UMBC Postdoc for Faculty Diversity: Positions open for July 2015. Deadline Nov. 14, 2014

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The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is proud to announce a new round of the now biennial UMBC Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity. This postdoctoral program is a two-year in-residence fellowship that supports promising scholars committed to diversity in the academy and prepares them for possible tenure-track appointments at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). During the two-year appointment, UMBC provides teaching and research mentors and professional development opportunities across campus. Fellows also receive a stipend, health benefits, and additional funding for conference travel and the preparation of scholarly work, as well as office space with a computer, library, and other privileges at the university. The application period closes on November 14, 2014, and UMBC will appoint recent recipients of the Ph.D as Postdoctoral Fellows for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2015.

To download the flyer, click the image above, or click here.

UMBC’s Postdocs for Faculty Diversity will participate in activities of the PROMISE AGEP, which will facilitate connections to scholars at events at a variety of institutions within the University System of Maryland.

For more details and application Instructions, visit, http://apply.interfolio.com/25252

For additional information, please use the subject “UMBC Postdoc Inquiry, per PROMISE website” and contact:

Dr. Autumn Reed, Program Coordinator for Faculty Diversity

Office of the Provost

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD 21250

410-455-1099, autumn2@umbc.edu

Dr. Reed and faculty from UMBC will be available in -person to meet anyone interested in these postdoc positions, and in other faculty positions at UMBC during the 2014 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Institute for Teaching and Mentoring/ Doctoral Scholars Program conference in Atlanta, GA. The 21st Institute on TEACHING AND MENTORING will be held, October 30 – November 2 , 2014, Omni CNN Center, Atlanta, GA. Members of the PROMISE AGEP will also be present at this conference. Come and see us!