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Current Update.PPOL Update March 24, 2008PPOL Students and Faculty, Here is the latest PPOL Update for your edification. In this Update: 3--American Political Culture Presentation 7--Internship (full description available on request) 8--Graduate Assistantships available
Just a quick reminder that summer and fall registration for classes begins next week. I strongly recommend you touch base with your faculty advisor and/or me to make sure you are taking the coursework that will be most useful to your timely completion of the program and that takes maximum advantage of your time with us. Also, if you have not already emailed me your summer plans then please do so. I need to know if you are planning on taking any summer courses and whether you are planning on being here during the summer.
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research(ICPSR) is pleased to announce the 2008 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. As many readers already know, the main component of the Summer Program is held on the campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics in research design, quantitative reasoning, statistical methods, and data processing are presented in two four-week sessions. The first session runs from June 23, 2008 until July 18, 2008. The second session runs from July 21, 2008 until August 15, 2008. The contents of the two sessions are largely independent of each other, although some second-session workshops do assume that participants are familiar with material from first-session courses. The 2008 ICPSR Summer Program will also offer a number of three- to five-day workshops on both statistical and substantive topics throughout the summer. These shorter workshops are held in a variety of locations: Amherst, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Bloomington, IN; Chapel Hill, NC; and New Haven, CT. We are currently accepting applications for all of our courses. The application form, registration instructions, fee structure, and further information about the ICPSR Summer Program are all available on our web site: http://icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/ Please feel free to e-mail us with any further questions at:
3--American Political Culture Presentation UNC Charlotte Department of History, the Center for the Study of the New South, and the Women’s Studies Program presents a lecture by
Professor Marjorie Spruill "Women's Rights, Family Values, and the Polarization of American Political Culture" Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:00 p.m. Fretwell 121
On Friday March 28th, the Department of Economics will have Greg Burge from the University of Oklahoma speaking. Greg's research areas are urban and public economics. Greg will present the paper, Development Impact Fees and Unemployment, which is available here: The seminar will be in the Friday Building, room 6, and will run from 2pm-3:30pm. PPOL students are encouraged to attend.
Dr. Gregory Mixon (HIST) is involved with two upcoming presentations to which PPOL students are invited. First, on April 5, 2008 he will be presenting a paper entitled: “Atlanta and Wilmington: Two Urban Riots—A Comparative Analysis,” at the “Rupture, Repression and Turmoil” Conference on racial violence at the University of Illinois. Second, on April 17, 2008 the annual Africa and its Diaspora Conference sponsored by the Africana Studies Department will focus on the theme: “Freedom and the African Diaspora Experience: Comparative Perspectives on the Diaspora.” Policy Students may be particularly interested in the 6:30-8pm panel at the Charlotte Museum of History with Civil Rights attorneys James Ferguson and Ken Broun who will be speaking on their experiences in the United States and South Africa dealing with segregation and apartheid. There will also be affiliated faculty presentations in the morning in Atkins Library and a key note address by Dr. Kim Butler, former Africana Studies Department Head at Rutgers University who will speak on “The Metadiaspora Concept and Minidiaspora Realities” also in Atkins Library. The afternoon session will be lead by local storytellers: Ms. Elisha “Mother” Minter, Ms. Kali Ferguson, Ms. Sparkle Mosely with Mr. Jeff Pruett, Gaston County Museum moderating. Their focus will be on folklore in the Diaspora and Charlotte. The conference is free and open to the public at each venue: Atkins Library UNCC 9-3:30 and the Charlotte Museum of History 6:30-8pm. The Center for the New South is co-sponsoring the evening event.
On Monday, March 17th, PPOL student Huili Hao successfully defended her dissertation proposal. Her research marries the environmental the urban track and her dissertation is tentatively entitled “The Impacts of Brownfields on Property Values and Private Property Investment in Charlotte, NC.” She is planning on defending the full dissertation this summer, brining to three the number of dissertations to be defended this summer. Congrats to Huili on reaching this milestone! 7--Internship (full description available on request) Agenda for the New Millennium Summer Internship in Berlin Conatix LLC seeks highly motivated, advanced students of policy, business, social science or related fields interested in the relationship between knowledge and policymaking for one paid and one unpaid internship in its Berlin office during summer 2008. The interns will contribute to the Agenda for the New Millennium meetings planned for January 2009 in Abu Dhabi. The Agenda The Agenda for the New Millennium will convene a ‘brain summit’ of thinkers, experts and think tanks at the beginning of the millennium to develop an informed and holistic assessment of the major risks and problems facing humanity and of the most compelling actual and possible common projects. Through structured collaboration, the Agenda will seek to aggregate the best thinking in the world and to compensate for knowledge failures arising from specialization, issue fragmentation, and competition for attention among interest-focused public, private and civil society actors. The Agenda seeks to advance public debate without creating a new institution. The Agenda meetings will address several big questions in a brief period: • What are the main challenges and opportunities (economic, political, social, environmental and other) facing humanity now? • What criteria can representatives of different areas of expertise agree upon for determining which challenges and opportunities ought most urgently to be addressed? • What are the time horizons of the agenda items identified? • What are the links between agenda items—challenges or opportunities that are complementary or that conflict—that may not come to light in single-issue analyses? The Agenda meetings will seek to produce an actual proposed ‘agenda’ for humanity (or a menu of agendas should no agreement be possible) to inform and advance a wide-angle view in public and policy debate. The goal is not to produce a single model of the world or its future, but rather to synthesize the most urgent and compelling insights from multiple models and perspectives into an agenda for discussion, decision and action. The Agenda process will begin with white paper inputs on global challenges and opportunities and reasons for long- or short-listing these. Agenda participants will deliberate to develop criteria for including and grouping agenda items. These individual inputs and joint deliberations will feed a summary (or several alternative summaries) of risks, issues, problems, challenges, opportunities and links among them: the Agenda. Where areas of disagreement exist, they will be analyzed in the Agenda report. The Internship Interns will work as full members of the planning team for the Agenda meetings, collaborating closely with colleagues in Berlin and elsewhere in the world. Duties will include assisting with inviting distinguished participants, coordinating the involvement of event sponsors, and researching and writing white papers as inputs to the meetings. The internships will be of 10 weeks duration, full time during the period June to September 2008. Some flexibility in start and end dates is possible. The internship will be located at the Conatix Berlin office, on the Waldsee and near the Schlachtensee, and convenient to all local public transportation. Requirements You will bring strong research, writing, and cross-cultural communication skills; facility with analysis of quantitative data; ability to balance multiple tasks and to organize one’s own work independently; dedication to supporting the work of colleagues as part of a diverse team both onsite in Berlin and (remotely) in other regions; experience with high-level research in one or more policy-related fields; a recent advanced university degree in a policy-related field or proof of current enrollment in a relevant degree program; and an interest in the relationship between knowledge and policymaking. You will contribute your best thinking and your best efforts. We offer a summer work and team experience that is intensive, world-class, and unique. Application
Please submit a cover letter describing prior work, education and research experience, and the relevance of these to the goals of the Agenda; c.v.; and two references to:
David Lehrer Conatix LLC Goethestr. 26A D-14163 Berlin GERMANY Email (preferred): internship@agendamillennium.com or via fax to Conatix LLC, attention: Agenda internship, +1 703 996 0881
No telephone inquiries please.
Applications will be accepted until Friday 25 April 2008.
8--Graduate Assistantships available The Department of Housing and Residence Life has announced the opening of three Graduate Assistant positions for the 2008-2009 academic year. The deadline for priority consideration is April 1, 2008, although they will continue to accept applications until all positions are filled. The timeline and additional information is available at their website: www.housing.uncc.edu/employment/ga/. They are looking for candidates who are interested in providing a lot of energy and who have a proven record of successful administrative, supervisory, and leadership experience. Previous experience working for a housing department is highly preferred. Graduate Assistants receive $9,000 over the course of a 10-month contract (July 14, 2008-May 15, 2009). In addition, our Graduate Assistants receive a furnished, on-campus apartment that includes utilities, cable, a high-speed internet connection, local phone service, and a partial meal plan. For further information, feel free to contact the search coordinator, Sarah Rossini, at 704-687-3840 or srossini@uncc.edu. THE FOUNDATION CENTER The Foundation Center, founded in 1956, is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Our organization's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. Our vision is a world enriched by the effective allocation of philanthropic resources, informed public discourse about philanthropy, and broad understanding of the contributions of nonprofit activity to civil society.
Our research department analyzes and interprets the wealth of data we collect on foundations and their giving to fulfill our core mission of advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. Stakeholders in the field and the boarder public rely on our research to learn about current trends and gain insights into patterns of foundation activity over time.
Our primary research publication is our annual Foundation Today Series, comprised of three reports: Foundation Giving Trends, Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates, and Foundation Yearbook.
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR DIVERSITY AND FIELD-BUILDING STUDIES
Reports to: Senior Vice President for Research
Supervises: Research Associate(s)
Job Summary: Responsible for directing national and regional research projects on foundation inclusiveness and diversity and other field-wide issues, in collaboration with other staff and partner organizations. Oversees planning and scheduling, data production, data analysis and writing, report preparation, and dissemination of research to various audiences. Organizes and reports on biannual/annual research committee meetings and forums.
For more information on positions available at the Foundation Center please visit our website: http://foundationcenter.org/about/jobs/ The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Job
Posting: Research Analyst / Survey Methodologist - Washington, DC
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Job Posting: Research Assistant - Washington, DC Overview: AIR's Federal Statistics Program collects and analyzes statistical data about public education in the United States and around the world. The information provided by our experts contributes to the development of high-quality statistics about education that inform discussion and debate at the decision-making levels of national, state and local governments. We are currently seeking a Research Associate to join our team. Responsibilities: The candidate for this work will support current and future project efforts of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and collected by the Census Bureau. SASS is the nation's most extensive sample survey of elementary and secondary schools and the teachers and administrators who staff them. TFS is a follow-up survey of a sub sample of teachers who participated in the previous year's SASS. Work will include quality reviews of data files and documentation, statistical programming and creation of data tables, answering ad-hoc data requests, writing of data reports, and other work requested by the client to support project efforts. Candidates for this position will provide full-time support (40 hours per week) to SASS and TFS tasks. The primary purpose of this project is to assist NCES with all aspects of survey operations, quality improvement, and data analysis for the two surveys. Qualifications: Qualified candidates must posses a Bachelor's degree in fields such as education, sociology, psychology, criminology, or other related fields. Other desired qualifications include programming experience with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS or STATA, knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access; knowledge about the field of education; ability to work autonomously as well as with others as part of a team; ability to work on multiple tasks and flexibility to adjust to changing tasks, excellent oral and written communication skills; previous experience with large scale sample surveys preferable; willingness to learn and apply Institute of Education Sciences statistical and publication standards; and a commitment to high-quality work. AIR offers a comprehensive Total Compensation package. We provide our employees with competitive base salaries, a generous benefit package and a workplace that promotes growth, development and creativity. Interested parties should contact Pia Peltola at ppeltola@air.org. Public Opinion Researcher
Description of Position
The Opportunity Agenda seeks a rigorous, entrepreneurial Public Opinion Researcher to manage the organization's public opinion research and media analysis; provide strategic input on research, communications and advocacy projects; and assist with program development and fundraising. The successful candidate will possess strong quantitative research, writing and oral presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Working under the direction of the Research Director and Communications Coordinator, the Public Opinion Researcher will manage the organization's public opinion research and media analysis, including:
* Working with advocate partners and The Opportunity Agenda staff to determine public opinion and media analysis needs; * Conducting media content analyses, identifying coverage trends, and proposing recommendations; * Identifying and analyzing relevant existing public opinion research; * Determining and specifying details of public opinion research projects, including sources of information, procedures to be used, and the design of survey instruments and materials; * Designing, planning, implementing, and interpreting original public opinion research; * Planning, implementing and evaluating original opinion research, collaborating or coordinating with other researchers, including consultants, when appropriate; * Conducting and/or supervising quantitative analyses of opinion research; * Preparing and presenting summaries and analyses of survey data and focus group results, including tables, graphs, and fact sheets that describe techniques and results; and * Preparing and delivering presentations for advocates, funders, and other audiences on survey, focus group and analysis findings.
Qualifications:
* Doctoral or other terminal degree in political science, public health, or a social science field preferred, or equivalent experience and skill set; * Five years experience working in a social justice or policy research environment, with some exposure to the nonprofit sector (educational background may substitute for work experience); * Commitment to social justice and strong working knowledge of social justice issues and organizations; * Knowledge of strategic communications planning and implementation. * Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a wide and diverse population; * Experience conducting public opinion research (preferred); * Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and database programs; and * Multilingual skills highly valued.
About The Opportunity Agenda:
The Opportunity Agenda works with social justice leaders to build public support for greater opportunity in America. With a growing community of partners that spans diverse issues and constituencies-human rights, racial equality, immigration, health care, labor rights, education, criminal justice, and others-we work to move hearts and minds as well as public policy and political discourse. Over time, our activities will achieve: (1) measurably better media coverage that shifts the public debate; (2) visibly improved public support for social justice values and policies; and (3) greater capacity within social justice organizations and movements to communicate our shared values and vision for America.
For more information about the activities of The Opportunity Agenda, please see www.opportunityagenda.org. The Opportunity Agenda, a project of the Tides Center, is an equal opportunity employer. We value a work place that is diverse in terms of gender, race, class, geographic origin, sexual orientation, and other differences that enrich our society.
Title, Salary, and Benefits: Title and salary will be determined based on experience and skills. Medical and dental insurance provided as well as short-term disability, flexible spending, and 403(b) accounts.
Generous vacation package.
Location: New York, NY or Washington, DC
Application Instructions: Applicants should send a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample to tstephens@opportunityagenda.org.
Kate Stewart Partner Belden Russonello & Stewart 1320 19th Street, Suite 700 WDC 20036 (w) 202-822-6090 (c) 301-257-0098 (h) 301-270-8090
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Assistant Professor Political Science Research Methodology
The department of political science invites applications for a tenure-track position in political methodology to begin fall 2008. We are interested in candidates with a strong commitment to research and teaching in statistical and quantitative methods and their application to substantive political science problems; who contribute to the literature on political methodology by appropriately using, developing and extending new statistical techniques; and who have the potential to publish in high quality and high visibility venues.
Primary teaching responsibilities include advanced graduate courses in quantitative methodology, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in the applicant’s substantive sub-field of interest. Moreover, the individual selected will have an opportunity to participate in the Department’s new undergraduate research initiative program. In addition to a strong scholar and teacher, we are interested in candidates who can serve as a resource to enhance the research activities of the department’s faculty.
The Department offers B.A., M.A., M.P.A., and Ph.D. degrees. We seek a person strongly committed to both teaching and research. Completion or near-completion of the Ph.D. is expected. Salary is competitive with salaries at other research universities. The teaching load is four courses per academic year.
Candidates should submit a curriculum vita and supporting materials (including a writing sample and a sample syllabus, if available), and have three or more letters of recommendation sent to: Professor Marcus E. Ethridge, Chair; Department of Political Science; P.O. Box 413; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413. All letters of application must be postmarked by April 1, 2008. The names of those applicants who have not requested that their identities be withheld, and the names of all finalists, will be released upon request.
For the UWM Campus Security Report, see http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/CleryAct/CleryAct.html, or call the Office of the Student Life, Mellencamp Hall 118 at (414) 229-4632 for a paper copy.
UW-Milwaukee is an AA/EEO employer that especially encourages applications from women and minorities.
Thomas M. Holbrook Wilder Crane Professor of Government Department of Political Science UW-Milwaukee 3210 N. Maryland Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211 414-229-6468
Dr. David Swindell,
Assoc. Professor & Director PPOL Updates Archive for the previous years.
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