr. Giorgio Miescher on Friday, October 18 at 12:00pm in 537 Heller Hall. The talk proposes to bring the urban development of Usakos, a small Namibian town on the fringe of the South African empire, into conversation with the 'grand narrative' of the apartheid city.

Narratives of the apartheid city were shaped by contemporary academic architectural discourses sustained by those who pioneered and promoted urban planning in South Africa. It was formulated in texts on architecture and apartheid produced in the 1980s and 1990s, which developed a strong argument about South African architects' involvement in the creation of standardised housing for Africans. Big cities constituted the main reference for both critics and promoters of South African urban planning, and their analyses subscribed to paradigmatic notions of rapidly growing cities and inevitable housing crises, slums and chaos. The analysis of the urban development in Usakos in the 20th century allows to challenge the teleological model of such hegemonic narratives. The case of a small town also integrates otherwise separate discussions on 'white' and 'black' housing. In Usakos the transformation of urban space was primarily ideologically driven, and part of a general attempt to create a tangible and visible experience of a homogenous imperial South African space. One of the dominant material manifestations of such an imperial space were the iconic NE 51 series houses in standardised neighbourhoods, to which Africans were forcefully removed.

Dr. Hans Peter Manz to Speak on Friday, October 18

The Center for Austrian Studies presents Dr. Hans Peter Manz, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States, to speak on Friday, October 18 at 12:00pm in room 710 of the Social Sciences Building. The title of the event is called "The Development of Transatlantic Relations: an Austrian Perspective." To see the event flyer, please click here.

First Event of the South Asia Lecture Sereies

The Consortium for the Study of the Asias is holding the South Asia Lecture Series. The first event entitled "Colonial War and Modernity" will be today, October 16 at 4:00-5:30pm in room 710 Social Sciences. Nasser Hussain will present this lecture. To see a full schedule of events, please click here: south asian events_fall.13.v2 (1).pdf.

The Legal History Workshop on October 21

The Legal History Workshop will take place on Monday, October 21 in room 15 of Mondale Hall from 2:00-3:25pm. At this session, Laura Weinrib , Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago Law School will be presenting a "From Left to Rights" (the final chapter of her book project, The Taming of Free Speech).

Abstract: The Taming of Free Speech traces the emergence between World War I and World War II of a constitutional concept of civil liberties, enforced by the courts, which protected speakers and ideas regardless of their popularity or perceived legitimacy. When the ACLU was founded in the aftermath of the First World War, it declared itself an adjunct of the radical labor movement and championed a "right of agitation" that encompassed the rights to organize, picket, and strike. During the 1920s and 1930s, the organization's work in such fields as academic and artistic freedom made civil liberties palatable to conservative proponents of individual rights. When the judiciary came under attack in the 1930s, conservatives justified judicial review by celebrating the ACLU-sponsored civil liberties victories they had previously denounced. This chapter, "From Left to Rights," picks up in the aftermath of West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish and the failure of the court-packing plan. As business groups and the bar reluctantly accepted judicial deference to economic regulation, they asked the courts to ensure open channels for opposition to New Deal programs in the workplace and in the public sphere. Faced with NLRB restrictions on employers'anti-union speech, corporate lawyers exchanged the discredited language of substantive due process for the very vocabulary that the ACLU had supplied. In other words, the"constitutional revolution" was marked by constitutional compromise. The ACLU had succeeded in making civil liberties a neutral commitment, not an adjunct of economic rights. In the process, it had made free speech an effective tool for the Right.
Light snacks and refreshments will be served. A full schedule of the workshops for the fall semester is available here:LHW FALL 2013.Speaker Schedule.doc along with Professor Premo's paper:Weinrib Paper.pdf. Hard copies of the paper can be obtained from Stephanie McCauley in the Dean's Suite of the Law School.

Call for Papers for the Fifteenth Annual Women's and Gender History Symposium

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Chanpaign's has a call for papers for Fifteenth Annual Women's and Gender History Symposium, entitled "Where is the Love: Uncovering Love, Past and Present" held February 27-March 1 at the Illini Union in Urbana, Illinois. Professor Luise White will give a keynote address. They do not have a specific spatial focus, but encourage focus on Non-Western and Indigenous areas, or on pre-modern periods, along with those that employ inter-disciplinary approaches and tools. 300-500 word abstracts are due by November 15.

The concept of love has historically cast a large shadow, influencing everyday lives, political processes and social structures. We invite all papers that help us conceptualize, historicize, and complicate the themes of love and affective relations, across all time periods (ancient, medieval, and modern), while grounding their analysis in the category of gender and/or the experiences of women. We are looking for papers that consider love in a wide variety of contexts from different parts of the world. Contexts could include familial/filial love, romantic love, queer love, multiracial/inter-communal love, spiritual love and dysfunctional love. The entanglements of love with religion, the nation, comradeship, migration, ideas, and objects are also open for investigation. We also warmly welcome proposals considering the topic of affective studies and methodology, with regard to problems of evidence, archives and historical repression.
The experience of love, the desire for intimacy, as well as the willingness to act on affection, have shaped peoples' interpretations of their world. In the recent past, discourses of coloniality have also reproduced love as the counterfoil to reason and rationality. However, what exactly "love" is--and exactly how historians and other scholars can study it--remains an open question, which we are interested in exploring further. This conference will reconsider love in all its complex forms, and its multiple historical and geographical iterations.
The keynote address for this year's symposium will be delivered by Professor Luise White from the Department of History at the University of Florida. A leading scholar of African history, White's work has contributed to the gendering of labor migration and urbanization. She has also contributed significantly to methodology in the study of the African past, addressing issues concerning oral history and the use of rumor as evidence. White's 1990 monograph, Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi, won the prestigious Melville J. Herskovits Award in African studies.
All graduate students interested in presenting at the conference should send their 300-500 word abstracts to gendersymp@gmail.com by November 15, 2013. Applicants will be notified by December about whether their paper has been accepted.

Trans-Scripts Invites Submisssions

Trans-Scripts - the interdisiplinary journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences based at the University of California, Irvine - invites graduate students to submit their work for publication. The theme of their fourth volume will be "Constructing (Dis)Ability." They welcome all submissions that engage topics related to the theme. The deadline for submission is 10 January 2014. The total word count should be between 3,000 and 12,000 words, including footnotes.

Who is "able" and who is "disabled?" Who decides, and based upon what criteria? In exploring the multiple and intersecting matrices of power these questions evoke, it becomes clear that discourses of ability are as ubiquitous as they are overlooked, as protean as they are embedded.
On the one hand, we recognize the common distinction between "impairment" and "disability" advanced by disability studies scholars and codified in W.H.O., U.N., U.S., and U.K. disability laws. This distinction posits "impairment" as the reality of physical, emotional, or cognitive difference, and "disability" as the social understanding and implications of that difference. On the other hand, we acknowledge that ability is, in many ways, as elastic a concept as disability, and encourage submissions that problematize both sides of the binary, as well as the binary itself.
The aging process and aleatory events alike render impairment a near certainty for the majority of the population. The experience of disability is--to a certain extent--blind to privilege. However, it is in examining disability that some of the most intransigent social justice issues come to the fore. What it means to be "disabled" is contingent on questions of access, be it access to healthcare, education, political representation or the judicial system. In the United States and around the world, race, class, and gender often function as gatekeepers, either facilitating or restricting that access.
While the field of disability studies continues to gain traction within the academy, TransScripts understands ability as a lens of analysis that resists compartmentalization. Accordingly, we encourage scholars from a wide range of backgrounds to contribute their ideas. We appreciate and will consider pieces that speak not only to the social construction of disability, but also to the material--and political--consequences of that construction. Our editorial collective will read submissions from disciplines including (but not limited to): history, art history, literature, philosophy, theology, psychology,
education, political science, anthropology, sociology, informatics, public policy, public health, and bioethics. We also eagerly seek the perspectives of scholars working in fat studies, queer studies, women's and gender studies, film and visual studies, urban studies, science and technology studies, cultural studies, and critical race studies. "We are happy to consider coauthored submissions, and especially welcome faculty graduate student collaborations."
Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:
The gendering of disability
The ethics of accommodations--specifically in sports
Cochlear implants and Deaf culture
The racialization of disability
Norms and pathologization in the concepts of impairment, ability, disability
Sexual norms and the "disabled" body
The concept of normal functioning
Disability and social justice
Ontologies and epistemologies of disability
Educating people with disabilities: challenges and opportunities
The New Disability History
Ability as rhetoric
"Crip Studies" and Alison Kafer's Feminist Queer Crip.
Rendering the subaltern body
Selfidentification
and selfadvocacy
The disabled body in virtual space(s)
Built environments as conditioning bodily norms and expectations
The neurodiversity movement
The relationship between transgender studies and disability studies
The politics of designer babies
Ethnographies of ability and disability
The metaphysics and/or phenomenology of embodiment
Disability as socioeconomic indicator
Discussions of the recent US failure to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People
with Disabilities
The politics of PostTraumatic
Stress Disorder
The therapy/enhancement distinction
Recent changes to the DSM
"Obamacare" and the disability community
Theories of pain
TransScripts welcomes all submissions that engage topics related to "Constructing (Dis)Ability." They may, but certainly need not, address the examples listed above. As we believe that scholarship from a variety of approaches can help inform contemporary understandings, submissions need not conform to any disciplinary, methodological, temporal, or other criteria. They need only be original, well researched, and properly cited. English language contributions from all universities in all countries will be considered.
Faculty Contributors:
Selected graduate student work will appear alongside contributions from renowned faculty members, including editorial pieces and scholarly articles. Past contributors have included Étienne Balibar, Hortense Spillers, Lee Edelman, Roderick Ferguson, and Temple Grandin.
Submission Guidelines and Review Process:
The deadline for submission is 10 January 2014. All submissions should be written in English. The total word count should be between 3,000 and 12,000 words, including footnotes. Explanatory footnotes should be kept to a minimum. Submissions should employ the MLA style of citation (for further information on the journal's submission guidelines and mission statement, see the journal website at http://www.humanities.uci.edu/collective/hctr/trans-cripts/index.html).
All pieces should be submitted as a word document attached in an email to transscriptsjournal@gmail.com. The email should include your name, institution, program/department, and an email address at which you can be contacted. Please also include a short abstract of less than 300 words describing the content and argument of the piece.
Comments and General Inquiries:
Please direct all general inquiries about the journal or any comments on published pieces to our 2013 volume's EditorinChief, Andrea Milne, at milnea@uci.edu.

Environment Minnesota Undergraduate Positions

The Fund for the Public Interset's Minneapolis office is currently working with Environment Minnesota on a campaign to protect the boundary waters. They are now hiring undergraduate students for part time jobs on their campaigns. They are looking for candidates who work hard, communicate well, and are dedicated to working towards positive environmental and social change.

The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. They run campaigns for Environment Minnesota, US PIRG, Fair Share, and the Human Rights Campaign. This fall they will be running offices in over 35 cities, mobilizing public support, and meeting with their elected officials to help win environmental and social justice campaigns.
This last year our staff helped pass a bill the will bring 30 times more clean, solar power to the state by 2020. We've also helped repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, and increased food safety standards to make school lunches safer.
They are currently working with Environment Minnesota on a campaign to protect the boundary waters. Out of state mining companies want to start a new type of mining right outside the boundary waters protect area that could contaminate the water with sulfuric acid. This would turn the water extremely acidic, killing fish and other wildlife and potentially causing Mercury pollution. In order to build enough public support to prevent these mines, they need to grow their campaign staff.
Currently, they have paid positions open for campaign staff out of their Minneapolis office. They are looking for candidates who work hard, communicate well, and are dedicated to working towards positive environmental and social change.
As a member of their staff, you will fundraise, build membership for their partner groups, and educate and activate citizens on pressing issues. You will also have the opportunity to organize press conferences and build coalitions with other non-profit organizations. While on staff you will learn how to effectively generate public support, build upon your understanding of the political process, and create positive social change.
You can get involved by applying online at http://fundforthepublicinterest.org/apply-now or by calling their office at 612-331-8401.

College of the Holy Cross Invites Applications for a Tenure-track Position in Multi-Ethnic Literatures

The Department of English at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States, with a specialization in Latino/a literature and an emphasis on poetry or drama preferred. Ph.D. in hand is required. Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching as well as scholarly achievement. Applications are due November 1.

During a typical academic year, teaching responsibilities would include two introductory courses on literary genres; one intermediate survey of American literature; and two courses in Latino/a literature. The appointment will begin in August 2014. This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a full-salary one-semester research leave prior to tenure review and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. We invite candidates to learn more about our department at http://academics.holycross.edu/english/. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2013.
The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect faculty job applications electronically. Please submit a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy and interest, copies of transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to http://apply.interfolio.com/22630. Questions about the position may be addressed to Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Acting Chair, Department of English, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610.
The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 2,900 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (http://www.newenglandherc.org). The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.

Kent State University College of Arts & Sciences Invites Applications for a Non-tenure-track Position in Public History

Kent State University College of Arts & Sciences, in conjunction with the Department of History, invites applications for a non-tenure-track position in Public History. The successful candidate will serve as Director of the May 4th Visitors Center. KSU seeks candidates with strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work across disciplines that share academic interests in May 4th related activities. Applications are due November 14.

The Kent State University May 4 Visitors Center provides students and the public opportunity to reflect on the facts of what happened May 4, 1970, and the meaning of the event for today's citizens. Dedicated in May 2013, the $1.1 million dollar Center is located on campus and was designated as part of a National Historical Places site in 2010.
Applicants should have a PhD in hand by the time of appointment (July 2014), and contribute to the academic mission of the Department of History. The director will be expected to secure external funding to enhance and grow the Center's public presence, promote outreach to the larger public community including leading May 4 events, supervise public history interns at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and contribute to the academic mission of the Department of History.
Applicants should send their letter of application, curriculum vitae, links to public events, writing samples or hyperlinks, three letters of recommendation other materials that outline qualifications by email or mail to:
Dr. Kenneth J. Bindas, Chair
Department of History
Kent State University
305 Bowman Hall
Kent, OH, 44242-0001
kbindas@kent.edu
Review of applications will begin on November 14, 2013 and will continue until the position is filed. For more information on the May 4th Center, please visit http://www.kent.edu/about/history/May4/thevisitorscenter/
Kent State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the University's faculty.

Washington State University Invites Applications for a Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position

The Department of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in race, gender, and global health. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, American Studies or related field. Application deadline is November 18.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstrated research agenda and university-level teaching record reflective of an intersectional (gender, race, class, nation, and sexuality) framework; research and teaching interests in both national and global inequalities; ability to teach core courses within the ethnic and women's studies curricula and the American Studies graduate curriculum; ability to supervise undergraduate and graduate students; evidence of scholarly productivity; established record of campus and community outreach and professional and community service; and a record mentoring students of color and other underrepresented groups.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Research in the following areas as it relates to the intersections of race, gender and global health: global poverty, reproductive justice, colonialism, globalization, neoliberalism, and/or disability studies. Also desirable are a proven capacity to secure internal and external funding and a willingness to collaborate within and across paradigms, traditions, and fields.
Duties include maintaining an active research program, participating in service, and teaching core courses and courses in area of specialization at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (the normal teaching load is currently two courses per semester).
Washington State University is a land grant, comprehensive research institution with an enrollment of over 17,000 undergraduate students on the Pullman campus and more than 4,000 at its branch campuses. Branch campuses are located in Spokane, Tri-Cities and Vancouver. Bachelor's degrees are available in all fields of study, with master's and doctoral degrees available in most.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application deadline is November 18, 2013, with the review process starting November 19, 2013. Interested candidates should send cover letter, curriculum vita, writing sample(s) of no more than 40 pages, a statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three letters of recommendation (at least one of which comments on the applicant's teaching). Applicants should be prepared to submit material online at www.wsujobs.com. Please direct questions to ccgrs.dept@wsu.edu. This position will be filled pending budgetary approval.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT: Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action educator and employer. WSU is committed to excellence through diversity, has faculty friendly policies including a partner accommodation program, and a NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant (see http://www.excelinse.wsu.edu/.) Members of ethnic minorities, women, Vietnam-era or disabled veterans, persons of disability, and/or persons age 40 or over are encouraged to apply.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Department of African American & African Studies Annual Open House

The Department of African American & African Studies invites you to their annual Open House on Thursday, October 10th at 11:00am-2:00pm. It is held in room 860 Social Sciences Building. Learn about their undergraduate program and graduate minor. Meet faculty, staff and students. To see the event flyer, click here.

Brown Bag Series with Dr. Dave Wilsey

The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change is holding the Brown Bag Series "Food Systems and Field Experiences: Some reflections from the Gwayakosijigan (Compass) Project at Fond du Lac." It will be presented by Dr. Dave Wilsey on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 12:00pm in room 537 Heller Hall.

Food is an attractive issue in its own right but may be especially notable in Native American communities, where food and food systems are closely tied to struggles related to culture, sovereignty, wellness, history, and the future. Indian Country is just one of many contexts where the events of recent history seem to have triggered precipitous declines in wellness - manifest in obesity, diabetes - and increased desire for foods or food systems that find inspiration in the past. If today's food/food systems reflect the problem, then what steps need to be taken to move communities closer to their desired state? In 2013, Fond du Lac, UMN Extension, and a team from the masters of development practice (MDP) graduate program collaborated on a project to better understand the FDL food system as perceived by members of that community. The hope was that this enhanced understanding might suggest some steps forward for locally-driven food system interventions. This talk highlights some preliminary lessons from that experience and the methods employed.

The Center for Jewish Studies presents its Tenth Annual Community Lecture Series

The University of Minnesota Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to present its Tenth Annual Community Lecture Series. Writers, filmmakers, and scholars from varied fields will address intriguing questions relevant to the Jewish experience today.

The first two lectures are:
Photographing the Jewish Nation: Pictures from S. An-sky's Ethnographic Expeditions on
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:30pm at the Museum of Russian Art 5500 Stevens Ave. Minneapolis, MN
"A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio, 1923-1955"- Ari Kelman, Stanford University on Monday, October 14, 2013 7:30pm at Beth Jacob Congregation 1179 Victoria Curve Mendota Heights, MN
A full list of the lectures is available here.

Lecture by Professor Mel Chen on Wednesday, October 16

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies is holding a lecture by Mel Chen, Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, U.C. Berkeley on Wednesday, October 16 at 5:30-6:30pm in room 1210 Heller Hall. She will presenting "Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering and Queer Affect."

Professor Chen's work examines how objects are animated to serve in racialized, sexualized, and queered narratives about "invasion," disability and illness. Chen's work has been published in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Women's Studies Quarterly, and Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture. To view the event flyer, please click here: Chen Poster.docx

More DVDs added to the University Libraries'

More DVDs were added to the University Libraries' collection. To view the newly added DVDs, please click here: New videos.o13.pdf

Spring Texbook Orders Due

Book orders for Spring 2013 courses are due to amstdy@umn.edu by Wednesday, October 23th. Please continue reading for the order form, bookstore ordering guidelines, and notes that help process your order and obtain desk copies.

Notes:
-Please complete one book order form for each course, and email your order as an attachment to amstdy@umn.edu by Wednesday, October 23, 2011.
-Let us know whether or not you need a personal desk copy. We will be requesting copies for your TAs.
- We submit a request to the publisher for desk copies after we receive your completed order form. It can take weeks to obtain desk copies, so the earlier we get the order, the earlier you and your TAs will have copies of the books. Desk copies cannot be guaranteed for faculty and instructors if the deadline for book orders is not met.
-If your course is cross-listed, include all department names on your order form so that all sections of the course will have books ordered.
- Include the ISBN of the edition you want . If the ISBN is incorrect, you may end up with a different edition of the book.
-If you are NOT ordering books or ordering a packet instead, be sure to let me know.
Bookstore guidelines:
-Submitting book orders before Fall 2011 Finals Week gives the bookstore the opportunity to pay students the best price for their books during buyback.
- If you delete or change books for your course after they have shipped from the publisher, your research account will be charged for return fees.
-If know you will be using a book in the future, please indicate when that is. This allows the bookstore to plan to purchase used copies, saving students money.
- Be sure to specify whether the book is Required (R) or Optional (O).

Legal History Workshop on Monday, October 14

The Legal History Workshop will take place on Monday, October 14, in room 15 of Mondale Hall from 2:00 to 3:25 p.m. Professor Bianca Premo will be presenting "Enlightenment on Trial: Ordinary Litigants, Colonialism and Modernity in the 18th-Century."

Light snacks and refreshments will be served. A full schedule of the workshops for the fall semester is available here: LHW FALL 2013.Speaker Schedule.doc
Professor Premo's paper is available here: Premo Paper.pdf. Hard copies of the paper can be obtained from Stephanie McCauley in the Dean's Suite of the Law School.

Accessing Information during the Government Shutdown

During the government shutdown, federal government websites are varying in terms of being completely unavailable or having some browsing and search options. USA.gov is still functioning.

You can search print collection via the library catalog as well as the digitized government publications in Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also, consider checking out subscription options. Some examples include:
Congressional Publications
Legislative Insight
ERIC (Access via Ebscohost)
ERIC (Access via CSA)

Position in Native American Studies at Williams College

The Program in American Studies at Williams College invites applications for a new position in Native American Studies. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in American Studies or in a related discipline. Specialists in pre-1900 subject areas are especially welcome. Applications are due by November 1, 2013.

The successful candidate will teach courses in American Studies and Native American Studies. The position is full-time, tenure-track, beginning Fall 2014.
Candidates should submit a letter of interest, a vita, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference. All applications should be submitted through Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/22301.

Tenure-track Search at Colorado State University

The Ethnic Studies Department at Colorado State University invites applications for one 9-month tenure track position in either African American or Native American Studies. Applicants need to have completed a doctorate degree by August 15, 2014. Applicant must demonstrate potential excellence in research/scholarship in African American or Native American Studies; potential for excellence in teaching, potential for excellence in service/outreach, and strong communication skills. Applications should be received by November 1, 2013.

Examples of potential candidates' areas of expertise in African American Studies include but are not limited to: sociocultural politics, history, social movements, education, cinema, critical race theory and its engagement with criminal justice, gender and black feminist theory, African American arts and cultural expressions, sports, and diaspora studies.
Examples of potential candidates' areas of expertise in Native American Studies include but are not limited to: Indigenous knowledge systems, contemporary literary and visual culture, history, health, Indigenous education and leadership, tribal governments, sociopolitical and political economy.
Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates who can teach core ethnic studies courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level (i.e. introduction to ethnic studies, ethnic studies theory & history, etc). Candidates whose work is interdisciplinary, intersectional, and/or comparative are also strongly encouraged to apply. We particularly encourage applications from scholars with a doctorate in African American or Native American Studies, or Ethnic Studies with an emphasis in African American or Native American Studies; however, we also welcome and encourage applicants with degrees in other disciplines.
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to teach four courses per year, including graduate and undergraduate courses, mentor students, have an active research agenda, and engage in outreach/service with the African American or Native American community.
Ethnic Studies Department: The Department currently consists of 9 tenured and tenure-track faculty, 5-8 special instructors, and 3 research scientists. The faculty members come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds that encompass both the humanities and the social sciences. Ethnic Studies' mission is "to critically examine the interlocking forces of domination that are rooted in socially constructed categories of gender, sexuality, class, race, disability and national status. Our faculty and researchers are committed to interdisciplinary, indigenous, international, and comparative approaches that challenge systemic marginalization of diverse populations.
We are especially committed to nurturing civic-minded and culturally informed students who strive to strengthen the communities in which they reside. In support of the land-grant mission of Colorado State University, the Department engages with communities on and off campus in order to effect meaningful change in public policy and social life." Ethnic Studies offers a MA, BA and minor in ethnic studies along with a graduate certificate, major concentration, and minor in women's studies. There are approximately 200 students enrolled in our programs.
University: Colorado State University (CSU) is a land-grant institution and a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-Extensive. There are a total of 1,559 faculty members with 1,003 tenure-track appointments. The student enrollment is approximately 29,500 undergraduates and graduates. CSU is located in Fort Collins (pop. 150,000) at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Closing Date for Application: Full consideration will be extended to completed applications received by November 1, 2013. Review of applications will commence on that date. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. We prefer applications to be sent electronically, if possible, to Jodi.Griffin@colostate.edu
Applications must include a cover letter stating interest, current vita, sample of recent writing or publication, evidence of teaching/advising excellence if available, and letters from three references. Application materials, including letters of recommendation of semi-finalist candidates, will be made available for review by the entire faculty of the Ethnic Studies Department. Application materials may be mailed to: Ethnic Studies Search Committee Chair, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, 1790 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1790. Fax: 970-491-2717.

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies Invites Proposals

The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies invites proposals for their second conference, "Attachments: Queer Investments in Capital and Globalizations." The conference will be a two-day series of conversations in race, ethnic, queer, sexuality, gender, and disability studies, attending to the affective and economic investments in and resistance to financial, sexual, cultural, legal, political, national, and global economies. Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words and a brief bio of no more than 100 words by November 1, 2013.

They invite papers which extend recent debates about homonationalism and "slow death" to consider the ways in which queer attachments to and resistance of capital, globalization, and the state trouble dominant notions of progress. They encourage presenters to consider the multitude of ways in which investments and attachments can be or have been made queerly: investment in communities, in institutions, in movements, in "the future," in citizenship, as well as time and monetary investments; and attachments to debt, relationships, dreams, contracts, medicine/medical interventions, to prosthetics, identities, to cultural and political obligations, to liberalism, radicalism, and so on.
They hope to create a vibrant space for intellectual exchange with an emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship. They welcome submissions from graduate students from a wide range of fields, including gender and sexuality studies, ethnic studies, American studies, geography, history, education, media and communication, sociology, and cultural studies, among others.

Suggested paper, panel or workshop topics include (but are not limited to):

Affect, attachments, and investments
Immigration, citizenship, and diaspora
Empire and colonialism
Labor: sexual, affective, activist, academic, etc.
Production and consumption of media, aesthetics, and culture
Race, place, and identity
The politics of idleness, unproductivity, and failure
Kinship, family, and coalition
Consumption, consumer culture, and tourism
Neoliberalism and biopolitics
-Industrial complexes: military, non-profit, prison, and medical
Disability and crip politics
Post-humanism, animality, and technoscience
Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words and a brief bio of no more than 100 words to queerattachments@gmail.com by NOVEMBER 1, 2013. Conference applicants will be notified by December 1.
TRAVEL GRANTS for presenters will be available, sponsored by the Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies. We will award up to three travel grants of up to $500 each. More details will be available upon acceptance to present.
The Graduate Interdisciplinary Group in Sexuality Studies (GIGSS) is a group of graduate students from all disciplines and all levels who are committed to creating new opportunities for interdisciplinary conversation and research in sexuality studies at the University of Minnesota.
The Steven J. Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies, named for the late University of Minnesota alumnus, is dedicated to the advancement of GLBT scholarship across the University and in the broader Twin Cities community.
For more information, check out: queerattachments.wordpress.com

Monday, October 7, 2013

Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies San Francisco State University

The Women and Gender Studies Department at San Francisco State University invites applicants for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in fall 2014.They seek to hire a junior scholar with expertise in transnational feminist methodologies. Must have a Ph.D., evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a demonstrable high‚Äêquality scholarship. Applications are due by November 14, 2013.

Position Description:
The Women and Gender Studies Department at SFSU seeks to hire a junior scholar with expertise in transnational feminist methodologies whose research addresses one or more of the following fields:
• Science and technology studies
• Disability studies
• Indigenous feminisms
• Health inequalities and the environment
The successful candidate will have a PhD in Women and Gender Studies or experience in the discipline. This scholar must teach from a perspective that emphasizes the mutually constitutive nature of categories of difference, and their course offerings should complement and extend our strengths in transnational feminist cultural studies and interdisciplinary social sciences.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. (or completion of degree requirements by August 1, 2014), evidence of teaching effectiveness, and demonstrable high-­‐quality scholarship.
Salary and Benefits:
Salary competitive, commensurate with qualifications. San Francisco State University, as part of the California State University system, provides generous health, retirement, and other benefits, including domestic partner benefits.

Information about department:

The Women and Gender Studies Department at SFSU was founded in 1976, one of the first such departments in the United States. Forged out of transformative activism and scholarship, the department uses interdisciplinary approaches and foregrounds transnational and intersectional relationships among gender, race, sexuality, nation, labor, and globalization. Our students engage in challenging academics, work closely with professors, and lead community initiatives. Faculty typically teach three courses per semester, maintain as active research and publishing profile, and advise undergraduate and Masters students in the department.

About San Francisco State University:

San Francisco State University, a large urban university, is part of the 23-­‐campus California State University system and serves a diverse student body in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs. The mission of the University is to maintain an environment for learning that promotes an appreciation of scholarship, freedom, and human diversity; fosters excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment; and provides broadly accessible higher education. SFSU faculty are expected to be effective in teaching; to demonstrate professional achievement and growth through continued research, publications, and/or creative activities; and to contribute their academic expertise and leadership to the campus and community.
Candidates should send the following:
• Cover letter
• A curriculum vitae
• Names of three recommenders
• (Requests for letters of recommendation [no more than two years old], writing sample, syllabi, teaching evaluations, and teaching philosophy will be made after the first round of review)
Please mail documents (no email applications) to:
Hiring Committee
Department of Women and Gender Studies
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132
Review of applications will begin November 14, 2013.

Help Distributing Posters

The Women's Student Activist Collective will be re-printing many of the "We're a Culture, Not a Costume" posters that were created by the Ohio University group, Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS). They need help distributing the posters around campus. If you are able to help, email Carla Wilson at wsac@umn.edu. To view the posters, click here.

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Forum

A Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Forum will be held Wednesday, October 9th in Nicholson 275 from 6:00 PM-8:00PM. The name of the forum is Young and Unheard: A mayoral candidate forum led by the Young and Unheard voices of Minneapolis. This will be an opportunity to hear what the mayoral candidates' plans are regarding civil rights and social justice issues in Minneapolis.

These include: disparities in education, wealth, incarceration, and much more. If there is a social justice issue you are passionate about, go and ask! Don Samuels, Cam Winton, and Betsy Hodges have all confirmed their participation!
To submit your question, join the event on facebook here: http://tinyurl.com/kk46xdp. You have to be at the event to ask your question.

Accessing Sample Files

Accessing Sample Files: American Studies graduate students may access a shared drive containing sample files in the following categories: fellowships, job applications, research, student milestones, and teaching. To access these files, log-in using your x.500 to webfiles.umn.edu. If you have issues logging in, please contact amstdy@umn.edu.

Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend

Save the dates: Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend for 2014 will be held Sunday, March 9th - Tuesday, March 11th.

Pegues receives PhD

Juliana Agnes Pegues has received her PhD with her dissertation entitled "Interrogating Intimacies: Asian American and Native Relations in Colonial Alaska." Erika Lee and Jigna Desai, advisers.

Wiggins receives PhD

Benjamin A Wiggins has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "Managing Risk, Managing Race: Racialized Actuarial Science in the United States, 1881-1948." Richard Leppert and John Archer, advisers.

Mitchell recieves PhD

Jasmine Maria Mitchell has received her PhD with her dissertation entitled, "Popular Culture Images of the Mulatta: Constructing Race, Gender, and Nation in the United States and Brazil." Erika Lee and Bianet Castellanos, advisers.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Two Positions in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Davis

The Department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Davis invites applications for two positions. Applicants must demonstrate exceptional promise as scholars and teachers and have a committed interest in developing productive community relations. Ph.D. in Chicana/o Studies or other related field is required. Applications should be completed by February 1, 2014

OPEN RANK: OPEN FIELD
Research specialization is open. Candidates with innovative and interdisciplinary approaches in the field of Chicana/o Studies will be preferred. The successful candidate will have a strong research agenda or demonstrate potential for research with interdisciplinary, social justice approaches to Chicana/o Studies and will need to demonstrate excellence in delivering undergraduate curriculum in Chicana/o Studies. For more information and to apply for this position:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00157
OPEN RANK: HEALTH
Research specialization in clinical or health psychology or public health, is preferred. Candidates with innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to address the health and mental health needs of immigrants and US born Latina/os and Chicana/os will be preferred. The successful candidate will have a strong research agenda or demonstrate potential for research with interdisciplinary, social justice approaches to Chicana/o Studies and be able to teach undergraduate courses in Community Based Participatory research methods, quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, Chicana/o health, mental health and/or health policy. The appointee will complement the current faculty's teaching in community health, mental health, and social policy. For more information and to apply for this position:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00158
For full consideration applications should be completed by February 1, 2014. The positions are open until filled.
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Three tenure openings at John Jay College

The Department of Public Administration at John Jay College, Public Management, has three tenure-track/tenured openings, at the Assistant or Associate level, beginning in August 2014. Must have a Ph.D. degree in area(s) of experience or equivalent. Also required are the ability to teach successfully, demonstrated scholarship or achievement, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution. Applications are due by November 12, 2013.

The job description is here: http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000795229-01/
**They are expanding their Urban Affairs specialization and Public Policy specialization, and faculty in those areas are especially encouraged to apply.**
The dept. runs one of the largest MPA programs in the country; they also host two undergraduate degrees (Public Administration and Criminal Justice Management) and a PhD specialization in Criminal Justice Policy. Students are drawn to the program for their specialties in emergency management, criminal justice policy, and inspection and oversight.
This is their third year in a row of hiring, and interested candidates will find an energetic, collegial faculty in a College that is also on the upswing. The College has been actively hiring and dedicating increased resources to faculty research and scholarship, and is expanding its focus on justice beyond traditional criminal justice frameworks. The College has a small institutional feel within the larger CUNY network that offers opportunities for collaborative research and working with doctoral students outside of criminal justice.
They are a Hispanic-serving institution; students are incredibly diverse, and mostly working professionals in the MPA program. The teaching load is high but there are reduced teaching expectations for junior faculty pursuing research.
The campus is in the heart of Manhattan and is an important community institution, hosting local political events, housing evacuees after Hurricane Sandy, and bringing diverse cultural exhibits to campus.
Interested candidates may contact Leigh Graham at lgraham@jjay.cuny.edu if they have questions. Applications should be filed through the CUNYfirst system.

LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies Position at Dartmouth College

The Program in Women's Gender Studies at Dartmouth College seeks a scholar with strong theoretical expertise and interdisciplinary training to fill a new position in LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies to begin Fall 2014. Individuals should demonstrate a record of scholarly publications and teaching excellence. Applications should be submitted by November 15, 2013.

They aim to appoint an individual committed to innovative scholarship and teaching in LGBTQ/Sexualities Studies and whose areas of cross-disciplinary interest might include: transnational feminism, race/ethnicity/migration-immigration, or media and visual culture.
The Program in Women's and Gender Studies at Dartmouth College, historically, the first of its kind in the Ivy League, is highly interdisciplinary and teaches approximately 600 students per year. Dartmouth College has an even distribution of male and female students; approximately a quarter of the undergraduate student population are members of minority groups. Dartmouth College provides very generous research support for faculty, a flexible teaching calendar (4 courses per year distributed on the quarter system), and numerous college-wide forums for interdisciplinary conversations.
Qualifications
The search will be conducted open rank (advanced Assistant/recent Associate preferred). Individuals should demonstrate a record of scholarly publications and teaching excellence; those candidates at the level of Assistant Professor should show extraordinary promise in both areas.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit a cover letter, C.V., three confidential letters of recommendation, a one-page teaching statement, and a writing sample of no more than thirty pages. Question may be directed to the Women's and Gender Studies Program Office at 603-646-2722 or wgstp@dartmouth.edu<
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