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Current Update.PPOL Update June 9, 2006:PPOL Students: Here’s the latest PPOL Update. In this issue: 3—Family Empowerment Conference
There have been a lot of moves lately. The good news in case you missed it is that PPOL is remaining headquartered over in Colvard. I have moved my office there permanently and will no longer be in the Fretwell office if you need me. My phone number has also changed (see below). Several students have moved to other offices and others will be moving in over the summer. We will have an updated set of office assignments the week before classes start in August. If you need office space during the summer for class work, let me know. The budgets for next year are still being banged out, waiting on the state legislature to let us know how much the university will get and then seeing how each college and department carves up what rolls downhill. I will keep you all posted. I did request additional travel money this year in order to keep up at $500 per student as we grown the enrollments further, but do not “bank” on that yet. More troubling was the lack of any increase in Graduate Assistantship funding this next year even though we have continued to grow with another full incoming class slated to join us in August. As a result, PPOL will no longer be in a position to provide “hard money” for summer support for Graduate Assistantships. This is important for those students on hard money this year who will need to make sure they identify alternative funding for next summer (2007) if they will be here studying or researching. The #1 option would be to work with faculty on funded research. And this is how most Ph.D. programs operate. I will be including such funding opportunities in my Updates throughout the year from now on. But the primary responsibility for funding summer funding is on the student. Let me know if you have any questions about this. 3—Family Empowerment Conference PPOL student Stephanie Potochnick notified me of this conference opportunity. Proposals are due July 30. If you would like to apply, let me know. I can forward you the application form: Proposals due: July 30, 2006 Notifications of acceptance: August 15, 2006 Agenda published: September 1, 2006
We
continue to be on a streak lately. First, I accidentally neglected to
include the announcement of Nick Swart’s paper presentation at the Urban
Affairs Association in Second, on June 1st, Stephen Stemkowski did his orals and passed. He’s now our 7th ABD student in the program. Finally, on June 8th, Bill Kennedy did his orals and also passed. He’s number 8. Both Bill and Stephen are expecting to defend a dissertation proposal later this summer. If you have news of papers, articles or presentations, please let me know so I can share it with the faculty and students. And yes, the administration loves to hear that we are actually doing those “Ph.D. things.” So keep me posted!
Center on Race and Social Problems New Position Announcements, 2006 1. Postdoctoral Fellow on Race and Criminal Justice 2. Postdoctoral Fellow on Race and Ethnicity (see subject areas below) 1. Postdoctoral Fellowship on Race and Criminal Justice position available (starting fall 2006) Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent in a professional or social science (e.g., social work, sociology, criminology, public policy, psychology, public health, political science, etc.). Familiarity and experience with empirical research on race and criminal justice is critical. Experience with quantitative methods, advanced statistical techniques of data analysis, and program evaluation is highly desirable. Responsibilities: This is a full-time position, with initial appointment for one year. The postdoc will be mentored by Dr. Hide Yamatani, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Social Work. The postdoc will collaborate with Dr. Yamatani in analyzing data from a multi-year research project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of programming provided to jail inmates. Specific responsibilities include: 1) analyze data by race to assess the effects of programs for jail inmates on their recidivism; and 2) prepare and submit 2-3 papers for publication in collaboration with Dr. Yamatani. The postdoc will also have the opportunity to work on the publication of their dissertation research and will be provided with support and mentorship from the multi-disciplinary faculty associates of the Center on Race and Social Problems. 2. General Postdoctoral Fellow on Race and Ethnicity position available (starting fall 2006) Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent in a professional or social science (e.g., social work, sociology, education, public policy, psychology, public health, political science, anthropology, etc.). Familiarity and experience with empirical research on race and ethnicity is critical. Experience and expertise with qualitative and/or quantitative methods, program evaluation, or policy research is highly desirable. Responsibilities: This is a full-time position, with initial appointment for one year. The postdoc fellow will prepare and submit 2–3 papers for publication in any of the following areas: • Race, ethnicity, and economic disparities • Race, ethnicity, and educational disparities • Race, ethnicity, and mental health • Intergroup racial and ethnic relations • Racial and ethnic conditions or disparities among families, youth, and/or elderly • Race, ethnicity, and child welfare • Race, ethnicity, and spirituality • Intersections of race and ethnicity with gender, social class, sexuality, and/or disability as they relate to any of the above areas. The postdoc will be mentored by multi-disciplinary faculty associates of the Center on Race and Social Problems. The postdoc will have the opportunity to engage in research with their mentors as well as to work on the publication of their own dissertation research. Here’s another example of a position in a quasi-federal government agency that would be well-suited for your training in the non-academic realm. If you would like additional information on this position, let me know and I can send the whole description.
Federal Reserve Bank of
Dr. David Swindell,
Assoc. Professor & Director Previous PPOL Updates:
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