Professional Opportunities
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships:
The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students whom demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and, a desire to enter the professoriate. Click here for deadlines and application information.
Race, Place, and the Environment After Katrina Symposium
National symposium on Race, Place, and the Environment After Katrina: Part II. The symposium will explore racial disparities in disaster preparedness, response, cleanup, debris management, recovery, rebuilding, reconstruction, and repopulation.
Abstracts and papers are solicited in the areas of health and environmental justice, climate justice, the natural and physical environment, the social, political and built environment, the economic and cultural environment, green jobs, clean production, and green chemistry. These topics will be interdisciplinary in nature as successful submissions will explore the racial and societal implications for the given area.
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008Please e-mail abstracts to Mary I. Williams at mivorywill@aol.com - Phone: 504-816-4028.
Director, The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW)
The United Nations is currently accepting applications for the post of UN-INSTRAW Director. The ideal candidate will have an advanced University degree (preferably at the PhD level) in Social Sciences, Development Studies or related fields, with sound knowledge and expertise in gender issues and social research, a minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience, including in senior level positions at the national and international levels, familiarity with United Nations intergovernmental processes, and fluency in English and French and/or Spanish.
Candidates from every region of the world are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications, including a letter of intent, full curriculum vitae and completed UN Personal History Form must be submitted by COB on 15 April 2008. Incomplete applications will not be considered.Click here for more information.
