WINTER INSTITUTE ON STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING

The Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research (CILVR) at The University of Maryland is pleased to announce two highly popular back-to-back short courses for research professionals, faculty, and graduate students

"Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling"

January 7-9, 2013 (Monday - Wednesday)

"Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling"

January 10-11, 2013 (Thursday - Friday)

Instructor:

Dr. Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland

(ghancock@umd.edu)

For more information

http://www.cilvr.umd.edu/Workshops/CILVRworkshoppageSEM.html

Assistant Professor position - GVPT

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY:  Assistant Professor

Public Law/International Law.  The Department of Political Science at Clemson University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin in August 2013.  We seek a broadly trained political scientist with a specialization in public law (constitutional law, international law, and/or judicial politics).  Research emphasis may be in either the American or international/comparative context.   In addition to maintaining an active research agenda, the successful candidate will reflect the Department's commitment to quality undergraduate teaching.  The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in constitutional law and in his/her other areas of expertise. 

Clemson University is the Land Grant University for the State of South Carolina and is located within the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains 30 miles southwest of Greenville.  The Department offers a BA and BS in Political Science. 

A Ph.D. in Political Science by the time of employment is required.  Salary is competitive.  Applications should include a letter of interest, CV, transcripts of graduate work, three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, and evidence of teaching performance.  Send all application materials via email to polisci@clemson.edu.  If you already have applied for the Department’s previously advertised positions in International Relations/Comparative Politics and believe you qualify for this new position, please send an updated CV and cover letter.  Indicate in your email that you would like to be considered for this new position.  To ensure full consideration, please submit materials by November 30, 2012.  Clemson University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group of individuals on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information.

Jeffrey Peake

Professor and Department Chair

Department of Political Science

Clemson University

232 Brackett Hall

Clemson, SC 29634-1354

P. 864-656-4653

M. 419-464-6307

F. 864-656-0690

Paid Internship with the Smithsonsian

Colleagues,

We are recruiting for the Goldman Sachs Interns & Fellows Office (IFO) Multicultural Junior Fellows program. This internship has a stipend of $6000 for the selected student (10 weeks full-time or 20 weeks part-time). Please send to your best students! The internship will start in January 2013 (some flexibility on the specific start date).

There is a quick turnaround! Please have them email Noriko Sanefuji, (sanefujin@si.edu) with their résumé and cc: me – eatonmo@si.edu. Deadline will be Friday November 30, 2012 @11:59pm.

Here is the project description:

Research & Collection/Asian-Pacific American - The Sweet & Sour: A Look at the History of Chinese Food in the United States showcase opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on March 17, 2011. The showcase will be developed into a traveling exhibition through the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in 2014. The showcase represents a milestone within an ongoing initiative by the National Museum of American History to focus on its Chinese American history and culture collections. The project called for collecting a variety of Chinese restaurant-related objects ranging from menus to restaurant signs to cooking implements, which would provide a glimpse into the long history of Chinese immigration, exclusion, exoticism, and perseverance. The “O Say Can You See?” blog was developed in May 2010 to accompany the showcase and features blog posts on a variety of topics, including the origin of the fortune cookie and traditional Chinese New Year cuisine. For the proposed internship project, the candidate will aide with research, blogging, and collecting oral histories of local D.C. Chinese restaurants for the Sweet & Sour traveling exhibition. The candidate will assist with building a database on Asian Pacific American artifacts at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). In addition, he/she will be involved with the collection and caring of objects.

My contact is below if you have any questions or concerns!

Omar A. Eaton-Martínez, M.Ed.
Intern & Fellows Program Manager
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
MRC 605 P.O. Box 37012
Washington DC 20013-7012
Room 5303
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/getinvolved/internprog.cfm
eatonmo@si.edu
202-633-3556 (office)
202-281-8601 (cell)

2013-2014 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship

2013-2014 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund Fellowship

Funding Interests:

1. Graduate school fellowships in any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training).
2. Independent research or study projects.
3. Publications focusing on Armenian studies.

Geographic Focus:NationalRestrictions:

1. Fellowships are restricted to graduate students who are United States citizens attending an accredited and designated institution of higher education within the United States.
   View the list of designated institutions
   The program of study need not be limited to Armenian studies, and candidates can be of any national descent. Applications must be submitted through the dean of the university where the student is pursuing graduate studies. In the case of undergraduate liberal arts colleges, students in their senior year are eligible to apply for a fellowship to fund their future graduate work. Please contact your school's financial aid or fellowship office for more information and to obtain an application.
2. Independent research and study grants are restricted to scholars who are based in and conducting research in the United States. PLEASE NOTE: Independent research and study grants are offered only on rare occasion.
3. The Fund also makes grants to support the publication of dissertations or historical or literary works focusing on Armenian culture or history.

Additional conditions apply for all three programs.

Eligibility: Fellowship candidates must have an outstanding undergraduate record, demonstrate financial need and be attending a designated college or university.Grant Information:Fellowships cover the cost of tuition and provide an annual $18,000 stipend for living expenses. Publication grants vary depending on magnitude of the publication.Grant Cycle:

1. Fellowship applications are distributed to designated universities in October, applications are due in January and decisions are made in April/May.
2. Publications deadlines are April 15th and November 15th.

Type of Support:Tuition and living expenses; research and publishing costs.

JPMorgan Chase Relationship:Sole Trustee

Application Instructions:

The University of Maryland may nominate up to three candidates for consideration by the Fund’s selection committee. Graduate Students wishing to be considered for nomination must submit their complete application packages in hardcopy to the Graduate School by Friday, January 4^th, 2013.  The 2013 – 2014 application is attached.

Please address the complete application to:

Ms. Robyn Kotzker

The Graduate School

2125 Lee Building

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

Students will be notified by January 25^th as to whether their applications will be forwarded to the Liebmann Fund’s selection committee.  

Please contact Robyn Kotzker (rkotzker@umd.edu / x 5-0281) if you have any questions.  

THE PROF. R. RAHAMIMOFF TRAVEL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IN THE PROF. 

R. RAHAMIMOFF TRAVEL GRANTS

PROGRAM FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

BSF is announcing the availability of funds for short scientific trips by young
American or Israeli scientists to the other country.
 
In 2012 the program will have two calls and  each will support 10 trips.  Grants
will be $4,000 each. This is the 2nd CALL for 2012.
The program is open to PhD students  and post-doc fellows doing research
that requires facilities or expertise  that are not available in their home
countries.
Applications will be evaluated on the basis of their merit in light of the overall
aim of the program, and the qualifications of the applicants. The grant will be
awarded through the institute that submits the application. As guiding principles,
support will be awarded to applications that meet the following criteria:

• The applicant is a young American or Israeli researcher, and the visit is to
the other country.
• The research is in an accredited higher education or scientific institution
(including hospitals).
• The applicant's research is in any of the scientific fields supported by the
BSF (full list is on the BSF website), regardless of the split program.
• The purpose of the trip is limited to the use of facilities, or acquiring
expertise not available in the applicant's home country.

Additional information about the Prof. R. Rahamimoff program can be found at:
http://www.bsf.org.il/bsfpublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=25&innerTextID=25, and
must be submitted using the form and the instructions that can be downloaded from
the BSF website www.bsf.org.il in the “Guidelines & Forms” section.
Deadline for application submission is December 6, 2012 at 5 pm Israel time.
Applications that do not follow the instructions on the BSF website will not be
processed.

2013-2014 IAF Grassroots Development Ph.D. Fellowship Program

The deadline for applications for the 2013-2014 Fellowship Cycle of the IAF Grassroots Development Ph.D. Fellowship Program is JANUARY 22, 2013.

Fellowships are available to currently registered students who have advanced to candidacy (by the time research begins) for the Ph.D. in the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields and the professions as related to grassroots development issues. Applications for clinical research in the health field will NOT be considered.

Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information. In exceptional cases the IAF will support research reflecting a primary interest in macro questions of politics and economics but only as they relate to the environment of the poor. The Fellowship Program complements IAF’s support for grassroots development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and preference for those applicants whose careers or research projects are related to topics of greatest interest to the IAF. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Organizations promoting grassroots development among poor and disadvantaged peoples;
• The financial sustainability and independence of development organizations;
• Trends affecting historically excluded groups, such as African descendants, indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities and young people;
• Transnational development;
• The role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
• The impact of globalization on grassroots development;
• The impact on the quality of life of the poor of grassroots development activities in such areas as sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, housing, health care, education, urban development, technology transfer, jobs creation, and marketing and small-enterprise development.

Funding is for between four and 12 months. Research during the 2013-2014 cycle must be initiated between June 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014.

IAF’s Fellowships provide support for Ph.D. candidates to conduct dissertation research in Latin America and the Caribbean on topics related to grassroots development. The Inter-American Foundation expects to award up to 15 Doctoral Field Research Fellowships in 2013.

Complete proposals include:

• A complete research prospectus - an application statement, a field research prospectus, a Curriculum Vitae (custom), and a Personal Statement;
• A letter of University Certification;
• A letter of affiliation from at least one host organization;
• Statement of IRB Status or proof of submission or approval;
• Graduate transcripts;
• Three academic letters of reference, one which must be from the chair of the applicant's dissertation committee;
• A Language Proficiency Report.

Selected candidates must present proof of candidacy and IRB exemption or approval prior to receiving funding or entering the field.  Complete application information and instructions are available at www.iie.org/iaf. 

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Student Regent Position

Each year the University of Maryland, College Park in addition to the other institutions in the University System of Maryland are invited to nominate candidates for this prestigious position to the University System of Maryland Student Council. Our single nominee is then reviewed by the System Student Council and their finalists are forwarded to the Chancellor and from his desk they are forwarded to the Governor. In the past, College Park has been represented by outstanding scholar leaders. The current Student Regent is the College Park nominee.

 

It is time to determine the College Park Student Regent nominee. I invite your application for this position and I encourage you to provide this information to students you believe would be exceptional candidates for this position on the Board of Regents. Applicants are invited to submit their completed applications on-line by November 13, 2012 at http://thestamp.umd.edu/regent/ . Finalists for this position will be interviewed during the week of November 19th and a student nominee from College Park will be forward to the University System of Maryland Student Council. A detailed position description can also be found at the aforementioned website.

Should you have any questions regarding the application or the selection process, please contact Donna Lim at 301-314-8491 or at dylim@umd.edu

We've Come a Long Way!

While our college's history dates back to the early 1900s, 'The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences' was formed in 1986 when the University of Maryland's five academic divisions were combined, and subsequently split into fourteen individual colleges. Believe it or not, the "LISTSERV" (a tool for managing large-scale email communications) was also developed in 1986. The college has come a long way since then...and so has communication technology.

In 1997, the same year that The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences created the Environmental Science and Policy Program, another major communications tool came into existence - the weblog, or 'blog'.

Fast forward to 2012: The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is proud to announce the retirement of one more LISTSERV, and the launch of its very own Graduate Student Blog, created to provide our [Terrapins] with news, updates, and important information. Here you will be able to search our posts (both by keyword & category), subscribe to our blog via email and share information on a number of social media platforms. Hooray BSOS!

Dance Much?! Well...Here's Your Chance Terps.

ANTH Grad Students...Anthroplus Is Coming!

The Practicing Anthropologist Student Association (PASA) at the University of Maryland-College Park is proud to present its third annual graduate student conference: ANTHROPLUS.

“Close to Home”: Exploring Social Science in Our Own Backyard 

Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland-College Park.

Keynote Speaker:
Magdalena Mieri

Director, Program in Latino History and Culture, National Museum of American History.

Anthroplus is a conference by graduate students for students in the field of anthropology and akin disciplines. Submissions of paper and poster abstracts about original research, ideas and projects are now welcome. Preference will be given to graduate students, but all are welcome to submit!

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Submit your abstract by completing this online form.

Researching Congressional Leadership or the U.S. Congress?

* GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS *

DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2012.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2012.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award. 

 
To learn more, visit the official website: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm. 

Frank Mackaman is the program officer - fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.

Teach For America Wants You!

In this country today, the zip code you are born into determines your life trajectory more than your capabilities or your ambition. This educational inequity that plagues our country affects the life prospects of over 15 million students that may never get the opportunity to attend The University of Maryland.

WE MUST CHANGE THIS. HEY ACHIEVEMENT GAP, FEAR THE TURTLE

Teach For America
FINAL Application Deadline: Friday, February 10th

Take the first step to join the thousands of others working to combat this inequality by submitting a resume and a 500 word letter of intent by February 10th at 11:59pm. Start your application here.

All academic majors and career interests. Full salary and health/retirement benefits. To learn more and connect with someone, fill out this quick survey at http://tinyurl.com/TFATerps or visit www.teachforamerica.org

Job Opening for Researcher/Statistician!

Work and coordinate with Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC) and University of Florida research analysts, scientists and professors to develop, refine and evaluate crime and loss control methods and technologies. The LPRC is looking for a motivated, organized researcher/statistician to help coordinate and conduct multi-method research for a variety of leading organizations.

This position will be critical to LPRC projects, and leads or assists in the design and conduct of studies in the following areas: survey design, sampling, data collection, scale construction and validation; predictive/statistical modeling; offender interviewing and analyses; randomized controlled trials/field evaluation research; and report writing. The researcher will also present analysis results orally, in writing, graphically, and in various forms of presentation media. The position provides extensive opportunities to conduct and publish both action and theoretical research. There may be some travel involved.

Qualifications:
• Minimum: Master’s Degree. Preferred Doctorate in the Criminology, Social Sciences or Statistics - with advanced coursework in statistics and research methods.
• Demonstrated experience with statistical methods and models incorporating a broad range of variable types and statistical approaches.
• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of SPSS or SAS.
• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of Excel.

Other Important Skills:
* Knowledge of working on a longitudinal study and program evaluation.
* Knowledge of developing quasi-experimental and experimental projects.

Position/Rank and Salary: Researcher/Statistician; $40,000 - $52,000 (commensurate based on qualifications).
Appointment/Start Date: Immediately
Application Deadline: Open til filled.
Application Process: Applicants should send a letter describing research interests, a CV, and sample of scholarly writing to: Loss Prevention Research Council Attn: Read Hayes, PhD, 3324 W. University Ave, Ste. 351, Gainesville, FL 32607; or email to read@lpresearch.org.

Alumni Association Has Scholarships for Grad Students!

Thanks to its members, the Maryland Alumni Association has multiplied its scholarship offerings and expanded them beyond incoming students! The alumni association is proud to provide 15 scholarships this fall, including FIVE for graduate students who will each receive $3,000. Additionally one legacy student will be awarded $750 through the Col. J. Logan Schutz Legacy Scholarship. 

Ideal applicants will volunteer in their communities or on campus, participate in extracurricular activities and write a compelling essay on building Terrapin spirit among the student body. And, special consideration will be given to relatives of alumni association members.

Know a deserving Terp student? For more information on the Maryland Alumni Association Scholarship program, including the Col. J. Logan Schutz Legacy Scholarship, visit alumni.umd.edu, today!

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants!

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG)

Deadlines are rapidly approaching! Check HERE to see the  full list of deadlines!

Archeology, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Science, Technology, and Society, Biological Anthropology, Geography and Spatial Sciences, Linguistics, Science, Technology, and Society, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Economics, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, Science of Science and Innovation Policy, Documenting Endangered Languages, Political Science, Geography and Spatial Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Law and Social Sciences, Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Economics, Decision, Risk and Management Sciences.

Program Guidelines: NSF 11-547

The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. For more information, click: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Westat’s 2012 Summer Internship Opportunities!

Westat’s 2012 Summer Internship Opportunities in Applied Social Science for Underserved and Underrepresented Minority Students who are African American, Hispanic/Latino American, and Native American/Alaskan Native.

The program started out in Westat’s Behavioral Health Group (BHG) and has now branched out to other groups including the Environmental Health Group, the Health Studies Group, Human Services Study Area, the Health Communications Group, and the Education Group. It’s a chance for graduate students to work with Westat researchers who can expose them to research that goes beyond theory and into the real world. The program provides the interns with an opportunity to be in a mentoring relationship with seasoned researchers at Westat.

Applicants must have completed their baccalaureate degree prior to June 1, 2012 to be considered. Applications will be accepted beginning now through February 28th 2012. For more information, contact:
Donna Durant Atkinson, Ph.D., Co-Coordinator, 240.453.2761
Craig Love, Ph.D., Co-Coordinator, 240.314.2443

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