THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT for Equity and Diversity (OED) at the University of Minneasota seeks a highly qualified, motivated, and creative leader to serve as Director of the University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office. The Director provides vision, leadership, and management oversight for GLBTA PO programs and services on the Twin Cities campus. Review of applications has begun, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.
Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office
The Office of the Vice President for Equity and Diversity (OED) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a highly qualified, motivated, and creative leader to serve as the Director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office (GLBTA PO). Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Equity and Diversity (OED), the Director must be committed to creating a strong and supportive campus environment for GLBT people and helping to foster a University community and campus climate that values and actively supports inclusiveness, equity, and diversity. The Director provides vision, leadership, and management oversight for GLBTA PO programs and services on the Twin Cities campus.
•You can also access the UMN employment page and application for this position by clicking here.
•Follow this link to apply online: https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=111845
•More information about the Office for Equity and Diversity is available at https://diversity.umn.edu/.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
GWSS Grad Instructor Position for Fall 2013
THE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER, WOMEN and Sexuality Studies is seeking a graduate instructor to teach GWSS 3301W "Women Writers" for the Fall 2013 semester. The course meets MW 2:30-3:45, and previous syllabi of the course are available upon request. Application deadline: July 15th, 2013. Continue reading for more details.
Position Description:
The Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies is seeking a graduate instructor to teach GWSS 3301W - Women Writers for the Fall 2013 semester.
The course meets MW 2:30-3:45 in Amundson Hall 151. Previous syllabi of the course are available upon request.
Course Description:
This course examines literature written by women to understand it from their own perspectives, in their own words, and through their own images. Literature is one site where women have deployed various forms of writing to construct and analyze their understandings of gender. The basis of this course is to analyze how literature works, how it presents ideas, represents subjects, and produces power. With a focus on complexities of women's roles, this course will examine the way women writers have used various genres of literature to articulate personal and social struggles. It will also think about how literature (in its many forms) is part of and impacts society.
The instructor may focus on one genre (e.g. novels or memoirs) or study a range of genres (novels, short stories, poetry, essays, etc.).
CLE:
This course satisfies the CLE requirements for Literature. This is also a writing intensive course. Since the meaning of any given text exceeds the written work, we will work to identify and place the narrative within the larger context of the discrete literary periods and socio-cultural frameworks. Students will learn to locate the literature with other texts to become aware of the interrelatedness of social, political, historical, and literary concepts and, subsequently, of the importance of literature as a discipline and a site of inquiry as well.
Course objectives:
· To study the formal dimensions of literature and examine how the author's choice of words convey a particular meaning or evoke a specific response from the reader.
· To engage in an in-depth study of genre and authorship and to place this study within its social and historical contexts.
· To gain an understanding of the place of women writers within an overall culture of literary culture.
· To examine the historical development and deployment of gender taxonomies, the ways in which women writers have challenged and unseated hierarchies, and the ways in which they continue to hold sway.
· To gain a deeper appreciation of literature, of expression, and of new canon formations.
To Apply:
Please send an update CV, along with a statement. The statement should include one paragraph that describes your previous teaching experience, and one paragraph that would provide a vision for how you would teach the course. Please send these materials to Angela Brandt, Department Administrator, at bran0487@umn.edu by July 15, 2013.
Position Description:
The Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies is seeking a graduate instructor to teach GWSS 3301W - Women Writers for the Fall 2013 semester.
The course meets MW 2:30-3:45 in Amundson Hall 151. Previous syllabi of the course are available upon request.
Course Description:
This course examines literature written by women to understand it from their own perspectives, in their own words, and through their own images. Literature is one site where women have deployed various forms of writing to construct and analyze their understandings of gender. The basis of this course is to analyze how literature works, how it presents ideas, represents subjects, and produces power. With a focus on complexities of women's roles, this course will examine the way women writers have used various genres of literature to articulate personal and social struggles. It will also think about how literature (in its many forms) is part of and impacts society.
The instructor may focus on one genre (e.g. novels or memoirs) or study a range of genres (novels, short stories, poetry, essays, etc.).
CLE:
This course satisfies the CLE requirements for Literature. This is also a writing intensive course. Since the meaning of any given text exceeds the written work, we will work to identify and place the narrative within the larger context of the discrete literary periods and socio-cultural frameworks. Students will learn to locate the literature with other texts to become aware of the interrelatedness of social, political, historical, and literary concepts and, subsequently, of the importance of literature as a discipline and a site of inquiry as well.
Course objectives:
· To study the formal dimensions of literature and examine how the author's choice of words convey a particular meaning or evoke a specific response from the reader.
· To engage in an in-depth study of genre and authorship and to place this study within its social and historical contexts.
· To gain an understanding of the place of women writers within an overall culture of literary culture.
· To examine the historical development and deployment of gender taxonomies, the ways in which women writers have challenged and unseated hierarchies, and the ways in which they continue to hold sway.
· To gain a deeper appreciation of literature, of expression, and of new canon formations.
To Apply:
Please send an update CV, along with a statement. The statement should include one paragraph that describes your previous teaching experience, and one paragraph that would provide a vision for how you would teach the course. Please send these materials to Angela Brandt, Department Administrator, at bran0487@umn.edu by July 15, 2013.
Leon publishes An Image of God
Sharon M. Leon, PhD '04, published her book An Image of God: The Catholic Struggle with Eugenics (University of Chicago Press, 2013). Click here for more info.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Chia Vang lecture June 26th
CHIA YOUYEE VANG, PhD'06, will be giving a lecture on Wednesday, June 26th as part of the IHRC's Global Race, Ethnicity, & Migration series. The lecture "An Enduring Place of Refuge: International Institute of Minnesota" will be held from 12:00-1:00pm in room 308 Andersen Library, west bank.
Join the Immigration History Research Center for a Summer Global REM presentation with Professor Chia Youyee Vang.
Professor Vang is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
She will give a lecture based on her current research entitled
"An Enduring Place of Refuge: International Institute of Minnesota."
Her research interests includes 20th century U.S.-Asia relations, Cold War politics, Asian America history, refugee migration, transnational and diaspora communities.
Click here for event website.
Join the Immigration History Research Center for a Summer Global REM presentation with Professor Chia Youyee Vang.
Professor Vang is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
She will give a lecture based on her current research entitled
"An Enduring Place of Refuge: International Institute of Minnesota."
Her research interests includes 20th century U.S.-Asia relations, Cold War politics, Asian America history, refugee migration, transnational and diaspora communities.
Click here for event website.
Tyson publishes The Wages of History
Amy Tyson, PhD '06, published her book The Wages of History: Emotional Labor on Public History's Front Lines (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013). Click here for more info. 
Dillon receives PhD
Steve Dillon has received his PhD with his dissertation entitled, "Fugitive Life: Race, Gender, and the Rise of the Neoliberal Carceral State." Roderick Ferguson and Regina Kunzel, advisers.
Schneider-Mayerson's Dissertation Defense Public Portion
Current Grad Student Matthew Schneider-Mayerson's dissertation defense will be held on Tuesday, June 25th from 11am - 1pm. All are welcome to attend the public portion beginning at 11am in room 103 Scott Hall.
MAYA: Hidden Worlds Revealed lecture, workshop, and symposia series
"MAYA: Hidden Worlds Revealed" is a new collaborative series of lectures, workshops, and symposia held June through December 2013 in conjunction with the new exhibit at the MN Science Museum. The first lecture in the series will be this Friday, June 21st at 7:30pm at Hamilne in room 112 of the Anderson Student Center
This is a very special public program series cosponsored by the Maya Society, the Science Museum of MN, the U of M and Hamline Univ. The events are developed to coincide with the Museum's exciting new exhibit, "MAYA: Hidden Worlds Revealed." The exhibit opens on Friday, June 21st and it is really spectacular!
Many of the speakers scheduled for monthly lectures and workshops (click here to view the series flyer.) are consultants to the exhibit, as is Dr. Jaime Awe, Director of the Institute of Archaeology in Belize, who will speak this Friday evening at 7:30 at Hamline in room 112 of the new Anderson Student Center. Dr. Awe will speak on ritual use of Maya caves and possible increased use in response to climate change and the decline of Maya civilization in the 900s AD.
This is a very special public program series cosponsored by the Maya Society, the Science Museum of MN, the U of M and Hamline Univ. The events are developed to coincide with the Museum's exciting new exhibit, "MAYA: Hidden Worlds Revealed." The exhibit opens on Friday, June 21st and it is really spectacular!
Many of the speakers scheduled for monthly lectures and workshops (click here to view the series flyer.) are consultants to the exhibit, as is Dr. Jaime Awe, Director of the Institute of Archaeology in Belize, who will speak this Friday evening at 7:30 at Hamline in room 112 of the new Anderson Student Center. Dr. Awe will speak on ritual use of Maya caves and possible increased use in response to climate change and the decline of Maya civilization in the 900s AD.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Women, Gender, and Families of Color Journal Inaugural Issue
THE SPRING 2013 INAUGURAL ISSUE of Women, Gender, and Families of Color, a scholarly journal launched by the University of Illinois Press in cooperation with the University of Kansas, has been released. The issue is a collection of articles that primarily explore various elements of health for Latinas and African American Women. For more information, please click here.
The Spring 2013 inaugural issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color has been released. The issue is a collection of articles that primarily explore various elements of health for Latinas and African American women. Women, Gender, and Families of Color is a ground-breaking scholarly journal recently launched by the University of Illinois Press in cooperation with the University of Kansas and expands the mission of the now defunct Black Women, Gender, and Families. The new title explicitly includes Black, Latina, Indigenous, and Asian American women, gender, and families. It maintains an emphasis on examinations of U.S. policies and encourages transnational comparative analyses. It more fully integrates gender as an analytic category while strengthening interdisciplinary paradigms for the study of women of color, families, and communities.
To subscribe to Women, Gender, and Families of Color,please visit the journal's website at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/wgfc.html.
The online edition of Women, Gender, and Families of Color is available via JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=womgenfamcol.
Contributions to the journal are welcomed and rolling submission guidelines can be found on the journal's website.
The Spring 2013 inaugural issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color has been released. The issue is a collection of articles that primarily explore various elements of health for Latinas and African American women. Women, Gender, and Families of Color is a ground-breaking scholarly journal recently launched by the University of Illinois Press in cooperation with the University of Kansas and expands the mission of the now defunct Black Women, Gender, and Families. The new title explicitly includes Black, Latina, Indigenous, and Asian American women, gender, and families. It maintains an emphasis on examinations of U.S. policies and encourages transnational comparative analyses. It more fully integrates gender as an analytic category while strengthening interdisciplinary paradigms for the study of women of color, families, and communities.
To subscribe to Women, Gender, and Families of Color,please visit the journal's website at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/wgfc.html.
The online edition of Women, Gender, and Families of Color is available via JSTOR at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=womgenfamcol.
Contributions to the journal are welcomed and rolling submission guidelines can be found on the journal's website.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Early PCard Deadline: JUNE 25th
Please submit receipts for all June PCard purchases to Laura by Tuesday, June 25th. Note: the deadline is earlier than usual because of year-end reconciling, so please be sure to get receipts and coversheets in as soon as possible.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
1 year Postdoc on Youth Activism Project
The Youth Activism Project, housed in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, invites applications for a one-year renewable postdoctoral fellowship on youth and participatory politics to begin in fall 2013. All candidates must have a PhD in hand by the commencement of the fellowship and would preferable have received their PhD within the past three years. Please note that all applications received before May 31st will receive full consideration (although feel free to submit the week after too). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
The Youth Activism Project, housed in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, invites applications for a one-year, renewable postdoctoral fellowship on youth and participatory politics to begin in Fall 2013. The Youth Activism Project, directed by Dr. Jennifer Earl, is part of the MacArthur Network on Youth and Participatory Politics. It is focused on youth engagement in protest, particularly online protest and flash activism.
The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for working with the PI to design and implement research studies related to overall project themes, including quantitative content coding of protest websites and analysis of this coding as well as interviews and focus groups with youth about online protest. Strong candidates will have research experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, notable experience working in Stata or R, and be productive working in teams and independently. All candidates must have a PhD in hand by the commencement of the fellowship and would preferably have received their PhD within the past three years.
The School of Sociology at the University of Arizona is one of the best sociology programs in the country, consistently ranked among the top 20 Sociology programs in the United States for the past thirty years. It boasts a lively intellectual community and has played a pivotal role in the careers of many leading sociologists. Situated in the beautiful southwest in Tuscon, the University of Arizona offers excellent benefits and Tucson offers a wonderful living experience. Competitive salary will be based on experience.
To apply, visit www.uacareertrack.com and apply for Job Number 52359. In addition to online forms, candidates must upload a letter of interest, c.v., (including the names of three references) and a research statement (see job ad for details).
The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages application from women and minority candidates. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered.
The Youth Activism Project, housed in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona, invites applications for a one-year, renewable postdoctoral fellowship on youth and participatory politics to begin in Fall 2013. The Youth Activism Project, directed by Dr. Jennifer Earl, is part of the MacArthur Network on Youth and Participatory Politics. It is focused on youth engagement in protest, particularly online protest and flash activism.
The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for working with the PI to design and implement research studies related to overall project themes, including quantitative content coding of protest websites and analysis of this coding as well as interviews and focus groups with youth about online protest. Strong candidates will have research experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, notable experience working in Stata or R, and be productive working in teams and independently. All candidates must have a PhD in hand by the commencement of the fellowship and would preferably have received their PhD within the past three years.
The School of Sociology at the University of Arizona is one of the best sociology programs in the country, consistently ranked among the top 20 Sociology programs in the United States for the past thirty years. It boasts a lively intellectual community and has played a pivotal role in the careers of many leading sociologists. Situated in the beautiful southwest in Tuscon, the University of Arizona offers excellent benefits and Tucson offers a wonderful living experience. Competitive salary will be based on experience.
To apply, visit www.uacareertrack.com and apply for Job Number 52359. In addition to online forms, candidates must upload a letter of interest, c.v., (including the names of three references) and a research statement (see job ad for details).
The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages application from women and minority candidates. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered.
New Graduate Level Course "Public History" HIST 5960/8960
HIST 5960/8960 "Public History: The Guantanamo Public Memory Project" will be taught by Prof. Kevin P. Murphy on Thursdays from 6:20-8:50pm this fall 2013 semester. Continue reading for a course description and flier.
This course is both a graduate-level introduction to public history and an examination into the contentious history of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It provides an introduction to the theory, methods, practice, and politics of public history. The course allows students to explore the possibilities and challenges of the production and dissemination of histories in nonacademic settings.
Students will develop collaborative public projects that will be presented as part of The Guantanamo Public Memory Project Travelling Exhibit when it is installed at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul in February 2014. These projects will either address the history of the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo or explore Minnesota connections to Guantanamo, broadly defined, including the meanings and impacts of post-9/11 security and anti-terrorism policies in Minnesota as well as the connections between US immigration and citizenship policies and local refugee communities. The instructor will work with students to identify collaborative partners as well as technological resources and expertise.
This is an interdisciplinary graduate public history course created to appeal to students in a wide range of programs. Upper-level undergraduates who demonstrate a commitment and capacity to handle the rigors of a graduate course may contact the instructor (kpmurphy@umn.edu) to request permission to enroll.
The Guantanamo Public Memory Project, headquartered at Columbia University, is a collaboration involving eleven universities across the United States. The University of Minnesota has participated in the project since 2012. More information can be found at: http://gitmomemory.org
For a course flier please click here.
This course is both a graduate-level introduction to public history and an examination into the contentious history of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It provides an introduction to the theory, methods, practice, and politics of public history. The course allows students to explore the possibilities and challenges of the production and dissemination of histories in nonacademic settings.
Students will develop collaborative public projects that will be presented as part of The Guantanamo Public Memory Project Travelling Exhibit when it is installed at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul in February 2014. These projects will either address the history of the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo or explore Minnesota connections to Guantanamo, broadly defined, including the meanings and impacts of post-9/11 security and anti-terrorism policies in Minnesota as well as the connections between US immigration and citizenship policies and local refugee communities. The instructor will work with students to identify collaborative partners as well as technological resources and expertise.
This is an interdisciplinary graduate public history course created to appeal to students in a wide range of programs. Upper-level undergraduates who demonstrate a commitment and capacity to handle the rigors of a graduate course may contact the instructor (kpmurphy@umn.edu) to request permission to enroll.
The Guantanamo Public Memory Project, headquartered at Columbia University, is a collaboration involving eleven universities across the United States. The University of Minnesota has participated in the project since 2012. More information can be found at: http://gitmomemory.org
For a course flier please click here.
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