Seeking FELLOW Applicants -- CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program 2016-17

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks applicants for the 2016-17 class of the CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program. This is the 6th year of this initiative, and represents a major commitment by CDC to program evaluation and program improvement. Fellows will work under the leadership of CDC's Chief Evaluation Officer; they will be matched with CDC host programs to work on program evaluation activities for/with those programs.

About the fellowship:

The ideal candidate has a Doctoral degree in evaluation, social sciences, public health, or another STEM discipline, and with significant coursework in program evaluation and measurement. Master’s-level candidates from these same disciplines and with significant experience in applied evaluation projects are also encouraged to apply.
Fellowship is intended to be a two year program, with second year contingent on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.
Fellows receive a monthly stipend depending on education level and experience.
Fellows receive substantial financial support for their training and professional development, and a supplement to offset health insurance costs.
Candidates must have received their qualifying degree within the past five years.
Qualifying degree must be completed by Spring semester 2016.
Appointments will be full-time at CDC, typically in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Fellows are brought on through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE): http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/. Fellows do not become employees of CDC.
Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. For more information: http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/sponsor-mentor/immigration.html
We expect to select approximately 10 Fellows for this cohort.

To apply, submit the following by April 15, 2016:

· Create a profile and upload CV/resume: https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/details/1964

· Brief survey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Eval_Fellow_Appl_2016) including the following information:

For complete list of questions see full announcement at http://www.cdc.gov/eval/

1. Brief (<200 words) info on your formal training where all or part of the focus was on program evaluation approaches, methods, techniques, etc.

2. Essay (<450 words) on your qualifications for the Evaluation Fellowship and what you would like to get out of the Fellowship.

3. Information on up to 3 recent evaluation projects or experiences (<150 words each).


Timeline

· Mid-April: We will select and notify semi-finalist Fellows.

· May 1: Semi-finalists must submit additional information to ORISE.

· May 1-30: Host programs will interview potential Fellows.

· Early June: Fellow selection and notification.

· August 29: Fellows must start by this date.


For the full application announcement and/or information about program evaluation at CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/eval/

For questions: email CDCeval@cdc.gov

ORISE information: http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/

Methods Mall 2016: NSF - Supported Courses on Research Methods for Cultural Anthropologists

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For those with the Ph.D.

Now in its twelfth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three, five-day courses are offered during summer 2016 at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida.
Text Analysis (Instructors: Amber Wutich and Elizabeth Krause) July 11-15, 2016.
Statistics in Ethnographic Research (Instructors: Jeremy Koster and David Nolin) July 18-22, 2016.

Cultural Domain Analysis (Instructors: H. Russell Bernard and Rosalyn Negron) July 25-29, 2016.

APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSES ON RESEARCH METHODS HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2016.
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Now in its second year, the Summer Course on Research Design (SCRD)is a, five-day course on research design and proposal writing for social, behavioral, and economic scientists who have the Ph.D. The course runs from July 20-24 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Christopher McCarty, H. Russell Bernard, Kirk Johnson, and John Sonnett.

APPLY TO THE SHORT COURSE ON RESEARCH DESIGN HERE. DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2016
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For graduate students of anthropology

Now in its eighth year, the SIMA (Smithsonian Institution Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology) is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology and related, interdisciplinary programs (Indigenous Studies, Folklore, etc.) who are interested in using museum collections as a data source and who are preparing for research careers. The course runs from June 27-July 22, 2016. Director: Candace Greene.

APPLY TO THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN MUSEUM ANTHOPOLOGY HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2016.
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Now in its fourth year, the Ethnographic Field School (EFS)is a five-week (July 1- August 6) course for graduate students in cultural anthropology. The focus of the EFS is qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in the context of participatory action research. Held in Tallahassee, Florida. Director: Clarence Gravlee

APPLY TO THE ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL HERE. DEADLINE March 1, 2016.
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For all anthropologists

Now in its twelfth year, the WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers one-day workshops in conjunction with the national meetings of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology. Links to applications for these works shops are HERE.

Now in its fourth year, the DCRM (Distance Courses in Research Methods in Anthropology)is open to upper division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in any field who are interested in developing their research skills. Five courses are offered in summer 2016: Text Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Network Analysis, Video Analysis, and Methods of Behavioral Observation. The development of these fee-based courses is supported by the National Science Foundation. Tuition is $1200 per course and enrollment is limited to 20 participants. These courses may be taken for credit or without credit.

Please visit The Methods Mall for Information on National Science Foundation-supported methods courses for cultural anthropologists.

Sep 15 Deadline for Abstracts: Tourism and Heritage Student Award

Call for Abstracts: SfAA Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Competition

Student papers should entail original research on the themes of “tourism” and/or “heritage” broadly defined, including topics such as heritage, archaeology and tourism, ecotourism, and cultural resource management. Top papers will be selected for inclusion in an organized paper session at the 2016 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, and an award of $500 will be presented to the best paper in the session. Winning papers will also be considered for publication in the journal Practicing Anthropology. Eligible students must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time they submit their paper. Submissions must be original work of publishable quality. The work may be undertaken alone or in collaboration with others, but for papers with one or more co-authors, an enrolled student must be the paper’s first author.

The competition involves a two-step process. Step one involves the solicitation and selection of expanded paper abstracts (of 500 words or less; saved as a Word document) for the organized session. Abstracts must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 to the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net). Students selected for participation in the session will then submit full papers for judging by the December 15, 2015 deadline. The winning paper will receive a cash award of $500 and will be honored at the 2016 SfAA Meetings in Vancouver. Email the SfAA Office (info@sfaa.net) or Melissa Stevens (melissa.stevens7@gmail.com) for more information.

University of South Florida Postdoctoral Scholars Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-15

Global Change in a Dynamic World

The University of South Florida has embarked on an ambitious program to enhance its rising stature as a pre-eminent research university with state, national and global impact, and position itself for membership in the Association of American Universities through four key goals: (1) developing well-educated and highly skilled global citizens through our continuing commitment to student success; (2) fostering high-impact research and innovation to change lives, improve health, and sustainable development and positive social change; (3) sound financial management to establish a strong and sustainable economic base in support of USF’s continued academic advancement and; (4) a highly effective, major economic engine, creating new partnerships to build a strong and sustainable future for Florida in the global economy. Details are available in the USF Strategic Plan (http://www.ods.usf.edu/plans/strategic/).

As part of this initiative, the University of South Florida is pleased to announce the sixth year of its Postdoctoral Scholars program in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The over-arching theme for this year’s scholars is Global Change in a Dynamic World. Potential themes include (but are not limited to) sustainability; sustainable development; hazard and disaster management; climate change; population changes; technology and information issues; communication and language development; cultural diasporas; ethnicity, gender, and aging issues; cultural heritage and histories; citizenship; identity; health, economic, education, and environmental disparities; political economy; ethics; human rights; animal rights; peace and conflict studies; injury and violence; security and surveillance issues. Specific research and geographical areas are open, and applicants may consider both past and contemporary perspectives.

Postdoctoral Scholars will: (i) contribute to one or more of the priority goals of the strategic plan; (ii) work closely with distinguished faculty; (iii) participate in interdisciplinary and programmatic seminar series; (iv) teach two courses over a twelve-month period; and (v) continue to build an independent research record and engage in publishing refereed articles and creative scholarship. 

Postdoctoral Scholars

At least two twelve-month postdoctoral scholarships will be awarded in Spring 2014 with appointments beginning August 11^th, 2014, contingent on available funding. Appointments are for full time employment (40 hours per week) and will be continued for a maximum of 2 years contingent upon satisfactory performance. The salary is $40,000 per year and the University contributes to a health insurance program for postdoctoral scholars and their dependents. Support for travel to academic conferences will also be available. Scholars will be responsible for relocation and housing expenses.  Please refer to the link:http://www.grad.usf.edu/provostinitiative2014.php for additional information about eligibility and the applicant process.

Funded PhD Opportunity at University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma’s Department of Anthropology seeks a committed and motivated graduate student who can enter the anthropology program at the level of a Ph.D. student (i.e., having completed a Master’s degree, though, exceptional Bachelor’s level students who will commit to the pursuit of a terminal-Ph.D. will be considered) and who is interested in conducting research at the intersection of several of the following:

1) ecological/environmental anthropology

2) Native American studies

3) community studies

4) psychological anthropology

5) medical anthropology

6) the study of grassroots political movements focusing on issues of the environment

This assistantship will include tuition and a graduate assistant salary, as well as funds to assist with fieldwork expenses. The student will be joining a large, interdisciplinary team of researchers composed of social scientists, ecologists, hydrologists, meteorologists, and climate scientists who are committed to long-term, actively-engaged

Coupled Human and Natural Systems research exploring the ways in which people adapt to the consequences – physical, ecological, and socio-cultural – of climate change, climate variability, and extreme weather events. This graduate assistantship is funded through the current Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR grant.

The University of Oklahoma has recently invested heavily in the

infrastructure to support innovative socio-ecological research that focuses on the impact of climate change, climate variability, and severe weather events. The University of Oklahoma is home to 1) the world-class Oklahoma Mesonet infrastructure (www.mesonet.org) used to monitor key meteorological and some hydrological features throughout the state, 2) the National Weather Center (www.nwc.ou.edu), and 3) the South Central Climate Science Center (www.southcentralclimate.org). Together with the recently awarded-$20 million, NSF-funded Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant (www.okepscor.org/research/climate-variability-research), the University of Oklahoma continues to invest in socio-ecological research infrastructure to study the impact of climate change/variability in the region.

Oklahoma offers a uniquely exciting and challenging research setting for the study of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. From a climatological and hydrological perspective, Oklahoma has suffered a long history of severe droughts – from the Dust Bowl to the recent droughts of 2010-2012 – and is projected to be a region that will be heavily impacted by climate change. From a meteorological perspective, Oklahoma annually faces some of the most extreme weather events in the world, which not only impact life and property, but create unique psycho-cultural understandings of the natural world among residents of the state. From an ecological perspective, Oklahoma rests at a key transition point between central grasslands and eastern deciduous forests, with one of the most extreme east-west precipitation gradients in the country, all of which result in rich comparative research opportunities at these transitional ecotones. Finally, from a cultural perspective, Oklahoma has a unique cultural landscape, being home to 38 federally recognized Native American tribes, historic African American communities and towns, and a growing Latino population, all spanning a wide-range of urban and rural population centers.

While the University of Oklahoma’s deadline for applying for the graduate program in the Department of Anthropology is February 15, 2014, those who are interested in contributing to this research in pursuit of their Ph.D. in anthropology should email 1) a statement of purpose describing their interests and background, 2) digital copies of all coursework and transcripts, 3) the names and email addresses of 3 references, and 4) a C.V. to Dr. Jack Friedman (jack.r.friedman@ou.edu) by January 15, 2014. 

Do not hesitate to contact Dr. Friedman if you have further questions or would like details regarding this opportunity.