GWSS Departmental Newsletter 2/20/18

A Fintastic Update

Events

1. CURA Faculty Interactive Research Program 
2.  Data Management Bootcamp for Graduate Students 
3. Black History Month Events
4. Boreas Workshops 
5. Finding Grant Funding for Graduate Students 
6. Qualtrics Workshop 
7. Teaching With Writing Workshops 
8. ISSS Spring Visa Workshops 
9. Spring ICGC Event Schedule 
10. Graduate Student Event--Public Humanities and Social Justice
11. Four Ways You Can Challenge Body Terrorism Today 
12. Social Justice Fair 
13. P&A Women Read- Crucial Conversations 
14. "Know the Mother" 
15. MALCS Relaunch 
16. Stopping Traffic
17. Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks 
18. Indigenous Women and Women of Color Summit 
19. FAB Art Show 

Calls for Papers/Applications

1. CFP NWSA Revolutionary Space: Design and Equity 
2. Global Health Day- Call for Abstracts 
3. Men's Story Project, Call for Submissions 

Scholarship/Fellowship/Job Opportunities

1. Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor at the University of Florida
2. Women's Suffrage in the Americas NEH Summer Institute
3. Professor and Director of Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics 
4. Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies- Bucknell University 
5. ACLS Public Fellows Program 

Miscellaneous 

1. CURA 50th Anniversary Website 
2. Child Care Grants 
3. Deadlines Approaching for Academic Innovation Grants 

                                                                                                                       

Events

1.  CURA Faculty Interactive Research Program The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) invites proposals for our Faculty Interactive Research Program. The purpose of the program is to encourage University faculty members to carry out research projects that involve a significant public policy issue for the state or its communities, and that include active engagement with groups, agencies, or organizations in Minnesota involved with the issue.
   
   Research projects should focus on issues and concerns important to Minnesota, such as, but not limited to, communities of color, the criminal justice system, demography, state or local economic development, education, employment, energy, the environment, health, housing, state and local government, welfare and poverty, human and social services, transportation, or land use and development.
   Regular faculty members are invited to apply. Each award will provide support for two pay periods of the faculty member’s time in the summer of 2018 and a half-time graduate research assistant for the 2018–2019 academic year. Where appropriate, limited support for miscellaneous research expenses can be provided. Faculty members who are selected will be expected as part of their project to: (a) interact or engage with appropriate community organizations or agencies, (b) prepare a report for the organization or agency where appropriate, and (c) prepare a 3500-word manuscript for publication in the CURA Reporter, our regular report of faculty research.
   For additional eligibility requirements, terms of the award, and application procedures, please visit our website.
2. Data Management Bootcamp for Graduate Students How are you planning to organize the data, text, images, video, audio, code, or instrument files from your research projects? In this free Boot Camp (March 12th - 13th), you will learn about tools and best practices to organize all the underlying data that supports your thesis, dissertation, etc. Learn strategies that will help you manage current or future research materials and save time and effort. Register today.
3. Black History Month Events Throughout February, the Office of Multicultural Student Engagement (MCSE) will be hosting a variety of events and lectures to celebrate Black History Month. Visit their website for tickets and event details.
4. Boreas Workshops Boreas Workshop: Non-Profit Structures
   February 14, 2018 | 1 - 4:30 p.m. | Learning and Environmental Sciences, Room R-370
   This workshop will get you up to speed on non-profits, how they work, and some of the governance and legal structures involved. You'll have a chance to think about the possibility of working for a non-profit or getting involved as a volunteer or board member. And you'll gain insightful wisdom from a panel of superstars from the environmental non-profit world. Register for Non-Profit Structures
   Boreas Workshop: Designing a Meaningful Career
   February 21, 2018 | 1 - 4:30 p.m. | Learning and Environmental Sciences, Room R-370
   We invest much of our time, talents and passion into our work. And, many of us are looking for deeper meaning and purpose in this area of our lives. This workshop will help you work out what you want, and develop a plan for how to get it so that you can have the kinds of impact that originally led you to pursuing an advanced degree in the first place. Register for Designing a Meaningful Career
5. Finding Grant Funding for Graduate Students 
   February 15, 2018 | 2 - 3 p.m. | Magrath Library, Room 81
   Find more about how to find funding opportunities available to researchers and graduate students. Learn how to use Pivot (from Community of Science) and the Foundation Directory. Register for Finding Grant Funding
6. Qualtrics Workshop February 16, 2018 | 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Bruininks Hall, Room 131AQualtrics is a survey tool available to all UMN researchers. Learn how to develop online experiments, including how to randomize participants to conditions, customize participant paths, and embed multimedia stimuli. This workshop, offered by LATIS, is best for researchers with Qualtrics experience and plan to conduct quasi-experimental or experimental research. Register for Reproducible Experimental Research in Qualtrics
7. Teaching With Writing Workshops Writing Activities for Online and Hybrid Courses
   February 21, 2018 | 1 - 3 p.m. | Alderman Hall, Room 310
   The online and hybrid classroom offers many opportunities for the teaching of writing. In this workshop, we'll consider how effective practices in assignment design and sequencing combined with the use of digital and online tools can create a strong space for the teaching and learning of writing. The workshop should be of interest to faculty who currently teach online or who are interested in developing online and hybrid courses. Register for Writing Activities for Online and Hybrid Courses
   Do We Need a Back-to-the-Basics Approach to Teaching Writing?
   March 2, 2018 | 9 - 10:15 a.m. |  Nicholson Hall, Room 12
   It's a familiar complaint, lamented in popular news articles and higher education blogs: "Johnny can't write." Accompanying such claims are often calls for a return to a more basic, skills-based approach to teaching writing. In this discussion, participants are invited to consider the debates between skills-based and process-oriented advocates and to share their own views for how best to support student writers.  Register for Back-to-the-Basics Approach
8. ISSS Spring Visa Workshops H-1B Visa Workshop
   February 28, 2018 | 4:30 - 6 p.m. | Blegen Hall, Room 10
   An attorney will explain the process to obtain an H-1B Visa if you wish to obtain one to work at an employer other than the University of Minnesota. No registration required.
   Employment-based Visas and Permanent Residency Workshop
   March 5, 2018 | 4:30 - 6 p.m. |  Blegen Hall, Room 10
   An attorney will explain the process to obtain an employment-based visa or permanent residency. No registration required.
9. Spring ICGC Event Schedule To learn more about events like a South Asia Seminar Series and opportunities for jobs, click this link for the ICGC Spring Event schedule. 
10. Graduate Student Event--Public Humanities and Social Justice 
    
                                               
11. Four Ways You Can Challenge Body Terrorism Today When: Thursday, March 1 @ 6p
    
    

    Where: Anderson 112, Hamline University

    
    

    Talk Description: This talk combines performance poetry and Sonya's radical self-love work to identify four things each of us can do in our daily lives to interrupt injustice and oppression by practicing the act of radical love and unapologetic living. 
    
    
    Bio: Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, an international movement and organization committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. She is the author of The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love. Sonya’s work as an award winning Performance Poet, activist and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former national and international poetry slam champion, author, educator and activist who has mesmerized audiences across the US, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, England, Scotland, Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands as well as in prisons, mental health treatment facilities, homeless shelters, universities, festivals and public schools across the globe. She was named one of Planned Parenthood's 99 Dream Keepers in 2015 as well as a Planned Parenthood Generation Action's 2015 Outstanding Partner awardee. She was named one of the 12 Women Who Paved the Way for Body Positivity by Bustle Magazine and in September 2015, she was honored as a YBCA 100, an annual compilation of creative minds, makers, and pioneers who are asking the questions and making the provocations that will shape the future of American culture; an honor she shared alongside author Ta'Nahesi Coates, artist Kara Walker, filmmaker Ava Duvernay and many more.
    
    
    Her work has appeared on HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, Vogue Australia, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine and many more. She is a regular collaborator and artist with organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Advocates for Youth 1in3 Campaign, Association for Size Diversity and Health, Binge Eating Disorders Association (BEDA), Yerba Buena Cultural Art Center and numerous others. 
12. Social Justice Fair University of Minnesota Human Rights Student Association is hosting a Social Justice Fair on Thursday, February 22nd from 7pm-8pm in the President’s Room at Coffman Memorial Union. Student groups relating to social justice and local twin cities’ social justice organizations will be at the fair.  They will have information on their organization and how to get involved in various ways such as being a student leader, a volunteer or an intern. Check out our facebook event at UMN HRSA.
13. P&A Women Read- Crucial Conversations Wednesday, February 21, 11:30 - 1:00 pm, 101 Walter Library
    Informal networking from 11:30-12:00, article discussion from 12:00-1:00 pm.Join the P&A Women’s Council for an article discussion on Crucial Conversations and tools for effective conversation. This will be a preview of the April 18 workshop with the P&A Women's Council and Joy Harken. All are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch; treats will be provided. Click here to read the articles.
14. "Know the Mother" This event is from 3:30 pm and open to the public, with no need to register in advance. This event will be held in the Ellie and Tom Crosby Seminar Room, 240 Northrop. Any additional information, updates, or information on other events in our IAS events can be found on our website. Flyer is linked here. 
15. MALCS Relaunch MALCS Re-Launch Meeting
    Friday, February 16, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, 41 Appleby Hall
    If you are a Native or Latina member of the campus community interested in or currently obtaining a Ph.D. & you would like to mentor or be mentored by Indigenous or Chicana/Latina graduate students and/or faculty, be part of the effort to relaunch Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS, Women Active in Letters and Social Change) at the U of M. For questions, please contact Professor Gabriela Spears-Rico at spearsrg@umn.edu. The Women's Center is proud to support this initiative via a Gender Equity Grant.
16.  Stopping Traffic Stopping Traffic: A Movement to End Sex Trafficking | Film screening & discussion
    Friday, February 16, 6:00 pm, 220 Bruininks Hall
    Black Motivated Women will host this film screening, to be followed by a panel of survivors and people who are directly working to fight against the sex trafficking industry. Learn how to raise awareness on campus and provide students resources to become an agent for change. 
     
17. Asian American Resistance and Creative Clapbacks Asian American Resistance & Creative Clapbacks
    Tuesday, February 20, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Rapson Hall 100
    RSVP online
    Join the Asian Pacific American Resource Center for their Spring Speaker, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang! Using Asian American stereotypes in the media as an easy and visual entry point into Asian American history, we will examine connections between Asian American media stereotypes, historical anxieties, and what contemporary Asian American creatives are doing to clap back. This history of resistance is more relevant than ever today in this time of Islamophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, Black Lives Matter, and “fake news.” The challenge is to become critical readers, savvy media consumers, and activist content creators.
18. Indigenous Women and Women of Color Summit Saturday, March 24, 2018
    Registration is NOW open!!
19. FAB Art Show 

    ICYMI (In case you missed it): Feminist Ambassador Brigade, the Women's Center student volunteer group, hosted the Appleby Hall Art Gallery spring opening last Friday, February 9. The gallery will be up through spring semester, and features the work of artists (and U of M students) Yasadie Rosario and Kendall Laurent (above, pictured left and right, respectively). Read more about the FAB Art Show and the artists on our blog. Stop by the FAB Art Show in the AHA! Gallery anytime this spring during building hours. The exhibit is located in the northeast corner of Appleby Hall, on the ground floor.

Call for Papers/Applications

1. CFP NWSA Revolutionary Space: Design and Equity CFP NWSA 2018 Revolutionary Space: How Physical Environments Shape Identity, Equity, and Knowledge Production
   
   
   

   Social Justice architect John Cary argues, “Everyone deserves good design...Design can be life-affirming and life-changing; in short, design dignifies.” Physical environments shape us and we shape them in return. For many, even considering architecture and design is a luxury. Both the lack of equity in the field of Architecture itself and the settler colonialism and historical white supremacy of physical environments in the U.S. have meant that conversations in Gender and Identity Studies about design are rare. In higher education, all too often, WMGS and identity spaces are marginalized and dismal. But theorizing design and environment is essential to equity and should not be absent or an afterthought. This roundtable features case studies examining design and equity related to universities, schools, and knowledge production or learning--broadly conceived. How do design and physical environment affect learning and equity? In higher education, from bigger spaces like campus plans and buildings (including student centers, libraries, athletics, dorms, etc) to smaller spaces like equity offices and centers, department lounges, even campus houses, how do these physical environments advance or inhibit equity? Beyond higher education in our communities and cities, what built environments make justice and learning possible or impossible?

   
   

   The goal of the roundtable is an exploration of physical environments and identity, particularly those that promote learning, transformation, and justice. These spaces can take many forms. Some examples: perhaps the design space of a classroom enables inclusive earning? Perhaps a new equity center design fosters intersectional, collaborative programming? Perhaps a new campus spacial and signage decolonization effort truly welcomes students of color? Not all examples need be successful, but should be theorized through a design as justice lens. Ultimately, the goal is to begin a conversation about how to design and imagine intersectional and just learning spaces and physical environments.

   
   

   This roundtable fits NWSA “Just Imagine; Imagining Justice” Subtheme Three: The future of the universities, schools, and knowledge production: maroon spaces, insurgent practices, and the future of the disciplines and the interdisciplines?

   
   

   Please send 250-500 word abstracts and a CV to karlyn.crowley@snc.edu by Friday, February 16th.
2. Global Health Day- Call for Abstracts Get ready for Global Health Day hosted by the AHC Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility on April 14th. Abstract submissions for poster and oral presentations are now open for University of Minnesota students, residents, and fellows.
3. Men's Story Project, Call for Submissions Flyer attached here. 
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Scholarship/Fellowship/Job Opportunities

1. Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor at the University of Florida                                 We are excited to search for a Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Florida. If you are interested in this position or want to nominate someone, please see further information and contact details in the attached flyer and here: http://hr.ufl.edu/talentsearches/chief-diversity-officer-senior-advisor-to-the-president/. Also feel free to pass this on to other qualified applicants and/or to nominate them directly to Kathy McKee at talent@hr.ufl.edu.
2. Women's Suffrage in the Americas NEH Summer Institute                                               The National Endowment for the Humanities and Carthage College invite you to apply for a professional development opportunity in women’s history this summer.
   
   Come and explore the remarkably understudied stories of how women in the Americas achieved the suffrage. Seventeen specialists from Argentina to Canada will each present a piece of the interconnecting pattern that led to suffrage extensions across the hemisphere. 
   
   Join us on the campus of Carthage College, stretched along the shores of Lake Michigan. Together with our invited specialists, you will analyze suffrage movements and the politics that surrounded them. You will examine the meaning of citizenship, and ask who was included and who was excluded from formal political participation, when, and why. 
   
   
   All college and university faculty are welcome to apply, including adjunct and non-tenure track faculty and advanced graduate students already in the classroom. Spanish or Portuguese language fluency is helpful but not required. Learn more at suffrage.carthage.edu.                                                                                         Dates: July 23-August 3, 2018. Location: Carthage College, Kenosha, WI. Stipend: $2,100. Application Deadline: March 1, 2018 For any questions, feel free to send us an email.
   
   Stephanie Mitchell - smitchell@carthage.edu
   
   Patricia Harms - harmsp@brandonu.ca
   
   
   
   
   APPLY HERE
3. Professor and Director of Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics More information and how to apply can be found here. 
4. Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies- Bucknell University More information and how to apply can be found here. 
5. ACLS Public Fellows Program The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the eighth annual competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program. This initiative places humanities PhDs in substantive roles in diverse nonprofit and government organizations, demonstrating that the knowledge and capacities developed in the course of earning a doctoral degree in the humanities have wide application beyond the academy. The fellowship carries an annual stipend of $67,500, health insurance coverage for the fellow, a relocation allowance, and up to $3,000 in professional development funds.
   
   
   In 2018, ACLS will place up to 25 PhDs as Public Fellows in the following organizations and roles:
   ·       Center for Popular Democracy (Brooklyn, NY) – Strategic Research Associate
   ·       Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia, PA) – Digital Engagement Manager
   ·       Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Chicago, IL) – Research Associate, Global Cities
   ·       Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (Madison, WI) – Global Programs Manager
   ·       Council of Independent Colleges (Washington, DC) – Development Officer
   ·       Environmental Law & Policy Center (Chicago, IL) – Senior Research Analyst, Transportation Innovation
   ·       Innocence Project (New York, NY) – Content Strategist
   ·       Lapham’s Quarterly (New York, NY) – Digital Producer
   ·       Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Los Angeles, CA) – Cross Sector Analyst
   ·       Los Angeles Review of Books (Los Angeles, CA) – Associate Executive Editor and Assistant Director, LARB Books
   ·       MinnPost (Minneapolis, MN) – Audience Development and Engagement Manager
   ·       The Moth (New York, NY) – Impact and Evaluation Officer
   ·       National Immigration Law Center (Washington, DC) – Research Program Manager
   ·       National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC) – Manager of Curatorial Innovation
   ·       Participatory Budgeting Project (Brooklyn, NY) – Participation Design Strategist
   ·       PolicyLink (Oakland, CA) – Associate, Equitable Economy Research
   ·       Public Radio International (Minneapolis, MN) – Associate Editor, Global Nation
   ·       Race Forward (Oakland, CA or New York, NY) – Narrative Impact Analyst
   ·       Rockefeller Archive Center (Sleepy Hollow, NY) – Outreach Program Manager
   ·       Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (Washington, DC) – Program Manager for Cultural Disaster Analysis
   ·       Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations (Washington, DC) – Global Science Officer
   ·       Social Science Research Council (Brooklyn, NY) – Program Officer, Media and Democracy Project
   ·       Stockholm Environment Institute – US Center (Seattle, WA) – Climate Policy Associate
   ·       United Negro College Fund (Washington, DC) – Policy Analyst
   ·       United Neighborhood Houses (New York, NY) – Policy Analyst
   
   
   Applicants must possess US citizenship or permanent resident status and have a PhD in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between September 1, 2014 and June 22, 2018. Applicants must have defended and deposited their dissertations no later than April 6, 2018. The deadline for submitted applications is Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 9 pm EDT.
   
   
   Applications will be accepted only through the ACLS online application system (OFA). Applicants should not contact any of the organizations directly. Please visit www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/ for complete position descriptions, eligibility criteria, and application information. This program is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Miscellaneous 

1. CURA 50th Anniversary Website In 2018 the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) celebrates its 50th year. We are taking this anniversary as an opportunity to thank all of our partners and supporters for their part in all that CURA has accomplished since 1968. We plan to celebrate the anniversary all year long! Look for short features on the CURA 50th Anniversary website-a new one each month-highlighting some of the most memorable projects and people in CURA's history.
   And look for events throughout the year to thank the community partners who have been so important to our work, the hundreds of students who have worked on community-based projects at CURA, and the many, many faculty members who have conducted CURA-funded research over the years. And though it is nice to look back on events and accomplishments, please know that all of us at CURA remain committed to connecting the resources of the University of Minnesota with the interests and needs of our urban and regional community. We look forward to the next 50!
2. Child Care Grants Graduate and professional students who have children and are paying for childcare can receive up to $1500 per term, per child, via the Post-Secondary Child Care Grant or the new University Student Service Fees Child Care Assistance Grant. To be fully screened and learn more about other support, call the front desk of the Student Parent HELP Center at 612-626-6015 or Stephanie Lee at 612-625-2780.
3. Deadlines Approaching for Academic Innovation Grants 

   If you are interested in submitting a proposal for an Academic Innovation Grant, please be aware of two impending deadlines. The Academic Innovation Grants program supports innovation in teaching and learning through the integration of instructional technology. Awards range from $1,000 - $30,000. For more information, and to apply, see Academic Innovation Grants Program. Consultation (required) completed by February 23, 2018. Email Cristina Lopez, cla-acadtech@umn.edu to schedule your consultation. You may request a consultation any time, even if you have not yet drafted your grant application. The meeting will take less than one hour. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure that your project and proposal meet the basic criteria of the grant, and that you have identified all of the resources needed to complete your project. Proposals are due March 2, 2018.