Department of American Studies Assistant Professor in Public Humanities
Research Talks - Spring 2019
All job talks: Fine Arts 559
All lunches: Skylight Lounge in the Commons
Wednesday, January 30
12 - 1PM Sarah Fouts, Job Talk: A TALE OF TWO TELAS: FOOD, DISPLACEMENT, AND PLACE-BASED ACTIVISM IN NEW ORLEANS AND HONDURAS
1:15-2:15PM: Lunch in the Skylight Lounge
Monday, February 4
11:30am – 12:30pm Vince Schleitwiler, Job Talk: THE NON-ALIEN’S LAMENT: VIOLENCE AND THE ELSEWHERES OF AFRO-ASIAN RADICAL IMAGINATION
12:45PM-1:30PM: Lunch at Skylight Lounge
Monday, February 11
11:30am - 12:30pm: William Gow, Job Talk: WORKING THE GOOD EARTH: CHINESE AMERICAN EXTRAS IN HOLLYWOOD DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
12:40PM-1:20PM: Lunch at Skylight Lounge
Wednesday, February 13
11:30am - 12:30pm: Kevin Winstead, Job talk: EMANCIPATORY HOPE: RECLAIMING BLACK SOCIAL MOVEMENT CONTINUITY
12:45PM-1:30PM: Lunch at Skylight
Friday, February 22
11:30am – 12:30pm Mike Casiano, Job talk: THE CARCERAL CITY: CRIME, PROPERTY, AND MUNICIPAL POWER IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY BALTIMORE
12:45-1:30pm Lunch at Skylight Lounge
The School of Public Policy and Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) are hosting a one-day Public Policy Camp at UMBC on March 12, 2019.
The purpose of the program is to introduce the field of public policy to a group of students who might not otherwise be familiar with it. APPAM is looking to increase knowledge, particularly among people who are members of groups that are underrepresented in public policy work.
This is a great opportunity to identify local students from diverse backgrounds who could pursue future education and career in a public-policy-related field.
The one-day program will consist of networking opportunities, group table activities, policy simulations, and panel sessions. Dr. Hrabowski and Dean Casper will be opening the event with remarks. There will also be discussions with the students about what public policy is, what the core competencies are in a graduate program of public policy or public affairs.
Students will also be able to hear from and speak with people who have MPP, MPA and PhD degrees and see what they do for a living, what a typical day is like for them and how their career paths have lead them to their current positions.
Registration for the event is FREE.
UMBC Students can register for the event through this link: https://goo.gl/forms/X38b0DEBAN9AdZbR2.
]]>Named after Dr. Jodi Crandall, LLC’s founder and professor emerita, this fellowship provides current LLC doctoral students with the means to conduct collaborative interdisciplinary research. This research might be related to dissertation research, but should not be their actual dissertation research.
Awards have been made annually in the spring since 2015. Information about previous award winners’ research topics can be found at https://llc.umbc.edu/student-initiatives/jodi-crandall-fellowship/
All applicants must submit:
· a one-page proposal which includes a description of the specific project, its relevance to LLC, and its relevance (if any) to dissertation research
· who will be collaborating with the applicant (must be someone formally connected to LLC) — fellow LLC students, alumni, faculty, or affiliate faculty. Potential collaborators can be found at https://llc.umbc.edu/people/
· a detailed budget
More than one award may be made per year, but no award will be greater than $1,500.
Please send your submission or application questions to
Liz Steenrod at esteenrod@umbc.edu.
Application deadline: February 28th
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In a time of profound civic challenges, can higher education be a catalyst for a democratic awakening? Harry Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy, Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Augsburg University, will share evidence that it can be, including pioneering initiatives at UMBC and other institutions that are demonstrating the viability of a politics of public work that bridges divides and develops civic agency. Boyte also will discuss his new book Awakening Democracy Through Public Work: Pedagogies of Empowerment.
Reception and book signing to follow.
This event takes place on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 4 – 5:30 pm on the 7th Floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library.
For further information or to sign up: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/csss/events/66028
]]>This international conference aims to map out current approaches to interculturality in teacher education and training around the world. The organisers are especially interested in critical perspectives. For example, in relation to culture, Ogay & Edelmann (2016) call for ‘taking culture seriously’ – without throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Abdallah-Pretceille (2003) has coined the concept of culturality to indicate the need to work from an understanding of culture that is changeable and contextually-situated (see also Dervin, 2016). Some perspectives have tried to do away with culturalism (culture as an explanation for all) and attempted to limit essentialism. There also seems to be a shared awareness of the danger of reinforcing ethnocentrism (believing that one’s group/culture is better than others) and “racism without race”.
Abstracts should be submitted by email to: intet@kau.se
For more information, please visit the website below.
Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. If you are working on a particular project and would like additional assistance in finding funding opportunities, please email: socialscience@umbc.edu.
Program: Fellowships and Internships
Agency: American Philosophical Society
Next Deadline: February 1, 2019
The American Philosophical Society invites applications for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research fellowships from scholars at all stages of their careers, especially Native American scholars in training, tribal college and university faculty members, and other scholars working closely with Native communities on projects in Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields and disciplines. These funding opportunities are supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI). Fellows will be associated with the APS’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), which promotes greater collaboration among scholars, archives, and Indigenous communities.
Seefor details: https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/
Email: libfellows@amphilsoc.org
Program: Fellowship for Recent PhDs (Postdoc)
Agency: Mellon
Next Deadline: February 8, 2019
The Department of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College invite applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences Appointment to this position will be for a term of two years, beginning Fall 2019 and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor. The fellow will be housed in the Department of Anthropology. The position is suported by an endowment grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The incumbent will teach courses in the general area of anthropology (cultural and/or linguistic), environment, and East Asia. The fellow will be expected to teach a 1-1 course load per year, including courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced level, and to participate in programming through Oberlin College’s implementation grant through the Henry Luce Foundation’s Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (http://languages.oberlin.edu/blogs/liase/).
Seefor details: http://careercenter.americananthro.org/jobs/11860367/mellon-postdoctoral-fellow-in-anthropology-and-environmental-east-asian-studies
Email: erhoffman@oberlin.edu
Contact: Erika Hoffman-Dilloway, Chair of Anthropology, Oberlin College
Program: Research Fellowship
Agency: Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHASS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research in CAHSS, resulting in a submittable product by December 2019. Applications are welcome from any tenured or tenure-track faculty doing social science research in any CAHSS department. Fellows will receive a $6,000 stipend during the summer of 2019. By December 2019, each Fellow is expected to complete an external grant or fellowship proposal OR an article, policy paper, book, or book chapter. Fellows who are preparing an external grant or fellowship proposal agree to work with MIPAR for pre-award and post-grant management assistance.
Seefor details: https://socialscience.umbc.edu/summer-faculty-research-fellowship/
Email: mallinson@umbc.edu
Contact: Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Social Science Scholarship
Program: Research Grant
Agency: Vice President of Research, UMBC
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
The Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) provides funding for UMBC faculty to advance their scholarly and research endeavors, to compete more effectively for external support, and to pursue new areas of inquiry. Maximum START award is $25,000. Approximately 10 proposals will be awarded. Proposals selected for an award will be funded for the full amount proposed. Faculty may include a variety of costs in their proposed budget including costs associated with buying-out teaching time and travel expenses. See the following START Proposal Instructions & Guidelines for more information on allowable costs. Proposals with costs for buying-out teaching time must be approved by the applicant’s department chair/center director.
Seefor details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvj_e8v3K5wIk8AuEKQ_kVuUan2IB5w0qSBJU5GA0kxOvX7w/viewform
Email: donengel@umbc.edu
Contact: Don Engel, Assistant Vice President for Research
Program: Research Grant
Agency: Vice President of Research, UMBC
Next Deadline: February 22, 2019
The Summer Research Faculty Fellowship (SURFF) program supports non-tenured, tenure-track UMBC faculty pursuing research and scholarly projects during the summer, including projects in all departments. Fellowships may not be used to complete research leading to the Ph.D. or another terminal degree and are intended primarily as salary support.
Seefor details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepKI-Tviyhh_98XV9ujlEyn6GlDDZiQCzlgm3Edyo78gjFAw/viewform
Email: donengel@umbc.edu
Contact: Don Engel, Assistant Vice President for Research
Program: Research Fellowship
Agency: Institute for Humane Studies
Next Deadline: March 1, 2019
The Institute for Humane Studies is offering to fund four semester-long sabbaticals for the study, research, and teaching of classical liberal ideas.
Areas of interest include free/open markets, individual rights, private property, peace, prosperity, self-determination/autonomy, decentralization, limited government, privacy, free speech, the cultural drivers and consequences of classical liberal ideas, and related themes.
IHS traditionally works with academics in the fields of economics, political science, philosophy, history, and law. Scholars in other disciplines are welcome to apply. The awards (of $42,000 each) will be offered in the 2018-2020 academic years and sabbaticals must be taken during the prescribed time periods.
Awards are not limited to tenured faculty. Faculty at any stage of their career may apply.
Email: questions@ihs.org
Contact: Leigh McAfee, Director of Donor Relations
Program: Research Grant
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: March 6, 2019
The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), one of the Big Ideas, is one mechanism by which NSF is responding to the challenges and opportunities for the future of jobs and work. The overarching vision is to support convergent research to understand and develop the human-technology partnership, design new technologies to augment human performance, illuminate the emerging socio-technological landscape, understand the risks and benefits of new technologies, understand and influence the impact of artificial intelligence on workers and work, and foster lifelong and pervasive learning.
Seefor details: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19541/nsf19541.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Email: saugust@nsf.gov
Contact: Stephanie E. August, Program Director
Program: Fellowship for Recent PhDs
Agency: Mellon/ACLS
Next Deadline: March 13, 2019
ACLS invites applications for the ninth competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 21 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year term staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Fellows receive a stipend of $68,000 per year and have access to individual health insurance, a relocation allowance, and up to $3,000 to be used toward professional development activities over the course of the fellowship term.
Seefor details: https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/
Email: publicfellows@acls.org
Contact: Matthew Goldfeder, Director of Fellowship Programs
Program: Research Grant
Agency: CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund
Next Deadline: April 8, 2019
The CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund (CDRF) provides a biannual competitive funding opportunity for up to $5,000 to support the research endeavors of CAHSS tenured and tenure-track faculty and lecturers. Funds will support developing or established scholarly and creative projects. Faculty on visiting or short-term appointments are not eligible to apply. Awarded funds will be available through the end of the following fiscal year. Items that are eligible for CDRF funding include: travel, equipment, supplies, books, research participant costs, UMBC undergraduate or graduate student support, and other items necessary for research endeavors. No faculty salary support or course releases may be funded through this initiative.
Seefor details: https://cahss.umbc.edu/cahss-deans-research-fund/
Email: dhart@umbc.edu
Contact: Donna Hart, Business Services Manager
Program: Fellowship
Agency: The Data Incubator
Next Deadline: April 1, 2019
The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization. We run a free advanced 8-week fellowship (think data science bootcamp) for PhDs looking to enter industry. A variety of innovative companies partner with The Data Incubator for their hiring and training needs, including LinkedIn, Genentech, Capital One, Pfizer, and many others. The program is free for admitted Fellows.
Fellows have the option to participate in the program either in person in New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Washington DC, or online.
Seefor details: https://www.thedataincubator.com/fellowship.html
Contact Form: https://www.thedataincubator.com/contact-us.html
***Humanities Scholars please contact Rachel Brubaker (rbruba1@umbc.edu) for additional funding opportunities.***