Job Announcement: Adult Literacy Researchers Wanted!
Georgia State University
Georgia State University has faculty lines open for THREE scholars with established external funding and research in adult literacy. Faculty members will be hired at the rank of professor or associate professor (possibility with tenure on appointment). Applicants are expected to have strong records of scholarship, funded research, excellence in teaching, and service in the broadly defined area of adult literacy. These areas include but are not limited to health literacy, family literacy, workplace literacy, numeracy skills, and/or the economic impact of low adult literacy. The new faculty members will add depth and breadth to the currently-funded IES Center for the Study of Adult Literacy (
csal.gsu.edu) and the newly developing College of Education's Adult Literacy Research Center.
Appointments are anticipated to begin Fall 2015.
Qualifications: A doctorate in relevant areas, such as health communication, public health, economics, family studies, educational psychology, language, and/or literacy is required. Upon hire, faculty members will be expected to conduct a successful, externally-funded research program that includes peer-reviewed publications in the area of adult literacy. Tenure can be considered in the College of Education, School of Public Health, or the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in an appropriate department.
Applications/Nominations: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled. For questions, please contact Daphne Greenberg at
dgreenberg@gsu.edu. Applicants are asked to send a cover letter discussing interest and qualifications, and a curriculum vita.
All materials should be sent to: Ruth Ebenezer-Cook, Business Manager II,
ruthebenezer@gsu.edu Please reference Log #16-040 in the subject line.
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Prof. Kimberly Moffitt was featured on the Marc Steiner Show
Topic: "Raising and Educating Black Boys"
Listen to a discussion about the complexities, challenges, and joys of raising and educating boys. With: Jack Pannell, founder of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, a Baltimore City Public Charter School scheduled to open in 2015; Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of American Studies at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and co-editor of Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities; and educator David Banks, President and CEO of the Eagle Academy Foundation, founding principal of the Eagle Academy for Young Men in the Bronx, and author ofSoar: How Boys Learn, Succeed, and Develop Character.
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Attention: Class Schedule Spring '15 (Update)
The LLC has just released the schedule of classes for this coming Spring (see attachment on the LLC Group's site and
website)
As a reminder, you cannot register for any classes without first obtaining permission from your LLC advisor, so you are encouraged to consult with your advisor in a timely fashion.
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Job Announcement: Open position at Western Oregon University
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
The College of Education at Western Oregon University is recruiting for an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Specializing in ESOL/Bilingual, Biliteracy Education. Please see the attachment for a full description of this position and how to apply.
For more information, contact Carmen Cáceda, PhD. search committee chair,
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Dear Student Affairs Colleagues and Student Life Mosaic Center Faculty/Staff Partners,
As you know, our 21st Century global society has become increasingly diverse. Many of our students, despite being open to that diversity, still need to increase their cultural competencies - the skills and awareness related to communication and interaction across all social identities.
Student Life's Mosaic Center staff are creating a new Mosaic Center Diversity Presenters group to help develop this important life and interaction skill set within our students. This group, an outgrowth of our former Diversity Education Intern program, is the next evolution in our diversity and social justice education efforts. To prepare to launch this new initiative, this fall we are offering diversity "train the trainer" sessions to students, faculty and staff interested in serving as diversity and social justice education presenters. Our first 3 hour training for UMBC staff and faculty (and selected students) will be:
Friday, October 24, 2014
2-5 pm
The Mosaic Center, Commons Rm. 2B23
If you have prior diversity presentation and facilitation experience and can attend the training, visit our myUMBC group event and complete the brief interest form:
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/26236. If you have questions or can't attend this training but want to be a presenter, email
mosaic@umbc.edu or call Lisa Gray directly at 410-455-8478.
We are pursuing a co-presenter/co-facilitators structure in which we hope to pair UMBC faculty and staff with students to present workshops to classes, student organizations and departments across campus by request. So, staff and faculty will most likely be paired with students to serve as lead "mentor" presenters to support the awareness, knowledge and skill development of the student presenters. We envision offering workshops to the campus in the same fashion as our Safe Zone program sessions.
We've received several student interest forms for the training already. We really could use more faculty/staff participants! So, thank you for considering this opportunity.
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New Faculty Micro-Talks on October 29th, 4:00-6:00 P.M.
Short Talks and Reception with New CAHSS Faculty
The Dresher Center and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will present an afternoon of short talks with eight tenure-stream faculty hired in the last two years. Meet these faculty members and learn about their research. A reception will follow. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 29th, from 4:00-6:00 P.M. in the Kuhn Library, 7th floor.
Schedule of Speakers:
- Dena Aufseeser, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems
- Scott Casper, Professor, History, and Dean, CAHSS
- Lauren Hamilton Edwards, Assistant Professor, Public Policy
- Felipe Filomeno, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Global Studies
- Cedric Herring, Professor, Language, Literacy, and Culture
- Viviana MacManus, Assistant Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
- Corrie Parks, Assistant Professor, Visual Arts
- Whitney Schwab, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
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Special Topics Course in Spring '15
Putting the Sociological Imagination Into Practice Locally
SOCY 698: Applied Sociology: Putting the Sociological Imagination Into Practice Locally
Dr. Marina Adler
Wednesday 4:30 - 7:00 pm
The Sociology Department will offer an exciting special topics course in Spring 2015. The course is part of the
Breaking Ground project on campus and will offer the opportunity to interact with local communities regarding access to healthy food.
This course focuses on the “practical side” of sociology and applies sociological insights and methods to understanding local social issues and to assess programs intended to alleviate them. Students in this course will examine social issues affecting local residents through a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project. This semester students will research local urban agriculture projects addressing food deserts, access to healthy food, food security, and environmental problems. This research targets the intersection of local social inequalities, public health issues, and social change. Students will collect data through various methods in research teams, volunteer, document community needs, develop action plans, and make recommendations for change. The ultimate products will be a research report and community presentation.
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Interested in Astrobiology?
Register for INDS 430!
Do you think we are alone in the universe?
This image, produced in 1995 by the Hubble Space Telescope, suggests that the visible universe comprises at least ~130 thousand million galaxies. Each of these galaxies contains something in the order of 100 thousand million stars. Recent estimates suggest that there may exist an average of more than one planet per star.
At least once, this chemistry and physics has given rise to sentient life. What are the chances that it happened more than once? What about other types of life? How could we possibly know?
INDS430 Astrobiology combines physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, and geology to ask what science can contribute to such questions. If you want to learn about the discovery of planets orbiting other stars (“exoplanets”), the chemistry of space, the originand evolution of life on Earth, or habitable environments within our solar system this course is for you!
If interested in the course then please contact Dr. Stephen Freeland at
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Dr. Laura Colombo named assistant researcher at CONCEIT
LLC Graduate earns important research position in Argentina
Dr. Laura (Violeta) Colombo ’11, was named assistant researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), the main organization in charge of the promotion of Science and Technology in Argentina. The CONCEIT ranks among the world’s 80 most important institutions in terms of scientific production.
This is an important achievement since only 30% of the applicants for the position made it in the Humanities and Social Sciences area.
Dr. Colombo’s research is centered on the use of writing groups as a pedagogical tool to improve the teaching and learning of academic writing at the graduate level.
Congratulations dear Violeta!
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Baltimore City Students Engage with Literature
Author Reyna Grande comes to UMBC
Baltimore City Students Engage with Literature Author Reyna Grande comes to UMBC for a One Maryland One Book Event
On Tuesday, September 30, UMBC and the Dresher Center for the Humanities hosted 250 middle and high school students from Baltimore City Public Schools for an open conversation and book-signing with author Reyna Grande. Dean Scott Casper welcomed the students, along with Phoebe Stein, Executive Director of the Maryland Humanities Council. The event was followed by a campus tour.
The event was part of the One Maryland One Book program, coordinated by the Maryland Humanities Council. This year's book selection, Grande’s memoir, The Distance Between Us, was guided by the theme of “the American Dream.” In her book, Grande poignantly shares her life before and after entering the United States as an undocumented immigrant. The students, who read the work in English and Spanish, asked Grande about her relationship with her family after arriving in the United States and her experiences as a child growing up in an unfamiliar culture. The author described the dangerous journey from her home in Mexico to reunite with her long-absent father in the U.S. She told of her difficulties in obtaining an education and how she eventually became a writer.
One Maryland One Book Program Officer Andrea Lewis explains: “This event is held on a college campus each year to give the students the opportunity to meet the author of a book they’ve read and to learn about and experience stepping onto a campus. It’s an experience that exposes them to new things and offers a glimpse into what’s possible. The Maryland Humanities Council appreciates the partnership with UMBC and the Dresher Center that made this event possible.”
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Baltimore City Students Engage with Literature Author Reyna Grande comes to UMBC for a One Maryland One Book Event On Tuesday, September 30, UMBC and the Dresher Center for the Humanities...
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