September 2009 WST Student-Faculty Research Partnerships WST continues the very successful initiative supporting GT faculty research partnerships with undergraduate students in research on gender, science, and technology, providing hourly funding for undergraduate research assistants. This is GT's first --inaugural-- undergraduate student-faculty research program. In this way, WST continues to engage students and faculty in active and cooperative learning outside as well as inside the classroom. If you are interested in undertaking a WST student-faculty partnership during Fall 2009, please send an application *as soon as possible* with the following information to (1) Name of student -- and student's major area of study, email, and phone; and whether student has previously worked at GT (which is for accounting purposes) (2) Faculty supervisor (3) Description of the project for partnership (4) Proposed number of hours a week for student in partnership (10-15/wk is usual) (5) Proposed period for the partnership (that is, particular months during Fall 2009) (6) Proposed rate of pay ($9.00 - 11.00/hr. - depending upon the experience of the student) August 2009 'Revise-and-Resubmit' - Perspective Here is a --not necessarily intuitive-- perspective on/approach to "Revised and Resubmitted" articles -- from Wendy Belcher's Newsletter, Flourish. with good wishes - Mary Editor: Wendy Belcher Flourish A Free Electronic Newsletter for Scholarly Writers August 2009 vol. 5, no.7 A Flourish reader sent in the following story about her graduate student. The student received a revise and resubmit notice from a prestigious peer-reviewed journal. He followed all the suggestions and significantly revised the piece. When the editor received the revision, however, the editor felt it was a brand new piece and sent it out to new reviewers. Those second reviewers then rejected the article! What’s the lesson here? On the one hand, if the student did exactly what he felt needed to be done to the article, then he did the right thing and should chalk up this experience to the subjectivity of peer reviewing. He should move on to another journal and try again. On the other hand, if the student did everything the peer reviewers suggested even though he felt they were sometimes wrong or if he made radical changes not recommended by the peer reviewers, he did the wrong thing. As his professor writes, “tell your readers, ‘Do not overdo it! Do exactly what they tell you to do and no more!’” Any article can be improved in dozens of ways at this late stage your job is to improve it as the journal sees fit. As I’ve written before, editors do not expect you to do everything the reviewers tell you to do and even the reviewers do not expect you to overhaul the piece. If they did, they would have rejected it. So, if they tell you to do a more thorough literature review and you expand that section of your article from two pages to six, you are probably doing too much. If they disagree with how you articulated part of your argument, you may solve it by making one of the reviewers’ recommended changes to the argument, not all of them. That is, peer reviewers can fire away at a target from several angles, saying you should change x, y, and z, but once you’ve changed x, then y and z are fine. I don’t want to recommend that scholars avoid revising their work thoroughly. Revision is key to good work. But once you’ve got a revise and resubmit notice, stay focused. This is the stage for needlework, not hacking. International Conference on the Book, 16-18 October 2009, University of Edinburgh SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BOOK The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 16-18 October 2009 http://book-conference.com The Book Conference serves as an inclusive forum for examining the past, current and future role of the book. It proceeds from recognition that although the book is an old medium of expression, it embodies thousands of years' experience of recording knowledge. The pervasive influence of this experience continues to shape newer forms of information technology, while at the same time providing a reference point for innovation. The Book Conference not only considers the book and other information technologies as artefacts or discrete objects, it also examines other key aspects of the information society, including publishing, libraries, information systems, literacy and education. Broadly speaking, the Conference engages the interrelation between changes in thought, creation, production and distribution, and the role and meaning of the book and other information technologies. The Book Conference welcomes a wide range of participants from the world of books including authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers and scholars from all disciplinary traditions. The Conference includes plenary presentations by accomplished researchers, scholars and practitioners, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in The International Journal of the Book. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal. Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 20 August 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://book-conference.com July 2009 Increasing the impact of one's research An interesting commentary on Increasing the Scientific Impact of one's research: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be:8000/ECCO-web/29 June 2009 Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals The Fulbright Scholar Program offers grants in more than 125 countries around the world. Every year the Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends approximately 800 US scholars and professionals overseas to teach, research or do a combination of both. Scholars and professionals in sociology can find opportunities in their field or in one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to all fields. The application deadline is August 1. U.S. citizenship is required. For a full listing of all Fulbright programs and other eligibility requirements, please visit our website at www.cies.org or write to scholars@cies.iie.org. From March to August 1, 2009, U.S. faculty and professionals are invited to apply for *Fulbright scholar grants at www.cies.org. For monthly updates, write us at outreach@cies.iie.org for a complimentary subscription to The Fulbright Scholar News, an electronic newsletter. *The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government's flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 286,000 participants from over 155 countries with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, to exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. For more information,: http://fulbright.state.gov/. May 2009 Engaged Scholarship in Theory and Practice: Webinar Engaged Scholarship in Theory and Practice Thursday, May 14 at 4:00 PM (Duration:75 minutes) Presenter: Irma McClaurin Moderator: Allison Kimmich About the Webinar: Engaged scholarship has become a buzzword on many campuses. What does it really mean and what are its implications for our field, which has been practicing engaged scholarship in some form since its inception? In this webinar we will go deeper to explore some of the reasons to practice engaged scholarship, some ways to be an engaged scholar, and finally some of the professional pitfalls that may accompany seeking a wider audience for your research. Participants will learn: How to define engaged scholarship and discuss it in multiple campus and community settings How to develop an "engaged" research agenda Tips for translating academic research for wider "publics" How to balance engaged scholarship with tenure and promotion requirements Who should participate? WS faculty at all career stages who want to develop or deepen their understanding of engaged scholarship Program administrators who will evaluate engaged scholarship as part of the tenure and promotion process Women's center directors, staff, and women's studies faculty who develop programs that are "open to the public." Post Doc Position - Women & Work THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND WORK HAS AN IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER The Center for Women and Work (CWW) at Rutgers has an opening starting July 1, 2009 for a Post-Doctoral Associate in gender and workforce policy, contingent on grant funding. (1 year position, possibility of reappointment for 2nd year). Salary is $40,000 (with full benefits). Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Mary Gatta, c/o Carla LoMeo (clomeo@smlr.rutgers.edu), or fax 732-932-1254. We will begin to review applications May 15th and applications received after May 31st cannot be assured full consideration. April 2009 Men Outearn Women in Almost All Occupations Men Outearn Women in Almost All Occupations A new analysis released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) today on Equal Pay Day shows that men out-earn women in nearly every occupation for which data are available. Of the more than 500 occupational categories for which sufficient data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in only 5 occupations do women earn the same or more than men. Men earn more than women even in jobs that are most common among women, such as Administrative assistants: women earn only 83.4 cents for a man's dollar Elementary and middle school teachers: women earn 87.6 cents for a man's dollar Registered nurses: women earn 87.4 cents for a man's dollar Men and women still tend to be concentrated in very different jobs, with the most common jobs among women paying less than the most common jobs held by men. For example, the highest paying of the ten most common occupations for women, 'Registered Nurses,' pays $1,011 in median weekly earnings, whereas the highest paying of men's top ten most common jobs is 'Managers, all other,' which pays $1,359 per week. The lowest paying of the most common jobs for women is 'Cashier' at $349 per week, whereas the lowest paying most common job for men is 'Cook' at $404 per week. Ariane Hegewisch, Study Director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research, says, "Women tend to be in the minority of workers in the occupations with the highest earnings. We need to ensure that women are fully informed about the earnings potential of an occupation before they choose their careers." The analysis uses data from the Bureau of Labor statistics from 2008. IWPR Director of Research Dr. Barbara Gault notes, "The data paint a clear picture of a workforce that remains strongly divided on the basis of sex -- with women landing in the worst jobs our labor market has to offer, and earning less than men even in the exact same jobs. Our economy can only thrive when opportunities are equally available regardless of gender or race." To view the Fact Sheet, see www.iwpr.org/pdf/C350a.pdf March 2009 Invitation to WST Research Panel/Lunch--International Higher Educ CENTER FOR STUDY OF WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY (WST) RESEARCH PANEL/DISCUSSION AND LUNCH "Women and International Dimensions of Higher Education" Tuesday, March 24 12 Noon Student Success Center, President's Suite C Vicki Birchfield Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Director, European Union Center for Excellence "Higher Education and the European Union" Ruby Heap Professor, Department of History and Associate Vice President- Research, University of Ottawa Fulbright Scholar/visitor "The Canada Research Chairs Program and the Barriers to Gender Equity in University Research" Mary Lynn Realff Associate Professor, Polymer, Fiber, and Textile Engineering WST Co-director "Women's International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES)" February 2009 ADVANCE Career Coaching Event - Save the Date Many Georgia Tech faculty members seek mentoring/coaching as they think about promotion/tenure and continued advancement. A Career Coaching Event, sponsored by the ADVANCE Team -- ADVANCE Professors, Faculty Career Development Services, and the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology -- will be held: Tuesday/March 3, 2009 1:00 - 3:00 pm Klaus Building, Large Conference Room 116 Each faculty member seeking coaching brings a draft of her/his C.V. and summary statement. "Coaches" from the GT faculty will be available for brief one-on-one sessions -- and those seeking coaching can obtain career feed-back from a number of coaches during the time-span of the event. The ADVANCE Team will be present to answer questions about GT policies/practices, including Promotion and Tenure, and Active Service Modified Duties. January 2009 Panel: "Research, Teams, and Collaboration" IAC - ADVANCE LUNCH/DISCUSSION "Research, Teams, and Collaboration" Panel and Discussion with: Susan Cozzens Professor, Public Policy Associate Dean for Research, Ivan Allen College Mary Frank Fox Advance Professor, Public Policy Sue Rosser Dean, Ivan Allen College WEDNESDAY, 21 JANUARY 2009 12 noon - 1:30 pm Student Success Center, President's Suite C November 2008 Sloan Grants for Research on S/E Workforce The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the second round of its small grants program to support creative research on the U.S. workforce and labor markets in science and engineering (S&E). The due date for submissions will be November 17, 2008. In the second round of this research competition, the Foundation wishes especially to encourage proposals that focus on the complex nexus between the U.S. science and engineering workforce and international migration. Depending on the number and quality of proposals received, the second round of this grant program will provide up to six research awards. Awardees will be selected on the basis of recommendations by a peer review committee of leading researchers. Projects of up to two years in length will be considered. Proposed budgets requested cannot exceed a total of $45,000, though we expect that most successful submissions will be smaller than this ceiling. No overhead or indirect cost deductions can be allowed; requested funds should be allocated entirely to the proposed research efforts. We understand that grants of this size will not be sufficient to support substantial levels of original data collection. However, we encourage applicants to consider creative ways to make use of existing datasets such as those produced by the National Science Foundation, as well as of new and very large datasets emerging from the American Community Survey and the New Immigrant Survey. Eligibility Grants can be made only to U.S. institutions of higher education and research that are eligible for Foundation grants. An appropriate officer of the institution must indicate its willingness to receive and administer the proposed grant. Grant applicants must be faculty members or other regular employees of the eligible institution. Application procedures: Proposals may be submitted via regular mail or as email and attachments, by the program deadlines (see below). Proposals must not exceed 20 pages double-spaced. Appendices with additional information may be attached if so wished. The proposal should include, on the first page, a brief abstract of 100 words or less. In addition, please attach: - a brief (1-2 page) curriculum vitae for the researcher(s) - a simple line-item budget of proposed expenditures. Term and budget of proposed grants: The term of proposed projects should be two years or less. These are intended to be small research grants; in no case should the total budget for the requested term exceed $45,000, and we expect that the amounts requested by most successful submissions will be smaller than that limit. The proposal should include a simple line-item budget justifying the funding items requested, and confirming that no indirect costs or overhead charges will be applied by the institution. The submission deadline for the second round of this grants program is: November 17, 2008 Submissions and inquiries should be addressed to: Michael S. Teitelbaum Vice President Research Awards on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2550 New York, NY 10111 Teitelbaum@sloan.org October 2008 The International Conference on the Book, 25-27 October 2008 Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the: SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BOOK The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA 25-27 October 2008 http://www.Book-Conference.com This conference serves as an inclusive forum for examining the past, current and future role of the book. It proceeds from recognition that although the book is an old medium of expression, it embodies thousands of years' experience of recording knowledge. The pervasive influence of this experience continues to shape newer forms of information technology, while at the same time providing a reference point for innovation. The Book Conference not only considers the book and other information technologies as artefacts or discrete objects, it also examines other key aspects of the information society, including publishing, libraries, information systems, literacy, and education. Broadly speaking, the Conference engages the interrelation between changes in thought, creation, production and distribution, and the role and meaning of the book and other information technologies. The Book Conference welcomes a wide range of participants from the world of books - authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators, and academic researchers and scholars from all disciplinary traditions. Plenary speakers include: * John Willinsky (Stanford University, Stanford, USA) * Michael Peters (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) * Rosamund Davies (University of Greenwich, London, UK) In addition, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Book. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 11 September 2008. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.Book-Conference.com We look forward to receiving your proposals and hope you will be able to join us in Washington, D.C. in October 2008. Yours sincerely, Garett Gietzen University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA For the Advisory Board, International Conference on the Book and International Journal of the Book September 2008 EQ-UNI: Fwd: Call for papers about Gender and Diversity in Engineering - REMINDER Dear colleagues and friends, Its a great pleasure for me to present you again the "1st European VDI-Conference on Gender and Diversity in Engineering and Science" with a Call for Papers which adresses nearly all current aspects of the topic: www.fib-conference2009.de http://www.fib-conference2009.de>. Deadline for the abstracts: 30th of september 2008. Also I want to attract your interest to a call about "Diversity in Engineering Education", one of the next special issues of the European Journal for Engineering Education of SEFI, the European Association of Engineering Education. Deadline for abstracts: 30th of november 2008. It would be a great help if you could inform your networks and colleagues about both announcements. We are looking forward to your papers! Susanne Ihsen ---------------- Prof. Dr. Susanne Ihsen Technische Universität München Gender Studies in Ingenieurwissenschaften Theresienstr. 90 80290 Muenchen Tel.: +49-89-289 22936 Fax: +49-89-289 22938 ihsen@tum.de - Workshop - Human Resource Data to Study S/E Workforce Using Human Resource Data from Science Resources Statistics To Study the Science and Engineering Workforce National Science Foundation Workshop September 22nd, 2008 NSF, Arlington, VA Purpose of Workshop: The United States collects extraordinarily high-quality data on the science and engineering workforce. A key component is the SESTAT data http://sestat.nsf.gov/ collected by the National Science Foundation, Science Resources Statistics (SRS), which integrates three databases: The National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), The National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG), and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). The sampling frame for the latter, the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), is also overseen by SRS. The September 22nd workshop will bring together users and potential users of SRS restricted data.* The goals of the workshop are threefold: -Exchange information among users concerning creative uses of the data and research outcomes. -Broaden the base of users by familiarizing potential users with the data that is available, ways in which the data is currently being used and the possibility for other kinds of use. -Provide feedback to SRS regarding the data and possible ways to enhance both the data and its use. The workshop is funded by a grant from SRS, NSF. Support has also been provided from the Science and Engineering Workforce Project, NBER, which is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Call for Proposals Current Users who wish to be considered for participation should submit a two- page abstract and/or draft of a paper to ecokrwx@langate.gsu.edu by May 30, 2008. The abstract must include a discussion of the data used in the research. Full papers for those selected will be due by September 1st. Potential Users who wish to be considered for participation should submit a two- page narrative to ecokrwx@langate.gsu.edu by May 30, 2008 indicating the research question they would address if they were to gain access to the data. Revised narratives are due by September 1st. Selection will be made by a three-member advisory committee. Applicants will be notified of the committee?s decision by July 18th. Deadlines: May 30th for consideration; September 1st for completion of selected papers by users and revision of selected narratives by potential users. Financial Arrangements: Users selected for participation will receive a stipend of $1200; potential users will receive a stipend of $1000. Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and paying for their travel, accommodations and meals, with the exception of breakfast and lunch at the conference. A block of rooms will be held at a local hotel for the evening of September 21st. Individuals are required to attend the workshop in order to receive the stipend. To keep the schedule on time, we will use a system of penalties: $25 per business day for missing the September 1st deadline. Number of participants: A maximum of 12 users and 10 potential users will be selected for attendance. Format of Workshop: Current users will each have 15 minutes to summarize their work; potential users will each make a short presentation concerning the research question they would address if they were to gain access to the data. Hours: The workshop will commence at 8:00 a.m., September 22nd and end at 4:30 p.m. Questions? E-mail Paula Stephan (pstephan@gsu.edu). *Procedures for applying for a restricted use license are available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/license/start.cfm. August 2008 WST Center fall 2008 events GEORGIA TECH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY www.wst.gatech.edu FALL 2008 WST CENTER EVENTS: open to all, refreshments served, RSVP to wst.lrn.c@gmail.com. Wednesday, September 10, 2008: Annual Reception cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology; Women in Engineering, and the Women’s Resource Center. 3:30-5 pm. Klaus Atrium. Thursday, September 25, 2008: Doris Derby, Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. 4pm. Clary Theatre, Success Center. Reception following. (In conjunction with High Museum exhibit “Road to Freedom”) Upcoming in Spring: Carolyn Merchant, WST Distinguished Lecturer, Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4 pm, Clary Theatre, Success Center. Reception following. WOMEN, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY LEARNING COMMUNITY The Women, Science, and Technology Learning Community (WST Lrn C) is an innovative joint venture of the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST Center) and the Georgia Tech Department of Housing. Connecting students and faculty, the WST Lrn C offers programs addressing personal and professional issues for women students entering scientific and technological fields. Female undergraduates from any major interested in the programs of the WST Center are eligible to apply in spring for housing in the WST Lrn C. In 2008-09 the WST Lrn C includes 48 students living in Stein and Goldin Houses, located in 4th St. Apartments A and B, and 4 in Center St. Apartments who attend monthly dinners, bi-weekly lunches, and campus receptions and research panels. WST Lrn C residents also benefit from having a faculty mentor. ALL Georgia Tech students are welcome to attend WST and WST Learning Community events FALL 2008 WST Learning Community Events Friday, August 15, 1-4pm. Orientation with WST Co-Directors, Graduate Partners, CAs and guest presenters. Stein Study Lounge. Wednesday, August 27, 11:30am-1pm, Lunch with Mary Frank Fox. Student Center, Crescent Room. DINNERS: All WST Learning Community dinners take place in Stein House study lounge, 4th St. Apartments. They are open to all Georgia Tech students and WST mentors. Please RSVP to wst.lrn.c@gmail.com. Monday, September 8, 6pm—Karen Harwell, Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Tuesday, October 7, 6pm—Yvette Upton and Colleen Riggle, Women’s Resource Center Tuesday, October 28, 6 pm-Kimberly Rieck, GT Alumna and Former WST Learning Community CA For information about biweekly lunches, contact Lisa Linhardt or see www.wst.gatech.edu (click under WST Learning Community). Each lunch brings together in informal discussion a small number of students and a faculty or staff member host. Thanks to the Department of Housing for funding these lunches! Postdoc Opportunity The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/coe/index-en.html The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality (CSSI) invites applications from excellent scholars for five postdoctoral positions. The center pursues development of new theories and methodologies on social stratification and inequality with emphasis on studies of rational choice theory, minorities (including gender stratification and inequality), East Asia, transnational migration (especially focusing on “newcomers” in Japan), and fairness. Faculty members of the center are sociologists, social psychologists, cultural anthropologists, religious anthropologists, a historian, and economists, and they study social stratification and inequality from various viewpoints. In addition, the CSSI conducts comparative studies of absolute poverty with the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. Applicants should hold doctoral degrees or show academic performance equivalent to holders of doctoral degrees. They should have a good command of English. Postdoctoral fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are not eligible for this application. The successful candidates will be expected to work under the supervision of the faculty members of the center for a 6-month period from October 1, 2008. (The date is negotiable.) Though the initial contract is 6 months period, the contract will be extended for one more year. The salary of a successful candidate will be 270,000 – 350,000 yen per month depending on his/her academic career. Travel and housing allowances will be paid to those who are eligible for them. Grants for excellent research projects proposed by the successful candidates will be provided. The center also academically and financially supports their presentations at international conferences. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of their presentations and publications, a research plan at the CSSI (less than 1,500 words), each copy of three major publications at most, and a letter of reference to: Dr. Yoshimichi Sato, Director Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University 27-1, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 JAPAN Phone: +81-22-795-6036 Fax: +81-22-795-5972 The deadline for completed applications is August 15, 2008. All inquiries concerning the application should be addressed to Yoshimichi Sato at ysato@sal.tohoku.ac.jp from Judith Lewis Herman Every year, someone asks for the original of 'Atrocities and Silence' Here it is: " . . After every atrocity, one can expect to hear the same predictable apologies: it never happened; the victim lies; the victim exaggerates; the victim brought it upon herself; and in any case, it is time to forget the past and move on." -Judith Lewis Herman, M, D. Women and Power? - call for papers University of South Dakota Women’s Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Conference “Women and Power” October 3-4, 2008 (Proposal due date: August 1, 2008) The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, invites proposals for its 2008 Women’s Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Conference. The 2008 conference will feature scholarly and creative work that treats questions of power in relation to women: the experiences, creations, theories, and practices of power that define and are defined by women as actors, objects, and modes of performance and being in the world. The conference, among other things, aims to provoke discussion about women in positions of power, the vexatious roads they travel to get there, the barriers they meet, defeat, or submit to along the way, and the humorous, sad, and/or inspiring visions that arise from women’s engagement with powers of all kinds—including the powers they possess themselves. This year’s conference will culminate in the publication of selected scholarly papers and creative works in a special conference issue of The South Dakota Review. We solicit proposals for research presentations, scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, brief dramatic performances, film viewings, and creative readings on any topic that treats the diverse intertwinings of women and power. We anticipate papers that address the following topic areas and are glad to consider others: --women, power, and literature and language --women, power, and history --women, power, and the economy --women, power, and politics --women, power, and activism --women, power, and sexuality --women, power, and popular culture --women, power, and the fine arts --women, power, and society --women, power, and justice --women, power, and ecology --women, power, and the digital age --women, power, and medicine --women, power, and religion --women, power, and the global community --women, power, and peace, war, & the military Please upload your electronic proposal at www.usd.edu/wmst/ , e-mail 250-word abstracts to aemerson@usd.edu, or send a hard copy to the following address by August 1, 2008. July 2008 Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities Re-issued: Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities (Innovations in Science, Education, and Technology) by Lilli S. Hornig (Editor) Springer, 2008 at: http://www.amazon.com/Equal-Rites-Unequal-Outcomes-Universities/dp/0306473518/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217335064&sr=1-1 Product Description This book is based on a conference held at Harvard University in November 1998. It is sponsored by grants from the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Albert Gordon Foundation. The intent of the conference is to focus on women faculty in research universities, seeking to identify and disseminate innovative approaches to increasing faculty positions and opportunities for women there. Faculty positions in these institutions are essential to establishing productive scholarly careers, especially so in the natural sciences, but also in the social sciences and humanities. The contributors are considered quite stellar and are some of the most important leaders in their individual fields of study. June 2008 The Raise Project -- Increasing the Status of At a meeting this spring between STEM and medical organizations and societies related to women and minorities, I learned about this effort related to women in STEM and medicine . http://www.raiseproject.org/about.php The RAISE project is designed to increase the status of professional women through enhanced Recognition of the Achievements of Women In Science, Medicine, and Engineering. Current programs of The RAISE Project include a national awards clearinghouse with a web-based list of national awards, a web-based list of women candidates, and preparation of nominations of outstanding women for selected national awards. Gender differences in math The most recent issue of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's journal SCIENCE (vol. 320. no. 5880, May 30) includes an article: "Culture, Gender, and Math," by Luigi Guiso, Ferdinando Monte, Paola Sapienza, & Luigi Zingales. The article begins:[begin excerpt] The existence (1), degree (2), and origin (3, 4) of a gender gap (difference between girls' and boys' scores) in mathematics are highly debated. Biologically based explanations for the gap rely on evidence that men perform better in spatial tests, whereas women do better in verbal recall ones (1, 5, 6). However, the performance differences are small, and their link with math test performance is tenuous (7). By contrast, social conditioning and gender-biased environments can have very large effects on test performance (8). To assess the relative importance of biological and cultural explanations, we studied gender differences in test performance across countries (9). Cultural inequalities range widely across countries (10), whereas results from cognitive tests do not (6). We used data from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) that reports on 276,165 15-year-old students from 40 countries who took identical tests in mathematics and reading (11, 12). The tests were designed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to be free of cultural biases. They are sufficiently challenging that only 0.6% of the U.S. students tested perform at the 99th percentile of the world distribution. Girls' math scores average 10.5 lower than those of boys (2% less than the mean average score for boys), but the results vary by country (see chart, above): in Turkey, -22.6, whereas, in Iceland, 14.5. A similar variation exists in the proportion of girls over boys who score above 95%, or 99% of the country-level distribution (fig. S2A). The gender gap is reversed in reading. On average, girls have reading scores that are 32.7 higher than those of boys (6.6% higher than the mean average score for boys), in Turkey, 25.1 higher and in Iceland, 61.0 higher (see chart). The effect is even stronger in the right tail of the distribution. In spite of the difference in levels, the gender gap in reading exhibits a variation across countries similar to the gender gap in math. Where girls enjoy the strongest advantage in reading with respect to boys, they exhibit the smallest disadvantage (sometime even an advantage) in math. [The correlation between the average gender gaps in mathematics and reading across countries is 0.59 (fig. S4)]. To explore the cultural inputs to these results, we classified countries according to several measures of gender equality. (i) The World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index (GGI) (10) reflects economic and political opportunities, education, and well-being for women (see chart). (ii) >From the World Values Surveys (WVSs) (13), we constructed an index of cultural attitudes toward women based on the average level of disagreement to such statements as: "When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job than women." (iii) The rate of female economic activity reflects the percentage of women age 15 and older who supply, or are available to supply, labor for the production of goods and services. (iv) The political empowerment index computed by the World Economic Forum (8) measures women's political participation, which is less dependent on math skills than labor force participation. These four measures are highly correlated (table S2). [end excerpt] Here's another excerpt: "These results suggest that the gender gap in math, although it historically favors boys, disappears in more gender- equal societies. The same cannot be said for how boys score in mathematics compared with how boys score in readings. Boys' scores are always higher in mathematics than in reading, and although the difference between boys' math and boys' reading scores varies across countries, it is not correlated with the GGI index or with any of the other three measures of gender equality (table S7A). Hence, in countries with a higher GGI index, girls close the gender gap by becoming better in both math and reading, not by closing the math gap alone. The gender gap in reading, which favors girls and is apparent in all countries, thus expands in more gender-equal societies. Similarly, although the gender gaps in all math subfields decrease in societies with more gender equality, the difference between the gender gap in geometry (where the boys' advantage relative to the girls' is the biggest) and arithmetic (where the boys' advantage relative to the girls' is the smallest) does not (table S7B)." The article ends: "This evidence suggests that intra-gender performance differences in reading versus mathematics and in arithmetic versus geometry are not eliminated in a more gender-equal culture. By contrast, girls' underperformance in math relative to boys is eliminated in more gender-equal cultures. In more gender-equal societies, girls perform as well as boys in mathematics and much better than them in reading. These findings shed some light on recent trends in girls' educational achievements in the United States, where the math gender gap has been closing over time (2)." The author note states that reprint requests may be sent to Sapienza@northwestern.edu>. May 2008 Call for Literature: NSF Synthesis Project on Women of Color in STEM Dr. Gary Orfield and I (Mia Ong) recently received a research grant from the National Science Foundation to systematically identify and synthesize literature on women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We wanted to reach out to your organization to ask for help in finding potential resources that would contribute to our goal. We are looking for quantitative or qualitative studies, narratives, or biographies. We are conducting a thorough electronic database search, but you and your colleagues may know of "hidden gems" that are not easily available. We would greatly appreciate any references or names of authors of unpublished or published work that meet the general selection criteria listed below - on women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: 1. Literature pertaining to the production of women of color scientists, specifically, U.S.-born women who are African Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, Latinas/Chicanas, Alaska Natives, and Native Americans in higher education and/or career trajectories in STEM fields; 2. Literature produced since 1970; 3. Literature focused on undergraduate, graduate school, postdoctoral experiences, early and mid- careers, and/or leadership; 4. Literature from fields that include, but are not limited to, the following: biological sciences; physical sciences (chemistry, physics); computer and information sciences; engineering; mathematics; and the social sciences (sociology; anthropology; science and technology studies; ethnic studies; cultural studies; history of science; philosophy of science; political science; public policy; psychology). Please note that we are not interested in material on K-12 education, professional education (e.g., medical school), foreign (non-U.S.) students and employees, nor foreign school and employment systems. We would greatly appreciate any information that you may have regarding literature that meets our criteria by May 16, 2008. Please contact us via e-mail at insidethedoublebind@gmail.com or telephone at 617-547-0430 to share any information you have. Your assistance in our endeavor to summarize the findings on women of color in STEM higher education and careers will be greatly appreciated. We would also be grateful if you could share our solicitation with appropriate subgroups in your organization. We believe this study will make a significant contribution to the field not only for researchers, but also for educators, administrators, policymakers, and women of color in STEM. Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, Maria (Mia) Ong, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, "Inside the Double Bind: A Synthesis of Literature on Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics" NSF/DRL-0635577 (with Gary Orfield, Co-PI, UCLA) TERC 2067 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140 insidethedoublebind@gmail.com; 617-547-0430 Sponsorship opportunities - Women in Physics Interested in Helping Increase the Participation of Women in Physics? Women are greatly underrepresented in physics and in other disciplines, which rely on physics understanding. In the United States, the share of Ph.D.s awarded to women has risen gradually to around 20% , while some countries do twice as well and others do worse. Among university faculty and research leadership, women remain scarce and not very visible. Thus, few girls see role models that make physics an inviting career option for them. In addition, the innovation capacity and competitiveness of physics-intensive organizations cannot take full advantage of the ideas, approaches, energy, and perspectives women physicists would offer, if only there were more. The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is trying to do something about this. You can help by becoming a sponsor of the Third IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP2008; see http://icwip2008.org). The Conference's purpose is three-fold: (i) to review and analyze of the current status of and progress for women in physics in each country and internationally; (ii) to provide an arena for women in physics to share their scientific accomplishments and create international scientific collaborations; and (iii) to build capacity in each participating country to design and implement changes that improve the participation and advancement of women in physics. We expect ~300 participants (15% to 20% men) in country teams from ~70 countries, each with at least three members. About one-third of participants will be students, post-docs, or early in their careers. The total cost of the conference is expected to be ~$800 K (including travel costs), shared by numerous sponsors around the world. The success of ICWIP2008 depends on our ability to raise funds in Europe, Asia, and North America to subsidize the travel of teams from the many developing or economically depressed countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia, who could not otherwise afford to participate. Outreach and dissemination, through the proceedings, follow-up sessions at numerous U.S. and international conferences, and via papers, talks, and networking by the delegates in their home countries will maximize the footprint and benefit of ICWIP2008 in the United States and around the world. The Working Group chartered by IUPAP in 1999 has since organized two highly suc-cessful international conferences on women in physics (2002, 2005). These conferences have revealed the highly variable situation from country to country and are catalyzing change. The series of conferences is proving to be an effective mechanism for sharing best practices internationally, empowering action in numerous countries and regions, nucleating networking in research, strengthening "peer pressure" and accountability through IUPAP, and increasing the numbers and advancement of women in the field. A donation or grant of US$5,000 entitles the donor to official sponsor designation, with recognition on the conference web site, in the program, and in the published Proceedings. Every sponsor will receive a copy of the Proceedings (in print and CD). Tax-deductible donations may be made through IUPAP, designating ICWIP2008 as the recipient. IUPAP's headquarters is located at the American Physical Society. For additional information, please contact Dr. Beverly Karplus Hartline (questions@uswip.org) or Dr. Judy Franz (franz@aps.org; 301-209-3269). April 2008 Award for Aspirations in Computing National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) - Award for Aspirations in Computing --To acknowledge the computing aspirations of young women and to promote visibility for women's participation in computing-related occupations. --Details on Award Components, Criteria, and Applications are in the Attached flier (See www.ncwit.org/award. Online self-nominations must be submitted by April 30, 2008. Supporting documents must be received by NCWIT May 2, 2008. Award notification will be made by mid-May 2008.) Bullying Culture We had included issues from the The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture (and what to do about it), D. J. Twale and B. M. De Luca (2008). It now appears on the Listserve of "Tomorrow's Professor" (4/24/2008): From Chapter 8, Characterizing the Bully Culture in the book, The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to Do About It, by Darla J. Twale and Barbara M. De Luca. Published by Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Regards, Rick Reis reis@stanford.edu WST Student-Faculty Research Partnerships WST Student-Faculty Research Partnerships WST continues the very successful initiative supporting GT faculty research partnerships with undergraduate students in research on gender, science, and technology, providing hourly funding for undergraduate research assistants. In this way, WST continues to engage students and faculty in active and cooperative learning outside as well as inside the classroom. If you are interested in undertaking a WST student-faculty partnership through June 2008, pease send an application *as soon as possible* with the following information to (1) Name of student -- and student's major area of study, social security number, email, and phone; and whether student has previously worked at GT (which is for accounting purposes) (2) Faculty supervisor (3) Description of the project for partnership (4) Proposed number of hours a week for student in partnership (10-15/wk is usual) (5) Proposed period for the partnership (that is, particular months) (6) Proposed rate of pay ($8.00 - 9.00/hr. - depending upon the experience of the student) November 2007 Visiting Scholar and Senior Visiting Scholar Positions The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women is pleased to announce their annual call for Visiting Scholars. Please note we have added The Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar position. Read below for the descriptions. 2008-2009 The Muriel Gold SENIOR VISITING SCHOLAR McGILL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING ON WOMEN The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (MCRTW) invites applications for the position of Senior Visiting Scholar with the Centre. This position is open to feminist scholars who wish to spend a minimum of one academic term at McGill in order to carry out their research. The Centre offers office space and support, an ongoing seminar series, contact with other scholars within McGill and in neighbouring universities - all this located at the centre of a stimulating, bilingual, urban environment. The Scholar will be expected to take an active role in the life of the Centre and to present a paper in the seminar series while in residence at the MCRTW. The award will be in the amount of $5,000.00. If interested, please write and include * a curriculum vitae, * a brief outline of the research to be undertaken, * two recent short publications, * the names of two referees. Send to: Professor Marguerite Deslauriers, Director McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women, 3487 Peel Street, 2nd floor, Montreal, Qc H3A 1W7 IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2008-2009 IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2008-2009 The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as well as technology assessment and research into the development and implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. The IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay between 1 October 2008 and 30 June 2009 as - Research Fellow (up to nine months) or as - Visiting Scholar (shorter period, e.g. a month). The IAS-STS offers excellent research infrastructure. Close co-operation with researchers at the IFZ (Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture; see: www.ifz.tugraz.at ), guest lectures, workshops and conferences provide an atmosphere of creativity and scholarly discussion. Furthermore we can offer five grants (up to EUR 1,000 per month) for long-term Research Fellows (up to nine months) at the IAS-STS. The Fellowship Programme 2008-2009 is dedicated to projects investigating the following issues: 1. Gender – Technology – Environment Women with their various interests, competencies and potentials play an important part in the process of shaping socially sound and environmentally friendly sustainable technologies – as users and consumers or experts. Applications should focus on research in the field of women in traditionally male fields of engineering, on ways of creating cultures of success for women engineers (students, graduates), and on masculinity and the culture of engineering. 2. New Genetics and Modern Biotechnology A focus of the Fellowship Programme lies on research providing a critical analysis either of human genetic research or of modern biotechnology. Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing in the medical domain or risk policy and wider governance issues related to agricultural biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply. 3. Technology Studies and Sustainability Fellowships will be awarded for research projects contributing to the issue of sustainable development from the perspective of social studies or the history and philosophy of science and technology. Projects should aim at socio-economic aspects of environmental technologies or at strategies of environmental technology policy, such as user participation, strategic niche management or ecological product policy. We encourage both theoretical analysis as well as empirical case studies and implementation research. As a special grant within this thematical focus the Manfred-Heindler-grant for research projects on the increased use of renewable energies and on a more efficient use of energy will be awarded. 4. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) A focus of the Fellowship Programme will be put on novel developments based on ICT from an STS point of view. Topics like ICT and agency, ubiquitous computing or ICT and mobility shall be analysed with respect to their wider social and political implications. Further issues of interest are the social shaping of ICT developments, innovation policies, risk management and participatory approaches to the design of ICT systems and applications. Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS by 31 December 2007. October 2007 Exploring Ways to Shorten the Ascent to a Ph.D. EDUCATION | October 3, 2007 On Education: Exploring Ways to Shorten the Ascent to a Ph.D. By JOSEPH BERGER For those who attempt it, the doctoral dissertation can loom on the horizon like Everest, gleaming invitingly as a challenge but often turning into a masochistic exercise once the ascent is begun. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/education/03education.html?ex=1192420800&en=f64d33b92f67a6f0&ei=5070&emc=eta1 NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company Family & Productivity - Flourish Newsletter Editor: Wendy Belcher Web: www.wendybelcher.com A Free Electronic Newsletter for Scholarly Writers October 2007, vol. 3, no. 9 Family and Productivity If you wondered whether your family was helping or hindering your scholarship, new research suggests that academics who are married or have children do fine in terms of productivity (J. Price 2006). A couple of years ago, some scary studies were published about how women with young children were less likely to get tenure or be promoted than anyone else, while men with children were more likely to get tenure and be promoted (National Science Foundation 2004). But another large study found that having a family has very little effect on the actual productivity of either female or male faculty ( Sax, Hagedorn, Arredondo, Dicrisi 2002). Women with families are just as productive as women without families. In other words, the gender gap in publication rates, which has steadily been closing, is not explained by the weight of domestic responsibilities. Rather, this slightly lower rate seems to have more to do with women’s not prioritizing advancement and field recognition at this time in their lives (Sax, Hagedorn, Arredondo, Dicrisi 2002). This isn’t to imply that male and female faculty experience family responsibilities in the same way. Among men and women with the same publication rates, female faculty did more work around the home and spent fewer hours per week on writing and research than male faculty. This is really interesting to me. Women seemed to be more efficient, producing the same amount of writing in less time. This reflects another finding about women, that women faculty at research universities seemed to do better at publishing steadily, rather than falling into the extremes of no publications or a very high number of publications (Sax, Hagedorn, Arredondo, Dicrisi 2002). Another useful article on this topic is one by Mary Frank Fox, who is a reader of Flourish. She looks at the relationships among marriage, parental status, and publication productivity for tenured men and women in academic science. She does an excellent job of teasing out the way that these factors affect academics in different ways at different points in their lives. For instance, for women, being married to another academic often correlates with less productivity on a first marriage but more productivity on a second marriage ( Fox 2005). September 2007 Please join us -- Reception-Sept 19 Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and the Georgia Tech ADVANCE Professors Cordially invite you to join us in a reception welcoming new women faculty and thanking WST mentors, WRC student leaders, and the WST Learning Community for their contributions to campus life Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2-3:30 p.m. Georgia Tech Library East Commons Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women The ADVANCE Program at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce that Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women will be available in early October 2007. Published by the University of Michigan Press, Transforming Science and Engineering contains information about specific initiatives that have been successful in meeting the goals of improving the work environment for academic women scientists and engineers. These initiatives were developed in the context of NSF's ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Program, but can be applied by institutions without special external funding. Chapters include discussion of both theoretical and empirical research undergirding the initiatives; the emphasis is on the practical issues involved in creating the initiatives, and evidence that they have desired effects. The book, which includes materials from other ADVANCE institutions, was co-edited by Abigail Stewart, Janet Malley, and Danielle Lavaque-Manty at the University of Michigan. More information is available by visiting http://sitemaker.umich.edu/advance/transforming. April 2007 IAC Faculty luncheon - Please Hold the Date Dear Colleagues, Please join us for the Ivan Allen College-wide Faculty luncheon Monday, April 23rd, 2007, from Noon to 1:30pm in the Student Center Ballroom. RSVP with your choice of lunch to Carol Silvers, carol.silvers@iac.gatech.edu, by noon on April 17th. In addition to the opportunity to see your colleagues from across the College, the luncheon will feature a panel and discussion on Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams with four distinguished panelists from across Georgia Tech: Marilyn Brown - Professor of Public Policy http://www.spp.gatech.edu/faculty/faculty/mbrown.php Judith Curry - Professor and Chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences http://www.eas.gatech.edu/people/faculty/curry.htm Glenn Rix - Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering http://www.ce.gatech.edu/fac_staff/research_bio.php?active_id=gr16 Craig Zimring - Professor of Architecture http://www.coa.gatech.edu/phd/faculty/zimring/zimring.htm Further on: Language, gender, & power in the workplace. Lunch/discussion on "Language, Gender, and Power in the Workplace" Sponsored by GT Faculty Career Development Services (FCDS - directed by Monique Tavares) Tuesday, April 10, 11 am - 12:30 pm Crescent Room in the Student Commons RSVP: Mary Frank Fox March 2007 Five post doc positions in gender and science Five post doc positions in gender and science Last day of application: 30 March Centre for Gender Research is currently engaged upon expanding its resources for research within the newly started programme of gender excellence, Nature/culture Boundaries and Transgressive Encounters. Uppsala Centre for Gender Research has quickly developed into a unique place of meeting for scientists and students with a range of disciplinary backgrounds unprecedented in Sweden. From the beginning concrete and focused efforts have rendered organisational and scientific boundary transgressions possible. These interdisciplinary research and teaching efforts has rendered quick results and produced networks between the cultural and natural sciences that we now will explore further. The objectives for the five-year programme is thus to uphold a research environment that boosts empirical investigations and theoretical reflections on how gender and gendered knowledge is produced in the borderland between the cultural and the natural sciences in empirical research, theory development and teaching. The Centre for Gender Research is a research intense unit, consisting of about 20 researchers from different disciplines. We are now recruiting additional post-docs for full-time, one-year positions. Successful applicants have some kind of "double" competence - gender research and science - in one of the following research areas: 1) Gender and physics. The interface between gender research and physics has mostly been restricted to understand "women in science"; conditions, power-relations, mechanisms of exclusion and the like. We encourage applicants to focus on questions about gendered knowledge and materiality. 2) Gender and animal research. Animal research has traditionally, with some very important exceptions, been viewed as "outside" of gender and feminist concerns. Applicants in this area are welcomed to focus on issues concerning the gendering of animals, and the animaling of gender, in biological and other research. 3) Trans-disciplinary feminist didactics. Gender didactics is an undeveloped field, mainly in Sweden but also internationally. At the same time it is pivotal in all gender research to understand how gender is communicated. Hence teaching is the key to transdisciplinary encounters, which is why a national knowledge base in gender didactics is expected to contribute to deepen the planned trans-disciplinary research and theory development. To meet this requirement, we invite a visiting scientist position in feminist didactics who will start the building of such a knowledge base. The persons we are looking for have different disciplinary backgrounds, and may therefore be researchers in for example pedagogy, history of science, sociology, biology or physics. The anticipated starting date is 1 August 2007. Applicants should have a doctorate or equivalent, a strong record of research achievement at an international level in the study of gender and science, and the demonstrated capacity to publish in top-rated journals and to present at international conferences. The successful candidate is expected to contribute imaginatively to the design and delivery of the excellence programme. Further details, including how to apply, is available at www.uu.gender.se/node6. Questions may be posed to Professor Margaretha Fahlgren, Margaretha.Fahlgren@gender.uu.se or PhD Tora Holmberg, Tora.Holmberg@gender.uu.se. Since this programme will develop further over a five-year period, we encourage researchers with interest in this area to contact us for future exchange. The closing date for applications is 30 March 2007. Sara Goodman Centrum för genusvetenskap Lunds universitet www.genus.lu.se Tel 046-222 44 02, 046-222 9778 Fax 046-222 40 04 Besöksadress: Magle Stora Kyrkogata 12 B, Lund Postadress: Box 117, 221 00 Lund REMINDER ABOUT MARCH 29 NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS EMINDER ABOUT MARCH 29 NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS Please plan to attend the NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshops on March 29--there is no need to preregister. Dr. Earnestine Psalmonds from NSF will be on campus that day to present a workshop for students and another for faculty. STUDENTS: 11:10 NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop at Management Auditorium 200 Application deadline is in November. You will learn about plans for the 2007 application process, any changes that are planned, and how to produce an effective application. There will be pizza slices available after the presentation. FACULTY: 4:00 NSF Graduate Fellowship Workshop at Management Auditorium 300 Dr. Psalmonds will present information to faculty about mentoring students who are applying for NSF fellowships and about their involvement in the review process if they are interested. There will be a Q&A period. Cheese and fruit will be available after the presentation. TRANSPORTATION and PARKING: The GT trolley stops at the Management Building, and there is parking available at the Georgia Tech Hotel on Spring St. (near 5th). Fellowship Communication Program Contact: Dr. Karen Adams, Karen.Adams@provost. gatech.edu NSF Presentation at Georgia Tech - March 29th NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESENT WORKSHOPS AT GEORGIA TECH THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007 Dr. Earnestine Psalmonds, NSF Program Director for the Graduate Fellowship Research Program, will present workshops at Georgia Tech for students, faculty, and research scientists on Thursday, March 29. Student* Workshop: 11:10 am – 12:00, Thursday March 29 in College of Management Auditorium 200, 800 West Peachtree St., NW; Atlanta, GA 30308. Dr. Psalmonds will be available for a short time after noon to answer questions. This workshop is for graduate and undergraduate students who wish to apply for 2008 NSF awards. Application deadlines are in the fall, but preparatory work for these applications needs to be done during the spring and summer. Students typically have 3 opportunities to apply for an NSF award: 1) fall of last undergraduate year; 2) first fall of graduate school; and 3) second fall of graduate school. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are encouraged to attend and learn about the awards and how they might plan future applications. *NSF applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. Workshop for Faculty and Research Scientists: 4:00-5:00 p.m., Thursday March 29 in College of Management Auditorium 300. The workshop for faculty and research scientists will focus on § mentoring students as they apply for NSF grants and § exploring the possibility of serving as a NSF reviewer. Contact: Dr. Karen Adams, Fellowship Communication Program, karen.adams@provost.gatech.edu. January 2007 Stories/and Strategies Recently released: Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists, by Ellen Daniell. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. From the book-jacket: This book tells the story of a professional problem-solving group that for more than 25 years has empowered its members by providing practical and emotional support. Each of the high-achieving individuals in Group (including members of the National Academy of Sciences, a senior scientist at a prestigious research institute, and university professors and administrators) has found the support of the others to be an essential part of her own success. December 2006 Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in Am Res Universities Dear IAC Friends, A volume to which one may have reason to return has been re-issued: Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes; Women in American Research Universities (2003), edited by L. Hornig, a pioneer in the field. Amazon has a "Look Inside" option for the volume at its site at: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0306473518/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/002-4420730-0476809 with good wishes - Mary November 2006 Provost to meet WST community Georgia Tech's provost, Dr.Gary Schuster, will be speaking with WST residents on Monday, November 27, at 5:30pm in 4th Apartments A study lounge. WST Research Panel: "The International Mobility of Scientists" Dr. Carolina Cañibano Assistant Professor of Economics Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain and Visiting Scholar in PRIME Program, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech Dr. Paula Stephan Professor of Economics Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006 12 noon - 1:30 pm Georgia Tech Student Success Center President's Suite C Biographies: Dr. Paula Stephan's research focuses on the careers of scientists and engineers and the process by which knowledge moves across international boundaries in the economy; as well as the role that immigrant scientists play in U.S. science. She has published more than 50 articles and is the co-author of the book, Striking the Mother Lode in Science: The Importance of Age, Place, and Time. Dr. Stephan was recently appointed to serve a four-year term on the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, National Institutes of Health, and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the Social, Behavioral, and Economics Program, National Science Foundation. She was a member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group that authored the report, "Frontier Research: The European Challenge." She is a member of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Carolina Cañibano's research focuses upon the economics of innovation, with a special focus on labor markets for science, and development economics. She received her Ph.D. at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain and was the recipient of the 2004 Dissertation Award from the Economics Section, Spanish Doctors Academy. Currently, she is a Visiting Scholar at Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy, affiliated with the PRIME Program. Her research is funded by the European Commission. October 2006 Flourish: an electronic Newsletter for academic writers Flourish: an electronic Newsletter for academic writers at: http://www.wendybelcher.com/pages/FlourishNewsletter.html If you go to the url, a space is available at the bottom of the page for a free subscription. September 2006 Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender & Women's Studies For feminist scholars interested in the Middle East: The American University in Cairo has named the Institute for Gender and Women's Studies the Cynthia Nelson Institute. This honors the late Cynthia Nelson, Professor of Anthropology at AUC, who died in February of this year. Cynthia Nelson's 43 year career there included founding the Institute, serving as Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, and substantial body of important feminist work, including a biography of the early Egyptian feminist, Doria Shewfik. A graduate fellowship to the Institute in her name has also been established. For details about the Institute and its Master of Arts and Graduate Diploma in Gender and Women's Studies with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa, the web site is: www.aucegypt.edu/igws . Princeton University - Postdoctoral Fellows in Liberal Arts PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS ˜ Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities or Social Sciences The Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts invites applications for three-year postdoctoral fellowships, 2007-2010, for recent Ph.Ds (from Jan. 2004) in humanities or social sciences. Stipend: approx. $64,500. Application deadline: October 3, 2006. Four appointments to pursue research and teach half-time: 1) Open Fellowship: all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. 2) Haarlow Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: pursue research, teach and coordinate interdisciplinary year-long humanities course, Approaches to Western Culture. 3) Fellowship in East Asian Studies and the Humanities: pursue research, teach and coordinate interdisciplinary year-long course, East Asian Humanities: The Classical Traditions. 4) Fellowship in International Development to enhance interdisciplinary dialogue and teaching in this field, with particular focus on political, ethical and/or social dimensions of issues. Political scientists, sociologists and economists interested in a cross-disciplinary policy focus on international development are strongly encouraged to apply. For details, see website www.princeton.edu/~sf Travelling Concepts in Feminist Pedagogy: European Perspectives Travelling Concepts in Feminist Pedagogy: European Perspectives is a series of 4 short books addressing the importance of geographical, institutional and political location for understanding feminist concepts. The project brings together 24 partners from across Europe, and has published collaborative reflections on the material life of concepts such as : representation, interdisciplinarity, location, racism, citizenship, and identity. Please visit http://www.rawnervebooks.co.uk/ for further details, and http://www.travellingconcepts.net for the interactive website arising from the project. August 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities Call for Papers/Abstracts/Proposals Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities January 12 - 15, 2007 Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio, and the Pacific Beach Hotel, Hawaii, USA Since many people have individually asked for an extension of the submission deadline, we are extending the deadline for submissions to Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Call for papers, abstracts, student papers, work-in-progress reports, research proposals, workshop proposals, poster sessions, research tables, or reports on issues related to teaching, practitioner forums, panel discussions, and tutorials. For more information on the format of submissions see http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm All areas of arts & humanities are invited. For a complete list of suggested areas of arts & humanities see http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm. Submissions may be made electronically via e-mail to humanities@hichumanities.org. March 2006 Social Science Research Council Invites Applications Deadline: April 20, 2006 The Economic and Social Research Council ( http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ ) and the Social Science Research Council ( http://www.ssrc.org/ ) have announced a fellowship for U.S. and Canadian scholars to visit and engage in collaborative activities with members of ESRC- supported projects in Britain, or for British scholars at ESRC-supported projects to visit collaborators in the U.S. or Canada, between June 2006 and September 2007. ESRC and SSRC have a common mission of promoting, funding, and disseminating important and socially useful knowledge in the social sciences. This is the third round of a pilot scheme designed to encourage communication and cooperation between social scientists in Great Britain and the United States and Canada, and to explore and develop possibilities for future exchanges to be organized by ESRC and SSRC. Approximately ten research fellowships of up to $8,500 will be awarded. Funds may be used for transportation, accommodation, living expenses, and, exceptionally, to cover salary costs for the duration of the visit. Fund- able activities include but are not strictly limited to engaging in collaborative or complementary research that will add a new international comparative focus to existing research projects; engaging with a range of researchers, including younger scholars, to stimulate international and comparative dimensions to their thinking; writing co- authored papers, articles, and books; and developing new proposals for joint research. Applicants from the U.S. and Canada should have received a Ph.D. in one of the social sciences (including history) by the time the proposed visiting fellowship would start. In addition, they should have been based in the U.S. for at least two years before the application deadline. The fellowship scheme is open to scholars from U.S. and Canadian universities, colleges, independent research organizations, and public agencies, as well as to scholars at ESRC-supported centers, programs, groups, and networks in Britain. Visit the SSRC Web site for complete program information and application procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001199/ssrc For additional RFPs in Social Science, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_soc_science.jhtml September 2005 Dr. Carol Colatrella - GT Advance Program Director Please welcome our new GT Advance Program Director - the indefatigable, creative, and intellectually and programmatically inspired: Dr. Carol Colatrella ! Our Advance Program Director, Dr. Mary Lynn Reallf - now brings her own indefatigability, creativity, and inspiration to the National Science Foundation as Program Officer for the Materials Processing and Manufacturing in the Engineering Directorate, Our best wishes and fond regards go to Carol in her new appointment with Advance -- and to Mary Lynn in her new appointment at NSF (as well as in her continuation as co-director of WST!). July 2005 Agnotology: The Cultural Production of Ignorance Call for Papers Patrick Suppes Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology, Stanford University Professors Londa Schiebinger and Robert Proctor seek papers for the preparation of a volume introducing a new theoretical perspective and methodology - agnotology, the cultural production of ignorance-into interdisciplinary science studies. Papers should explore how ignorance is produced or maintained in diverse settings, through (for example) deliberate or inadvertent neglect, secrecy and suppression, document destruction, and myriad forms of inherent or avoidable culturopolitical selectivity and forgetfulness. The point is to develop a taxonomy of understandings and uses of ignorance, but also tools for understanding how and why diverse forms of knowledge do not or did not "come to be" or are delayed or neglected at different points in history. Examples include the ignorance of cancer hazards caused by the "doubt" peddled by trade associations (Brown and Williamson's "doubt is our product"), the non-transfer of birth control technologies from colonial outposts to imperial centers (by virtue of successive chains of disinterest and suppression), the non-development of certain technologies by virtue of structural apathies or disinterest, impacts of disciplinarity on agnotogenesis, etc. The proposed volume is exploratory and open-ended, with the purpose of coming to grips with how ignorance has been understood, created, and ignored, linking this also to allied creations of secrecy, uncertainty, confusion, silence, forgetfulness, etc - especially as these pertain to scientific inquiries and outcomes. The idea is that a great deal of attention has been given to epistemology (the study of how we know), when "how or why we don't know" is often at least as interesting-and remarkably undertheorized by comparison. While the volume will focus on science, the general approach will also be taken up in other disciplines, including cultural studies, history, literary studies, anthropology, and sociology. Paper proposals should include a working title plus a 300 word abstract. Please send to Londa Schiebinger at schiebinger@stanford.edu by August 30, 2005. Paper proposals should include a working title plus a 300 word abstract. Please send to Londa Schiebinger at schiebinger@stanford.edu by August 30, 2005. Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities January 11 - 14, 2006 Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA Submission Deadline: August 23, 2005 Sponsored by: East West Council for Education Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org The 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 11 (Wednesday) to January 14 (Saturday), 2006 at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome. Performing artists (live dance, theater, and music) interested in displaying their talents will be accommodated whenever possible. Topic Areas (All Areas of Arts and Humanities are Invited): *Anthropology *American Studies *Archeology *Architecture *Art *Art History *Dance *English *Ethnic Studies *Film *Graphic Design *History *Landscape Architecture *Languages *Literature *Linguistics *Music *Performing Arts *Philosophy *Religion *Second Language Studies *Speech/Communication *Theatre *Visual Arts *Other Areas of Arts and Humanities *Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas. The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities encourages the following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed areas: Research Papers - Completed papers. Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research. Student Papers - Research by students. Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for future projects. Reports on issues related to teaching. For detailed information about submissions see: http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm Submitting a Proposal: 1. Create a title page for your submission. The title page should include: a. title of the submission b. topic area of the submission (chooses from above list) c. presentation format (see http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm for format choices) d. name(s) of the author(s) e. department(s) and affiliation(s) f. mailing address(es) g. e-mail address(es) h. phone number(s) i. fax number(s) j. corresponding author if different than lead author 2. Email your abstract and/or paper, along with a title page, to: humanities@hichumanities.org. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via email within 48 hours. Please note that there is a limit of two contributed submissions per lead author. To be removed from this list, please click the following link: http://www.hichumanities.org/remove/ or copy and paste the link into any web browser. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities P.O. Box 75036 Honolulu, HI 96836 USA Telephone: (808) 949-1456 Fax: (808) 947-2420 E-mail: humanities@hichumanities.org Website: http://www.hichumanities.org March 2005 Alternative Energy Technology Innovation: The Coming Economic Boom May 12th – 13th, 2005 Savannah, GA International Trade & Convention Center Call For Abstracts Student Poster Competition A FORUM FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ENERGY RELATED RESEARCH BY ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, AND POLICY STUDENTS Please submit a 1-page abstract describing your poster topic to susan@energy.gatech.edu by April 4th, 2005. 12 selected winners will be invited to present their poster at the workshop and will be awarded a $300 grant to offset travel & lodging expenses. SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION & InfinitEnergy (http://infinitenergy.gtrep.gatech.edu) February 2005 Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization The Canadian International Development Agency-International Development Research Centre- University of Ottawa-Carleton University The Institute of Women's Studies (University of Ottawa) and the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies (Carleton University), with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), are pleased to announce the second year of a research programme on feminist perspectives on globalization. This four year (2004-2008) programme offers highly qualified researchers working on issues of globalization from a feminist perspective, from developing countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, the opportunity to spend a research term in Ottawa based at one of the two universities. The Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization will contribute to gender and development research at both universities and provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between feminist scholars in Canada and the developing world and between North and South.The Institutes of Women's Studies will alternate in welcoming one visiting scholar per year. Applications are invited for the 2005-6 Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization to be based at the Institute of Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa. (In 2006-2007, the Visiting Scholar will be based at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies, Carleton University.) The position is open to scholars from developing countries (both tenured and untenured faculty, as well as from post­doctoral or independent scholars) who are pursuing critical feminist research. Applicants must be fluent in French, have a completed PhD, a record of scholarly publications, and a current and established research project in relation to one or more of the research field listed below. Individuals currently pursuing a university doctoral degree are not eligible. Specific areas of interest can include one of the following: agriculture, basic education, child protection, health and nutrition, HIV/Aids, information and communication technologies (ICTs), human rights, democratization and good governance, conflict and peacebuilding, private sector development, infrastructure services (capacity building), social and economic equity, or environment and natural resource management. During their stay in Canada, the Visiting Scholar will pursue and present their ongoing research in conferences and seminars as requested, participate in outreach activities, and produce a paper based on their ongoing research which reflects their time and work in Canada. It is anticipated that this research will promote policy advocacy and/or further gender and development studies and the effective integration of gender equality in development policy and programming. The duration of the Visiting Scholar's stay will be a six (6) month period within the university's 2005-2006 academic year, which runs from September 2005 to April 2006. The recipient will receive a generous stipend to cover travel, research and living expenses (including medical insurance coverage). The successful applicant will have access to library services, a shared phone and computer facilities. Applications may be submitted in French or English, and must include: an abbreviated curriculum vitae (10-12 pp.); a letter of intent outlining the research to be undertaken in Canada (max. 2 pp.); a list of recent publications; availability during the 2005-2006 academic year; and the names and addresses (postal and e-mail) of two referees. Please forward applications to: Selection Committee, Visiting Scholar in Feminist Perspectives on Globalization, c/o Helene Boudreault, Institute of Women's Studies, University of Ottawa, 143 Seraphin-Marion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6; Telephone (613) 520-6644; Fax (613) 562­5994;email hboudre@uottawa.ca. The closing date for submitting applications is March 10, 2005 (application dossiers received after this date will not be examined). Selection will be completed by May 15, 2005. Please note that only the short-listed candidates will be contacted. December 2004 Women, Tenure, and Promotion Special Issue of the National Women's Studies Association Journal [2007] Co-editors: Dr. Ines Shaw and Dr. Sharon Leder, Nassau Community College, and Dr. Betty Harris, University of Oklahoma. Deadline for Submissions: 1 May 2005 After more than three decades of women's studies in the academy and a steady increase of women faculty in higher education across the disciplines, it is appropriate to take stock of what we have learned and what still needs to be accomplished. Contributors may consider the following: Status of Women and Changing the Structures: How can Academic structures change so that a) women rise through and occupy all ranks in equal proportion to men, and are not stuck in the lowest ranks with the lowest salaries? b) joint appointments and shared courses become regular systemic options? c) committees and administrations are monitored for accountability in promotion and/or tenure decisions? d) campus Affirmative Action offices actively encourage, defend, and insure gender equity? Mentoring: What type of mentoring a) really advances the attainment of tenure and/or promotion for all women? b) helps service and activist contributions count for promotion or tenure? Student Evaluations/Faculty Ratings: What can counteract Negative consequences of gender, race, and ethnic bias in student evaluations or ratings of women faculty in tenure and/or promotion decisions? Court Trends: How can knowledge of current trends in gender discrimination lawsuits prepare women for litigation? Tenure and Promotion Struggles and Denials: a) What factors halt women faculty's paths to tenure or promotion? b) How may criteria for promotion or tenure change so that teaching and service scholarship count as real scholarship? c) How may criteria change so that interdisciplinary, feminist and activist work count toward promotion or tenure? d) What roles do personal and family life play in women's struggles to gain tenure and/or promotion? e) How are women's physical and mental health, financial status and professional life affected by denials of tenure and/or promotion, and by strategies they employ in response? f) What are the financial, educational, and human costs of not tenuring or not promoting women faculty? A 150-word abstract should be submitted with a completed essay of 20-30 pages, including abstract, notes, and references--two copies to Dr. Ines Shaw, English Department, Nassau Community College, One Education Drive, Garden City, NY 11530, and one copy to Dr. Betty Harris, Women's Studies Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. NWSA Journal Style guidelines are available at www.nwsaj.eng.iastate.edu. Inquiries can be directed to Dr. Ines Shaw at shawi@sunynassau.edu. Ines Shaw isshaw@yahoo.com Ph.D., Linguistics shawi@sunynassau.edu English/Women's Studies/Latin American Studies & 210 E Broadway (The Delmar) Co-op Board Vice-President November 2004 Denmark Summer Study Abroad Program I am currently planning to bring interested Georgia Tech students to Denmark this summer for a new study abroad program based in Copenhagen. Students would take humanities and social science courses and would learn about Danish culture, politics, and heritage. I hope that you would suggest that students consider the Denmark summer study program as they decide on summer experiences for 2005. Detailed information appears below and at http://www.discopenhagen.org. The program focuses on analyzing Denmark as a living laboratory of social and technological developments and design innovations. Georgia Tech students will participate in Denmark’s International Study (DIS) Program, taking one DIS course in addition to enrolling in a summer equivalent of LCC 3302: Science, Technology, and Ideology taught by me. My course will emphasize looking at Danish social values in relation to social welfare/gender equity policies, energy/environment development, and museum design. There will be structured field trips in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Roskilde, and Odense. Denmark is a small, safe country where many people speak fluent English. There is an affordable, efficient country-wide transportation system of buses, trains, and ferries; interesting architecture; innovative museums and other design sites; a beautiful natural environment, and a hospitable friendly population. In addition to being a lively cosmopolitan city, Copenhagen is a gateway to other European cities. I welcome individual inquiries. Please email or call me. I'll be meeting with DIS staff in mid November in Copenhagen, and I am grateful for the support of Georgia Tech's office of International Education, which is helping to coordinate the 2005 Denmark program. STUDY ABROAD IN ENGLISH IN COPENHAGEN Georgia Tech and Denmark's International Study Abroad Program, affliated with the University of Copenhagen. Late May through June 2005 Live in Copenhagen with a family or in a university residence hall with other students Field trips to Roskilde, Odense, and Aarhus Earn six credits of Humanities/Social Sciences courses: Science, Technology, and Ideology (equivalent to LCC 3302) & your choice from Danish International Study program courses (see http://www.discopenhagen.org, for more information) Approximate program cost (tuition and housing) is $5,445 (Other expenses include food, airfare, excursions, fees) For more information, contact: Professor Carol Colatrella School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology Office: Skiles 364 Office voice mail/phone: 404 894 1241 Email: carol.colatrella@lcc.gatech.edu October 2004 14th Annual Georgia Women's Assembly A one-day conference being held in Atlanta on Nov. 19, 2004, at the Loudermilk Center from 8am-4pm. The subject is "Informed Women and the Power of Policy." One of the three keynote speakers is Georgia's Secretary of State Cathy Cox, who is the first woman to serve in this position. The workshops vary from healthcare to lobbying 101 to two parts on the Georgia budget. Registration is $85 before Nov. 3, $100 after, and $45 for students (anytime). http://www.healthTRAKga.org MIT Summer Institute in the Materials Science of Material Culture With support from the National Science Foundation, MIT will convene the fourth annual Summer Institute in the Materials Science of Material Culture (SIMSMC). Fifteen faculty members from liberal arts colleges around the country, representing fields from art history to physics, will participate during the two-week period, 6-17 June 2005. Working together with these colleagues, the MIT SIMSMC faculty demonstrate, through modules that explore materials engineering in the context of material culture, how undergraduate teaching can incorporate the subject matter of materials science in imaginative and intellectually stimulating ways that are congruent with and relevant to the pursuits of liberal arts institutions. The two modules that will be presented at the June 2005 SIMSMC are: The Power of Metal in the Andean World Heather Lechtman Form, Function and Aesthetics in Colonial New England: The Use of Wood for Furniture, Houses and Boats John Vander Sande, Samuel Allen In morning lectures and afternoon laboratories, the Summer Institutes concentrate on the materials processing technologies that transform natural and synthetic materials into cultural objects. Our template joins archaeology and materials science and engineering, but art history, classics, environmental science, geography, history and other fields are all excellent vehicles for providing students with an integrated educational experience as they explore the relations between people and their material world. SIMSMC pays participant expenses: round-trip travel to MIT, housing on campus, and meals. Visit the SIMSMC web site for an on-line APPLICATION FORM and further information. http://web.mit.edu/materialculture/www Please review our web site to learn more about this innovative educational experiment and how you can participate. We urge you to share this information with colleagues at your institution and at other colleges who may wish to join us in June 2005. Heather Lechtman Professor of Archaeology and Ancient Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT Inquiries may be addressed to: materialculture@mit.edu Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship One of the most significant challenges confronting small liberal arts colleges in the United States today is increasing the members of underrepresented groups teaching at such institutions. A diverse faculty benefits students, faculty, and administrators alike by enriching the nature of the education experience for all. We recognize, though, that young scholars who are members of underrepresented groups frequently choose to pursue their careers as teachers and scholars at research universities rather than at small liberal arts colleges. In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than university teaching, Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. The program is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who need only to finish the dissertation to complete requirements for the Ph.D. We hope the experience of living and working for a year at Kenyon will encourage these Fellows to consider a career at a liberal arts college. Kenyon will provide a stipend of $32,500, plus health benefits, housing, and a small moving allowance. The College will also provide an allowance to cover travel to conferences or for consultation with the dissertation director. Kenyon will assist the Fellow in finding college housing. The Fellow will be provided an office, a networked computer, and secretarial support services. Faculty colleagues at Kenyon recognize and embrace the opportunity to welcome and mentor new faculty members. The Fellow is expected to write the dissertation and to teach one course each semester, usually in the Fellow's general research area. Fellows are also expected to offer a college lecture or departmental seminar on the dissertation topic at some point during the academic year in residence. Kenyon College assumes that the Fellow will participate in the intellectual life of his/her home department, as well as in the broader cultural life of the College. Our primary expectation, however, and the main focus of this fellowship, is the completion of the dissertation. Eligibility to apply for the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship is limited to those meeting all of the following four criteria who are citizens or nationals of the United States or otherwise 'protected individuals' as defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)(B). - Members of underrepresented groups (e.g., ethnic minorities; women in fields that attract mostly men, or men in fields that attract mostly women; and persons who are first-generation college attendees). - Individuals who are enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. program in one of the following fields: African and African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Classics, Dance, Drama, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, History, Humanities, International Studies, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literature, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Public Policy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Scientific Computing, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. - Individuals who aspire to a teaching and research career. - Persons who have not yet earned a doctoral degree at any time and in any field. Please send a letter of application, vita, and three letters of references (including one from the dissertation advisor) to the Office of the Associate Provost, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022. The Search Committee will begin consideration of the dossiers on January 3, 2005. Kenyon College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in particular, encourages the applications of women and minority candidates. This award is named in honor of the late Marilyn Yarbrough, Kenyon parent and trustee. A legal scholar and university administrator who was a former editor of the Black Law Journal and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Marilyn Yarbrough often addressed gender and racial discrimination in her scholarship and teaching. August 2004 M.I.T. Makes Yale Provost First Woman to Be Its Chief From NY Times: M.I.T. Makes Yale Provost First Woman to Be Its Chief August 27, 2004 By KATIE ZEZIMA Susan Hockfield, a 53-year-old neuroscientist, is the first woman and the first person from the life sciences to achieve the presidency. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/education/27mit.html?ex=1094627341&ei=1&en=066d33a50a51a06f Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Helps Dual-Career Couples Eighteen universities in Northern California have banded together to start a web site that helps dual-career couples find academic jobs in the same area. The service is called the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. The 18 university members pay an annual fee to maintain the website, which lists all job openings for professors, administrators, and staff members. The consortium includes the Universities of California at Berkeley and at Davis, as well as Stanford University and the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District. Job seekers have free access to the site, which has advertised 13,000 jobs since it was launched in October 2003. Details at http://www.bayareaherc.org/ikorb.php Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The Sloan Foundation is seeking nominations for Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. These Fellowships provide support and recognition to junior faculty from a variety of academic disciplines who are conducting field-based research on a topic important to a specific industry. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in economics, management or engineering, or in a related or interdisciplinary field, and must be members of the regular faculty of a college or university in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates also must be nominated by a senior scholar. Nominations are due Oct. 15, 2004. More information is available at: http://www.sloan.org/programs/fellow_announ.shtml Women's Studies Quarterly (WSQ) Call for Papers: Gender & Culture in the 1950s For the December 2005 issue of WSQ, to be guest edited by Deborah Nelson (contact info below), please see the following call for papers: WSQ is now seeking material for its December 2005 special issue on gender and culture in the 1950s. This decade and its domestic ideologies have long been of particular interest to feminists. We would like to revisit the 1950s, understanding that its very familiarity may now constitute a source of misrecognition. We would therefore like this issue of WSQ to have a double focus. On the one hand, familiar events and phenomena of the period -- McCarthyism, the execution of the Rosenbergs, Brown vs. the Board of Education, the civil rights movement, Bebop, rock and roll, consumerism, corporate culture, the Beats, women's magazines, the Cold War, the suburbs, television, to name just a few -- continue to yield important insights. We are interested in revisiting and reexamining these and other well-known landmarks and, in particular, drawing out their residues in and parallels with the present. On the other hand, those events and archives that have yet to acquire visibility need to be integrated into our understanding of the period. Some of these areas (a suggestive rather than exhaustive list) include the post-internment experience of Japanese Americans, particularly women; the international and transnational 1950s, with special interest in South America, South and East Asia, Africa, and central Europe; US regional culture; domestic and international migrations; fine arts and performing arts; religion; gay/lesbian/queer culture; ex-patriot and exile communities; Taiwan and post-revolution China; literature and cultural/intellectual exchange. Submissions to this special issue will be reviewed with the understanding that the materials have not been submitted to another journal. All submissions should be double-spaced and conform to MLA citation style. Articles should not exceed 20 pages (7,000 words) in length, excluding references. Essays, short stories, and strategies for teaching (with syllabi) should not exceed 15 pages (5,250 words). Please send a disk and three hard copies of submissions along with a full mailing address, daytime telephone number, and an e-mail address to Professor Deborah Nelson, Department of English, University of Chicago, 1050 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60657 Queries should be sent to Deborah Nelson at dnelson@uchicago.edu The deadline for submission is October 1, 2004. INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS), Graz - Austria FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2005-2006 The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as well as research on the development and implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. For this the IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay between 1 October 2005 and 30 June 2006 as Fellows (up to nine months) or as Visiting Scholars (up to one month) We also encourage senior scientists - working within the framework of the issues listed below - to apply as Guest Lecturers. The IAS-STS offers excellent research infrastructure. Close co- operation with researchers at the IFZ (Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture; see: www.ifz.tugraz.at), guest lectures, workshops and conferences provide an atmosphere of creativity and scholarly discussion. Furthermore we can offer five grants (EUR 1,000 per month) for long term Fellows (nine months) at the IAS-STS in Graz starting 1 October 2005, ending 30 June 2006. The fellowship programme 2005-2006 is dedicated to projects investigating the following issues: 1. Gender ­ Technology ­ Environment Women with their various interests, competencies and potentials play an important part in the process of shaping socially sound and environmentally friendly sustainable technologies ­ be it as users and consumers, or as experts. Applications should focus on research in the field of women in traditionally male fields of engineering, on ways of creating cultures of success for women engineers (students, graduates), and on masculinity and the culture of engineering. 2. Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and Biotechnology A main focus of the fellowship programme lies on research projects providing a better understanding of human genetics or biotechnology in the context of fabrication, application and regulation. Researchers investigating socio-cultural aspects of genetic testing or risk issues in biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply. 3. Technology Studies and Sustainability Fellowships will be awarded for research projects contributing to the issue of sustainable development from the perspective of social studies or the history of science and technology. Projects should aim at socio- economic aspects of environmental technologies or at strategies of environmental technology policy, such as user participation, strategic niche management or ecological product policy. We encourage both theoretical analysis and practically oriented case studies. Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS together with a research proposal by 15 January 2005. Prof. Arno Bamme, Director of the IAS-STS, decides on the awarding of fellowships and grants in consultation with the Scientific Advisory Board. For application forms and further information: Please visit our website: www.sts.tugraz.at Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) Attn. Guenter Getzinger Kopernikusgasse 9 8010 Graz ­ Austria E-mail: info@sts.tugraz.at July 2004 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions January 13 - 16, 2005 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu Hawaii, USA Submission Deadline: August 31, 2004 Sponsored by: East West Council for Education Center of Asian Pacific Studies of Peking University Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org The 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities will be held from January 13 (Thursday) to January 16 (Sunday), 2005 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from the arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome. Topic Areas (All Areas of Arts and Humanities are Invited): *American Studies *Archeology *Architecture *Art *Art History *Dance *English *Ethnic Studies *Film *History *Landscape Architecture *Languages *Literature *Linguistics *Music *Performing Arts *Philosophy *Religion *Second Language Studies *Speech/Communication *Theatre *Visual Arts *Other Areas of Arts and Humanities *Cross-disciplinary areas of the above related to each other or other areas. The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities encourages the following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the listed areas: *Research Papers - Completed papers. *Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research. *Student Papers - Research by students. *Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for future projects. *Reports on issues related to teaching. For more information about submissions see: http://www.hichumanities.org/cfp_artshumanities.htm Format of Presentations: *Paper sessions will have three to four papers presented in each 90 minute session, giving each presenter 20 ­ 30 minutes. *Workshop presentations will be given a full 90 minute session. *Panel sessions will provide an opportunity for three or more presenters to speak in a more open and conversational setting with conference attendees. Submissions for these 90 minute sessions should include the name, department, affiliation, and email address of each panelist in addition to a description of the presentation and the title page. *Poster sessions will last 90 minutes and consist of a large number of presenters. Poster sessions allow attendees to speak with the presenters on a one-to-one basis. *Performances will be accommodated whenever possible. Direct specific inquires to humanities@hichumanities.org Submitting a Proposal: 1. Create a title page for your submission. The title page should include: a. title of the submission b. topic area of the submission (chooses from above list) c. presentation format (choose from above list) d. name(s) of the author(s) e. department(s) and affiliation(s) f. mailing address(es) g. e-mail address(es) h. phone number(s) i. fax number(s) j. corresponding author if different than lead author 2. Email your abstract and/or paper, along with a title page, to humanities@hichumanities.org. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via email within 48 hours. If you do not wish to email your submission, you may send it via regular mail or fax to: Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities P.O. Box 75036 Honolulu, HI, 96836, USA 808-947-2420 (Fax) ***If submitting via regular mail, please supply two copies of your submission*** There is a limit of two contributed submissions per lead author. 3. Submissions will only be published in the conference proceedings if at least one of the authors registers and attends the conference. More information will be provided upon acceptance. 4. If you wish to be a session chair, please e-mail your request to humanities@hichumanities.org and indicate the topic area in which you are interested. Registration for the conference is required to be a session chair. The Fulbright Scholar Program Council for International Exchange of Scholars The August 1 deadline for Fulbright Scholar Program grants in the traditional program is approaching. You can find information on the 2005-06 grants available, eligibility requirements, and complete application materials at: www.cies.org. Also, the new online application is now available for use. You can also request materials by emailing apprequest@cies.iie.org. Call for Papers "Black Faculty in the Ivy League: Where Do We Go From Here?" October 22-23, 2004 Columbia University - New York In light of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and the recent challenges to Affirmative Action, the Institute for Research in African American Studies is hosting Black Faculty in the Ivy League: Where Do We Go From Here?, an interdisciplinary conference scheduled for October 22-23, 2004. African-Americans began to enter Ivy League Institutions in larger numbers following the social unrest of the 1960's and the assassination of Martin Luther King. This conference will not be a self-congratulatory occasion; instead it provides us the opportunity to provide reflective, critical and forward thinking analysis. Some of the issues we hope to address include, but are not limited to, the following: * History of Blacks in the Ivy League (Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University) * How, if at all, has the growing presence of Blacks on Ivy League Campuses in the last 35 years influenced the status of black people both within and outside of the academy? * The future of Affirmative Action * The relationship between the Ivy League and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) * The relationship between Black faculty, students and alumni * The relationship between Black faculty, administrators and staff * The relationship with local communities (Exploring the relationship between our positions as members of the University Community and/or members of local black communities) * The feasibility of an organized structure to address the needs and concerns of black faculty We welcome abstracts for individual papers, panels, roundtables or workshops. Please create a title page for your submission that includes the following: title, presentation format, name of presenter(s), institutional affiliation (if appropriate; we also welcome submissions from independent scholars), mailing address, email address, phone number and fax number. Abstracts should be submitted by August 1, 2004. Presenters will be notified by September 1, 2004. Please submit abstracts to: Mr. Russell Malbrough Institute for Research in African American Studies Columbia University 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 5512 New York, New York 10027 Or electronically to: IRAAS@columbia.edu www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/ June 2004 2004-2005 Fellowships for Threatened Scholars Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit scholars to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. When conditions improve, these scholars will return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. How the Scholar Rescue Fund Works: * Academics, researchers and independent scholars from any country, field or discipline may qualify. Preference is given to scholars with a Ph.D. or other highest degree in their field; who have been employed in scholarly activities at a university, college or other institution of higher learning during the last four years (excluding displacement or prohibition); who demonstrate superior academic accomplishment or promise; and whose selection is likely to benefit the academic community in the home and/or host country or region. Applications from female scholars and under-represented groups are strongly encouraged. * Universities, colleges and research centers in any country may apply to serve as hosts. * Applications and nominations should be made to the Fund's Selection Committee. Institutions interested in hosting a particular scholar should submit a letter with the scholar's application. Fellowships are awarded to institutions for support of specific individuals, to be matched in most cases by the institution or third-party. Fellowship recipients are expected to continue their work in safety at the host institution-teaching, lecturing, conducting research, writing and publishing. Fellowships from 3 months to one calendar year will be considered with up to 25 fellowships awarded annually. The maximum award is US $20,000. * Applications are accepted at any time. Emergency applications receive urgent consideration. Non-emergency applications will be considered according to the following schedule: Fall 2004: Applications received by September 1; decision by November 1. Winter 2005: Applications received by January 1; decision by March 1. Spring 2005: Applications received by April 1; decision by June 1. How to apply: Apply or to learn how your institution might host an SRF scholar contact: IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships 809 U.N. Plaza, Second Floor New York, New York 10017 Tel: (USA) 1-212-984-5472 Fax: (USA) 1-212-984-5401 E-mail: SRF@iie.org Web: www.iie.org/SRF May 2004 National Academy of Engineering - Position Open The National Academy of Engineering is seeking an individual to be responsible for developing and managing the provision of policy, program, and research support to CASEE. Policy support is provided by serving as staff officer for the Committee on Engineering Education (CEE). Evaluation and research support are provided by overseeing the evaluation of CASEE fellow and affiliate programs as well as coordinating the pursuit of CASEE research by fellows and affiliates. Position requires a master's degree, research experience in the study of education for or practice within technical professions, at least three years of related professional experience, and demonstrated proficiency in conveying scientific/technical/policy information in oral and written form. Applicants must possess experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Desired qualifications include a doctoral degree (in the behavioral or cognitive sciences, education, engineering, or the social sciences). Salary for this 12-month, full-time position will be based on experience, but is not likely to start above the mid-$70's. The formal ad is available on-line but this version lacks a lot of details. A more complete ad will eventually appear in the on-line edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education as well as be posted to the AERA job site. March 2004 Report of the Georgia Tech Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE Committee (PTAC) Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Program for Institutional Transformation Chaired by Professor David McDowell (Mechanical Engineering) http://www.advance.gatech.edu/ptac/ The Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty The Fulbright Scholar Program offers faculty and professionals numerous opportunities for lecturing, research or a combination of the two during the 2005-2006 academic year in 140 countries and all regions of the world. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Grants are in 47 disciplines and several interdisciplinary fields. Also, many countries offer "All Disciplines" grants, which allow applicants to design their own award. Foreign language skills are needed in some countries, but most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. The application deadline for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide is August 1, 2004. For information, eligibility requirements, and online application, visit our Web site at www.cies.org. Center for Women Policy Studies positions The Center for Women Policy Studies is seeking to fill five new positions: * Senior Policy Associate * Policy Associate * Policy Assistant * Writer/Editor * Administrative Assistant All positions require demonstrated expertise / experience on women's issues from multiethnic feminist perspectives. The Center offers salaries commensurate with experience, an excellent benefits package, and promotion potential. The Senior Policy Associate, Policy Associate and Policy Assistant positions require demonstrated experience / expertise in: *conducting policy research and analysis, including analyses of federal and state legislative and policy proposals and preparation of policy reports; *coordinating research/policy projects, including designing and conducting surveys, focus groups, interviews, and/or impact evaluations, and analyzing data; *analyzing academic research, policy research, program evaluations etc and preparing reports for widespread dissemination to policy makers; *coordinating legislative briefings, conferences, seminars, and other meetings with policy makers; *providing assistance to state legislators and their staff. Senior Policy Associate candidates should demonstrate 7 years relevant experience; Policy Associate candidates should demonstrate at least 3 years relevant experience; Policy Assistant candidates should demonstrate 2 years relevant experience, which may include experience performing administrative support functions. A relevant graduate degree is a plus. Volunteer experience will count towards years of experience requirements. The Administrative Assistant position requires demonstrated experience in: *website management; database management; online communications management (listserves,bulletin boards, chat rooms, etc); *a range of administrative support functions; *at least 2 years relevant experience. The Writer/Editor position requires demonstrated experience as a writer/editor: *in a policy or advocacy organization, an association, an academic institution, a business setting, or in journalism; *producing such products as reports for policy makers; summaries of policy research and analyses for general audiences; op eds; newsletters, etc. *at least 5 years relevant experience; *must provide writing samples. Submit cover letter, resume, writing samples and other relevant materials by mail or fax to: Human Resources Center for Women Policy Studies 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-8962 fax No calls or emails, please. January 2004 WSQ issue on Women and Sports Call for Papers For a special issue, WSQ seeks submissions on the topic of women and sports. Essays are invited on all related topics, including those that focus on the participation of sports in the cultural processes of gender construction; women's health and well being; a woman's right to her anatomy and physical strength; social, friendship, and leadership networks; connections between sports and social class, educational opportunity, and economic markets; the role of sports institutions in manufacturing or violating sexual stereotypes; depictions or perceptions of race, ethnicity, and national origin in women's sports; sports and the beauty system; and women's use of space (freedom of movement, fields of play, institutional access). Reflecting the connection between sports and academic institutions in the U.S., essays that explore the history of feminism (and/or women's studies) along with the development of women's athletic programs are also welcomed. Also invited is work related to curriculum and pedagogy, such as relevant syllabi, bibliographies, or filmographies; interviews with activists/athletes; historical documents; and reviews. Creative nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction will be considered. The deadline for submission is June 1, 2004. Essays should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages (including notes). Book and film reviews should not exceed 750 words and include a complete citation. Please submit a disk and three hard copies to: Carol J. Pierman Department of Women's Studies, Box 870272 The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0272 Queries should be sent to the above address or to cpierman@ws.as.ua.edu. Energeia The new Georgia Tech ADVANCE Magazin (2003 Report), Energeia, is available at: http://www.advance.gatech.edu/AnnualReport.pdf Postdoctoral positions opening The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality, Graduate School of Arts and Letters Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan The Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality (CSSI) invites applications from excellent scholars for postdoctoral positions. The number of the positions will be one to four depending on our budget for the next fiscal year. The center pursues development of new theories and methodologies on social stratification and inequality with emphasis on studies of rational choice theory, minorities (including gender stratification and inequality), East Asia, and fairness. Faculty members of the center are sociologists, social psychologists, cultural anthropologists, a religious anthropologist, a historian, and an economist, and they study social stratification and inequality from various viewpoints. Applicants should hold doctoral degrees or show academic performance equivalent to holders of doctoral degrees. They should have a good command of English. Postdoctoral fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are not eligible for this application. The successful candidates will be expected to work under the supervision of the faculty members of the center for a one-year period from April 1st, 2004. (The date is negotiable.) Though the initial contract is one-year period, the contract will be extended for one more year. The salary of a successful candidate will be 270,000 - 350,000 yen per month depending on his/her academic career. Travel and housing allowances will be paid to those who are eligible for them. Grants for excellent research projects proposed by the successful candidates will be provided. The center also academically and financially supports their presentations at international conferences. The deadline for completed applications is January 31, 2004. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a list of their presentations and publications, a research plan at the CSSI (less than 1,500 words), each copy of three major publications at most, and a letter of reference to: Dr. Yoshimichi Sato, Director Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality Graduate School of Arts and Letters Tohoku University Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576, Japan Phone: +81-22-217-6036 Fax: +81-22-217-5972 http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/coe/index-en.html All inquiries concerning the application should be addressed to Yoshimichi Sato at: ysato@sal.tohoku.ac.jp States of Insecurity and the Gendered Politics of Fear Call for Papers Special Issue of the National Women's Studies Association Journal (Fall 2005) Co-editors: Dr. Carol Stabile and Dr. Carrie Rentschler Women's Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh Deadline for Submissions: 3 May 2004 Following the US invasion of Afghanistan and the US attack on Iraq, the concept of security has taken on a meaning distinct from previous uses. Where prior meanings of security denoted employment and social security, and general public welfare, today, the military/prison/industrial complex has hijacked the term "security" to provoke fear and anxiety among the domestic population through specifically gendered means. Official public debates about fear and global security issues often use women as a screen for militarization, and a lever for militarized action on behalf of the military/prison/industrial complex. This special issue will look at the ways in which discourses of fear engendered by the security state dovetail with gendered ideologies of victimization. Following Cynthia Enloe's (2000) lead in her book Maneuvers, this special issue calls for a renewal of feminist theorizing and practice that directly challenges the militarization of insecurity and fear. We are interested in submissions that examine how discourses of fear and insecurity are gendered, and the ways in which feminists are responding to them. We are particularly interested in submissions that de-center September 11th and the way it stands in for "global insecurity" and fear. Contributors might consider the following topics: global trade and trafficking in women and weapons, the international deployment of private security forces, the booming U.S. prison industry and the burgeoning numbers of imprisoned women, the ways the category of "woman" is invoked by elites to justify military violence, how victim status is unequally distributed across categories of social difference, examples of policy-making that do or do not reproduce privileged categories of victimhood, the construction of nationhood through narratives of gendered victimization, specific feminist responses to security policy, and media representations of gendered fear and insecurity, among others. Please submit an abstract of no more than 150 words along with completed essays of no more than 30 pages in length (including notes and references). Submissions can be sent to: Dr. Carrie Rentschler and Dr. Carol Stabile Women's Studies Program, 2E30 WWPH University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Send two copies of the manuscript. Inquiries can be directed to Carol Stabile at cstabile+@pitt.edu. December 2003 Michigan Feminist Studies Seeking submissions for its 2004 issue: Within Hostile Borders This issue will consider how feminist work constructs a politics of location within and against global and local narratives that construct ideological, political or representational borders hostile to those living within. We welcome contributions from all disciplines. We also invite book and film reviews related to this topic as well as visual materials which may be considered for reproduction on the cover of this volume. Topics may include: - feminization / femininity / the 'feminine' on the borders - (trans)gendering borders - productive borders: imagining communities, creating and contesting identities - foreign nationals constructing a politics of location - law-making on / of the borders - borders and labor in the new world economy - warfare and the production of (gendered) borders - mobile territories and gendered maps - language of the border (linguistic or generic deconstructions) - mobility, traffic, contamination, and gender: how borders are shifted and redefined - sexual / economic exchanges across borders - labor, sexuality, and traffic of bodies across and between borders - borderlands, borderlines, and hybrid territories - historicizing borderlands: stories / histories from the edges - militarized subjects creating and crossing borders - (un)bounded geographies? : trade, travel, pilgrimage, warfare, colonization Michigan Feminist Studies is an annual publication edited by graduate students at the University of Michigan. MFS particularly encourages interdisciplinary submissions, and has published papers in many disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, literature, language & linguistics, science studies, history, philosophy, art history, film, political science, and education. Graduate students, independent scholars and activists are invited to apply. Manuscripts should be 4000-6000 words, and double-spaced. Please submit three single-sided copies, and include a 150-200 word abstract, brief biographical note, institutional and departmental affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Papers may be submitted in the accepted format of your academic discipline (e.g., MLA, APA). If your paper is selected, you will be asked to submit an electronic file. Mail submissions to: Michigan Feminist Studies 1122 Lane Hall 204 South State Street University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290 Submissions Deadline: February 20, 2004 Inquiries can be directed to: mfs.editors@umich.edu www.umich.edu/~mfsed November 2003 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards - For Graduate Students Due January 6, 2004 The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards make it possible for graduate students to attend the 2004 AAHE national Learning to Change Conference. Awards include travel, lodging, conference registration (up to $1,500) and a one-year AAHE membership. All award recipients are required to attend the conference. All graduate students planning a career in higher education are eligible, regardless of academic department. Applicants should demonstrate: (1) leadership ability or potential for exercising leadership in teaching and learning, with a strong commitment to academic and civic responsibility; or (2) leadership or potential leadership in the development of others as leaders, scholars, and citizens. A faculty member or administrator must nominate the student, with a supporting letter from a second faculty member or administrator. A statement from the student indicating how he or she meets the award criteria and curriculum vita must accompany the nomination. For more information on the awards, see http://www.aahe.org/learningtochange/2004/scripts/htmls/cross.htm This is the seventh year that K. Patricia Cross, a long-time higher education leader, administrator, author, researcher, and teacher, has sponsored these awards. Awardees will be announced in late January and recognized at the Learning to Change conference, which will be held April 1-4, 2004 in San Diego, California. For more information, contact Susan West Engelkemeyer at AAHE: Email: sengelkemeyer@aahe.org Phone: (202) 293-6440 ext. 781 Voices from the Margins: Female Exiles in 20th and 21st Century Europe Call for Papers In an effort to raise consciousness on marginalized women within 100 years of European history, we are seeking papers on female exiles in 20th and 21st Century Europe. The accepted papers will be published in a book co-edited by Maureen Tobin Stanley in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The volume will encompass the following variations on the topic: Immigration, Ethnic Diversity, Asylum, Transcience, Displacement, Migration Experiences, Persecution, War, Violence We encourage submissions from scholars in literature, film, cultural studies, history, the social sciences, and women's studies. Please submit a 500-word abstract (in duplicate) and selected bibliography by January 15, 2004. Following the selection process, manuscripts will be requested and reviewed. The manuscripts, written in English, are limited to 20 pages and will be due May 21, 2004. Contact: Maureen Tobin Stanley mtobinst@d.umn.edu Gesa Zinn g.zinn@d.umn.edu Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures University of Minnesota Duluth 10 University Drive Duluth, MN 55812 October 2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - University of California The University of California is pleased to announce the annual competition of the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for the academic year 2004-2005. The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers postdoctoral research fellowships to scholars committed to university careers in research, teaching, and service that will enhance the diversity of the academic community at the University of California. Fellowships are awarded for research conducted under faculty sponsorship on any one of the University of California nine campuses. The program offers postdoctoral fellowships to qualified persons who intend to pursue academic careers and is designed to enhance their prospects for appointments to faculty positions at the University of California. In addition to financial support, the fellowships include mentorship guidance in areas critical to success in an academic career, such as research and writing. Application forms are available for downloading from the web site at http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/applic-2004-2005.pdf. The deadline for submitting applications is November 15, 2003. Information can also be obtained at: The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program University of California - Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street, 11th Floor Oakland, CA 94607-5200 (510) 987-9503 GT Faculty Experts Guide GT maintains a "Georgia Tech Experts Guide" on-line at http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/experts-guide/index.php The Guide is made available to media who may want expert sources for articles in print or for broadcast - and if called, a faculty member may decide whether to be interviewed. Take a look at the Guide -- and if you are not listed in your area(s) of expertise, and would like to be listed, send your area, name, School, phone, and email address to: larry.bowie@icpa.gatech.edu. September 2003 The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego Visiting Research Fellowships Academic Year, 2004-2005 CCIS will offer a limited number of Visiting Research Fellowships at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels for the 2004-05 academic year.  These awards are to support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. CCIS fellowships must be held in residence at UCSD.  They cannot be used to support fieldwork or other primary data collection. Visiting Research Fellows will have the opportunity to present their research at CCIS research seminars and participate in writer's and academic professionalization workshops. Predoctoral applicants are expected to finish writing their dissertations during their fellowship.  Recent postdoctoral applicants can request support to turn a dissertation into a publishable manuscript or to prepare shorter publications based on the dissertation project.  More senior scholars can propose any major research or writing project.  The duration of the fellowship is usually for 10 months, although shorter stays will also be allowed.  No summer-only fellowships will be awarded.  For the current academic year, stipends are $2,250 per month for predoctoral fellows and $3,000 - $4,000 per month for recent postdoctoral fellows (Ph.D. received within the last 6 years) depending on seniority.  Stipends for more senior scholars are negotiable.  CCIS fellowships may be supplemented with compensation from other fellowships, research grants, sabbatical leaves, or other sources.  CCIS fellows may be requested to teach a one-quarter (10 week) course in a UCSD department. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the CCIS website at http://www.ccis-ucsd.org. All application materials must be submitted no later than January 15, 2004 for fellowships to be held during the 2004-05 academic year. Candidates will be evaluated by a committee of CCIS faculty research associates and academic staff members.  Final decisions will be made by early March. Scholars whose work deals with Mexican migration to the United States can apply jointly to CCIS and the Center for U.S. Mexican Studies (application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from their website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. Individuals with their own extramural funding may apply to become CCIS "Guest Scholars."  The application form is the same as for a Visiting Research Fellowship. If you have any questions about the Visiting Research Fellows Program, please contact Gaku Tsuda, Associate Director of CCIS. E-mail: ttsuda@ucsd.edu.   Tel. # (858) 822-0526. August 2003 Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy Call for Review Essays The editors of Transformations are seeking review essays (books, film, video, performance, art, music, etc.) for our spring 2004 issue. Review essays should examine resources for teaching a specific subject. The author should describe the various resources (books, film, video, performance, art, music) and offer a rationale for the usefulness and application of the resources. The review may focus on one medium (e.g., movies) or several (e.g., movies, websites, novels, and paintings). Send submissions (3,000 - 8,000 words) and inquiries to: Jacqueline Ellis and Edvige Giunta, Editors, transformations@njcu.edu. For submission guidelines contact the editors at transformations@njcu.edu. Transformations explores and promotes inclusive pedagogy and curriculum transformation.  Representing a variety of cross-disciplinary interests, both theoretical and practical, the journal is designed to create a dynamic exchange among diverse scholars.  A variety of approaches, everything from theoretical essays to short descriptions of pedagogical innovations, will assist teachers and scholars at all levels who are committed to integrating recent scholarship on gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other identity positions. Racial and Gender Equity Project Job Description: Re-affirming Action Research Project Director Reporting to the Co-Principal Investigators of the Reaffirming Action Research Project on racial and gender equity in higher education. Responsible for the implementation of the goals and objectives of the Ford Foundation-funded program to identify ground-breaking model programs and faculty leadership in these areas. Responsible for overall administration of the day-to-day operations of the program, including designing the research model, working with diverse constituencies, gathering and analyzing data, coordinating research reports, and organizing and conducting workshops. Full project description available on the Institute for Women's Leadership website: http://iwl.rutgers.edu. Requires a master's degree, PhD preferred, or 5 to 6 years equivalent experience in qualitative and quantitative research design in social sciences, humanities, higher education administration, public policy, women's studies, African studies, or Puerto Rican studies. Must have experience providing leadership in innovative projects, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to understand diversity issues and the process of institutional change. Knowledge of diversity issues and challenges in higher education is highly desirable as well as experience in writing and editing for publication. Salary Range: $45,745 - $62,835 plus comprehensive benefit package. Send Resumes to: Lisa Hetfield, Associate Director Institute for Women's Leadership 162 Ryders Lane New Brunswick, NJ 08901 June 2003 Gender and Teaching Here are interesting -and useful- links on Gender and Teaching: --on gender and teaching, including evaluation biases: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~twilliam/teaching/genderteaching.htm --a terrific bibliography on gender and student evaluations, compiled by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan: http://newmedia.colorado.edu/~socwomen/evalgender.htm Dissertation Writing Fellowships Centre for European Social Research University of Mannheim, Germany The Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the University of Mannheim, Germany, offers the opportunity for two sociologists or political scientists to write their dissertations in the context of a stimulating and challenging environment provided by an internationally oriented social science research institute specializing in research on Europe. The dissertation should fit within the framework of the ongoing research program of the MZES, though the specific topic is of course open to the candidates. Working languages at the Centre are German and English. The institute provides stipends to highly qualified and motivated doctoral candidates. The stipends cover costs of living for single persons at a student level in the Mannheim area. When granted, the stipend is for a span of two years. Successful candidates will be provided with space to work at MZES, and the extensive research resources of the institute stand at their disposal. Applications, including C.V., transcripts, list of publications (where relevant), and a sketch of the proposed work to be undertaken (no more than 5 pages long) should be submitted by July 11, 2003 to: Prof. Dr. Walter Muller Director, MZES University Mannheim D-68131 Mannheim Germany More complete information about MZES and its research areas may be found at: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de Post Doctoral Position in Qualitative Research Methods The Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Georgia, invites applications for a one-year post-doctoral teaching position to begin August, 2003. We are looking for candidates with an earned doctorate in an education-related field that included an emphasis in qualitative research methods and the completion of a qualitative dissertation. Strong knowledge of theoretical perspectives as applied to social science research is essential. Instructional responsibilities will include teaching six sections of doctoral level qualitative research courses (ERSH 7400 Qualitative Research Traditions and ERSH 8410 Qualitative Research Design) for the academic year. See website for details on program and courses <www.coe.uga.edu/edpsych/qualinquiry.html>. We encourage collaboration with the qualitative faculty on programmatic projects as interested. The faculty in the program will provide mentoring in teaching, research, and writing for publication. Submit letter of application, vita, a description of teaching and research interests, and at least three letters of reference.  Salary for academic year is $36,000.  Send packet to: Kathleen deMarrais, Department of Educational Psychology, 629 Aderhold Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7143, kathleen@coe.uga.edu.  All applications received by July 10, 2003 are assured full consideration. AAAS Travel Grants: Women in International Scientific Collaboration The American Association for the Advancement of Science International Office is pleased to announce the second round of competition in 2003 for Woman in International Scientific Collaboration (WISC) travel grants. The next deadline is July 15, 2003. Please find more information at http://www.aaas.org/international/wisc/ 2004 Conference of Europeanists Call for Papers "Europe and the World: Integration, Interdependence, Exceptionalism?" March 12-14, 2004 Chicago The Council for European Studies announces a call for papers for its 14th International Conference of Europeanists, to be held in Chicago, March 12-14, 2004. Since its first conference in 1979, the Council has brought together American and European scholars in the social sciences and humanities to foster scholarly exchange and collaboration. The Council strongly encourages interdisciplinary and trans-Atlantic panels that promote dialogue within the academy and policy communities, including Western and Eastern Europe. Participation by graduate students is welcome. Proposals from all fields of study are invited, and the program committee especially welcomes proposals on the following themes:     * Reckoning with the European Past: Empires, the Cold War and Human Rights     * Europeanization: Prospects, Opportunities, Challenges     * European Cities, European Regions     * New Party Politics: East and West, North and South     * Constitutions, Governance, and Citizenship     * Traveling, Trafficking, and Transnational Regulation     * Transformations in Work, Welfare, and Family: New Risks, New Politics The program committee will consider panel and individual paper submissions. Please note that the acceptance rate for submissions of complete panels (with three or four papers or roundtable participants, a chair and one or two discussants) has been higher than for individual papers in the past, and we strongly encourage scholars working on similar topics to propose panels. The Council also encourages those who would be interested in serving as discussants or panel chairs to submit their names and areas of expertise. Please note participants are limited to two presentations on the conference program and individual scheduling requests cannot be assured. A limited number of subsidies may be available for scholars travelling from Europe and for graduate students, pending funding. These subsidies consist of reimbursement for scholars traveling from Europe of three nights at the basic conference hotel room rate and two nights for graduate students. Questions can be addressed to John K. Glenn, Executive Director, at jkg14@columbia.edu or to the members of the program committee: John Stephens (political science, UNC-Chapel Hill, chair), James Cronin (history, Boston College), Adrian Favell (sociology, UCLA), Anna Grzymala Busse (political science, Yale), Barbara Hobson (sociology, University of Stockholm), Suzanne Marchand (history, Louisiana State University), Jane Schneider (anthropology, CUNY), Jonathan Zeitlin (sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison). The deadline for receipt of submissions is October 15, 2003. All submissions must be accompanied by the 2004 Conference cover sheet available on the Councils website, www.europanet.org, include eight copies of all materials, and be submitted by regular postal mail to: Program Committee 2004 Council for European Studies 420 West 118th Street, Mailcode 3310 New York, NY 10027 Email and fax submissions will not be accepted. All participants will be notified by December 1, 2003. May 2003 Year-Long Colloquium Imagining Nature: Technologies of the Literal and the Scientific Revolution A year-long colloquium directed by James J. Bono, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Description: Conventionally, the emergence of modernity and the rise of modern science in the seventeenth century have been underwritten by the turn from the symbolic to the literal. Whether favoring a simple, unadorned descriptive language or insisting upon the concrete visual representation of natural phenomena, the "sciences" and medicine sought to reproduce and exhaustively catalogue the literal in nature as a foundation for the production of knowledge. This colloquium will interrogate the status of the literal through a careful historical examination of all kinds of technologies that were adopted-or adapted-to produce the literal as an object of knowledge and cultural authority. Among the technologies that we may explore are: reading (books and the Book of Nature); visual technologies and the function of images; mapping, diagramming, and modeling; the production of tables, lists, and other methods of storing, organizing, and retrieving (literal) information; mathematical representation; laboratory practices; instruments as technologies for accessing, documenting, and producing specific and precise realms of the literal; the use of museums, cabinets of curiosities, and natural history to construct "objects" as literal constituents of a natural world; classification techniques; and botanical gardens. Projects from a wide range of disciplines are welcome, including those in the fields of history, philosophy, history of science, literature, art history, and cultural studies. Discussions will be organized around the work-in-progress of participants, which will be circulated prior to each meeting along with selected additional readings. Director: James J. Bono is Associate Professor in the Departments of History and of Medicine at the University at Buffalo,The State University of New York. He is an editor of the journal Configurations and is the author of, among other works, The Word of God and the Languages of Man: Interpreting Nature in Early Modern Science and Medicine, Vol. 1, Ficino to Descartes (1995); volume 2 is in progress. Schedule: One Friday each month, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.: 19 September; 17 October; 14 November; 12 December 2003; 30 January; 27 February; 26 March; 23 April 2004. Application Deadline: 2 June 2003 for admission and grants-in-aid (only Folger Institute affiliates are eligible for grants-in-aid); 2 September 2003 for admission only. Further Information: Please contact institute@folger.edu with any questions. Visit www.folger.edu/institute for application forms and guidelines. Berkeley Center for Working Families(1998-2002) View the Archival Web site and Collection of Full-text Working Papers The web site includes: > A list of all researchers (faculty, visiting scholars, post-docs, graduate students) affiliated with the Center during its years of operation; publications (books and special journal issues published or underway; journal articles, book chapters; and outreach activities) > A summary of the Center's contributions to knowledge, focused on three themes: theories of and research on care; research on the social organization of time; cross-disciplinary research on childhoods. >Full-text Working and Occasional Papers. Approximately 60 full-text papers are available in PDF format for viewing and downloading. To access the Berkeley Web site: 1) Go directly to the Berkeley Web site at its new URL: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/wfnetwork/berkeley/index.html 2) Go to Network web site: http://www.bc.edu/wfnetwork Click on "Work and Family Links" Look under "Alfred P. Sloan Working Families Centers" Click on Berkeley Center >Full-text Working and Occasional Papers. Approximately 60 full-text papers are available in PDF format for viewing and downloading. The Berkeley Collection of Working Papers The full-text working and occasional papers may also be accessed in the Sloan Network's "Library of Reports, Papers, and Presentations." The collection is indexed alphabetically by author for easy access, or you may scroll through the list. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/wfnetwork/loppr/index.html March 2003 The Hunter College Gender Equity Project is actively seeking a post-doctoral fellow. Please see downloadable Word document: GEP_postdoc_Mar_031.doc Center for Women Policy Studies positions test Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities edited by Lilli S. Hornig The Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003. Sponsored by grants from the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Albert Gordon Foundation The focus is on women faculty in research universities, seeking to identify and disseminate innovative approaches to increasing faculty positions and opportunities for women. Faculty positions in these institutions are essential to establishing productive scholarly careers, especially so in the natural sciences, but also in the social sciences and humanities. CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS Introduction: L.S. Hornig. Part I 1. Dreaming and Scheming: Moving Towards Our University; C.R. Stimpson. 2. The Current Status of Women in Research Universities; L.S. Hornig. 3. A National Profile of Academic Women in Research Universities; H.S. Astin, C.M. Cress. Part II 4. Gender, Faculty, and Doctoral Education in Science and Engineering; M.F. Fox. 5. You've Come a Long Way: Data on Women Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in Research Universities; C.V. Kuh. 6. The Presence and Participation of Women in Academic Science and Engineering: 1973-1995; J.S. Long. 7. Explaining Sex Differences in Publication Productivity among Postsecondary Faculty; K.A. Shauman, Y.Xie. Part III 8. Women in the Academy: Confronting Barriers to Equality; C. Hollenshead. 9. Organizational Change to Support Success of Women: A Model and Its Lessons; L.P. Fried, et al. Part IV 10. Primatology, Archaeology, and Human Origins: Feminist Interventions; L. Schiebinger. 11. Transforming Knowledges: Anthropology's Encounters with Feminism(s); P. Chatterjee. Part V. 12. Women's Uneven Progress in Academia: Problems and Solutions; M.A. Ferber. 13. Work/Family/Life Issues and Programs in Higher Education What's New; K.Sullivan. Old Issues, New Solutions: Family and Work; Response to Kathleen Sullivan; R. Simpson. Conclusions. 14. Conclusions; L.S.Hornig, B. Lazarus. Bibliography. Index. Paperback ISBN: 0-306-47351-8 Pages: 394 pp. / USD 42.50 /