The NWSA 2018 Call for Proposals is NOW AVAILABLE

• Afro-futurism, feminist futures, surrealist thought and radical imaginaries
• Rethinking gender, sexuality, family, disability and the bio-politics of what is or is not human?
• The future of the universities, schools, and knowledge production: maroon spaces, insurgent practices, and the future of the disciplines and the interdisciplines?
• Post-capitalism: imagining new economic futures
• Revolutions and utopian projects: sustained, incomplete and derailed
• Political, cultural and artistic movements that “demand the impossible:” “abolition” and beyond
• The earth’s future and legacies of its past: environmental justice, climate change, indigeneity, land rights, wars and occupations

The Immigration and Border Community – Research Experience for Undergraduates, is a unique opportunity to learn social science research methods while collaborating with local organizations to conduct in-depth research about the unique challenges faced by border communities in the Paso del Norte region of southern New Mexico, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.

The U.S. Mexico border is currently at the center of political controversy, one that has threatened to further disrupt border cities that were once closely integrated. Immigration is an important part of the Paso del Norte region and the increase in border enforcement has significant impacts not only on those passing through the border, but those who live here as well. This is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to learn social science research methods through hands-on collaboration with local organizations about border enforcement and its impacts on immigrants and border communities.

Work will be fully funded by the National Science Foundation and is an excellent opportunity for students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or a variety of career paths. By collaborating closely with organizations already involved in advocacy for civil and human rights, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Border Network for Human Rights, your work will have a greater impact. Sample topics include:

• The impacts of repealing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Alleged abuse and mistreatment of migrants and community members by law enforcement
• Asylum seekers in the borderlands: Access to due process and basic human rights
• “Know Your Rights” campaigns
• The history of community organizing and leadership development in the borderlands

Successful applicants will spend 10 weeks in the El Paso/Las Cruces/Ciudad Juárez region during the summer (May 21-July 28, 2018). Positions are fully funded by the NSF. Students will receive a stipend of $5000 and meal expenses. In addition, students traveling from outside the region will receive accommodation and $500 towards their travel expenses. We will also have several excursions, including a one-week intensive field-trip through the Arizona/Sonora borderlands.

(Please note, because this is federally funded, there are citizenship/immigration limitations—very sorry.)

For more information please contact Neil Harvey, (575) 646-3220, nharvey@nmsu.edu or Jeremy Slack, (915) 747-6530 jmslack@utep.edu

1. How to develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school.
2. How to change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves.
3. How to overcome unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students.

• A 13-week paid fellowship at either an environmental grantmaking foundation, or at one of their grantees. Past placement sites include: Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment; Earthjustice; Toxics Action Center, New England Grassroots Environment Fund, and many more!
• Fellows will receive a stipend of $10,000 plus a travel allowance.
• Last year's cohort worked on a wide variety of issues: environmental health, clean energy, marine conservation, transit solutions, energy justice, to name just a few!  
• Fellowship placement sites are available in a range of places included but not limited to: New York City, Boston/New England region, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, MI, Grand Rapids, MI  

2018 Re-Imagining Black Girls' and Women's Health Symposium and Workshop at Towson University

• Maleda Belilgne, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies and English, presented on James Baldwin's Speculative Imagery with her paper, "Nobody Escapes Anything: Proleptic Sound in Sonny’s Blue."
• Lindsay DiCuirci, Assistant Professor, English, presented on Nathaniel Hawthorne with her paper, "A Is for Archive: (Un)Dead Things in Hawthorne’s ‘Custom-House.”
• Jessica Berman, Professor and Director of the Dresher Center, presided over a session sponsored by the MLA’s Publication Committee on the creation, preservation, digitization, and critique of archives.

• Kate Brown, Professor, History, was the featured speaker at the AHA Modern European History Section Luncheon. Her lecture was titled, "The Great Chernobyl Acceleration: How Writing European History has Changed in the Age of the Anthropocene."
• Christy Ford Chapin, Associate Professor, History, participated in the round table, "Late Breaking: Revolt against Regulation in the Time of Trump: Historical Perspectives.”
• Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor, chaired the round table, "After War: Recognizing, Representing, and Remembering Veterans in American Society, 1945-2016.”
• Scott Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of History, chaired the "Teaching with Material Culture and Historic Site" roundtable.