The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future - Calling applicants

The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or post-doctoral studies in the physical sciences, engineering and technology at leading universities abroad. 

The long-term goal of the faculty for the future program is to generate conditions that result in more women pursuing academic careers in scientific disciplines thus contributing to the socio-economic development of their home countries and regions. The faculty for the future program is growing each year and has become a powerful community of 323 women scientists from 63 countries. Grant recipients are selected as much for their leadership capabilities as for their scientific talents. Ultimately they are expected to return to their home countries to continue their academic careers, to further their research, to teach and to become inspirational role models for other young women. 

Please apply on-line by September 9, 2013 at: www.fftf.slb.com

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse: Positions in Environmental Sociology and Medical Sociology

Do you want to share your curiosity for understanding the social world with motivated students? The Department of Sociology/Archaeology invites applicants for two tenure-track, Assistant Professors of Sociology to begin either January 2014 or late August 2014. We seek applications from individuals who hold a Ph.D. in sociology, or a closely related field (e.g., social gerontology) by time of appointment. Successful candidates must express their dedication to high quality undergraduate education.

Environmental sociology (position # 0600642) - preference given to candidates who can teach in the substantive areas of death, grief, and bereavement, sociology of disasters/risk, media, research methods, contemporary sociological theory and either introduction to sociology or race and ethnicity. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach in areas that are complementary to the areas of expertise of our current faculty.

Medical sociology (position # 0600643) - with preference given to candidates who can teach in the substantive areas of death, grief, and bereavement, sociology of disasters/risk, media, research methods, contemporary sociological theory and either introduction to sociology or race and ethnicity. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to become affiliated with and/or direct the department’s Center for Death Education and Bioethics.

The positions are open until filled; however, review of applications will begin on October 3, 2013.

The Sociology Program at UW-L is part of the Department of Sociology/Archaeology. Qualified candidates will join the 20- member department, (12 sociologists, 3 cultural anthropologists and 5 archaeologists). The Sociology Program serves 180 sociology majors, 100 sociology minors, and an interdisciplinary minor with 100 students in criminal justice. The program is built around a strong core of foundational courses with the expectation of close student-instructor interaction, opportunities for in-depth participation by our students in all aspects of sociological research, and internship experiences. For more information about our program, or the Department of Sociology/Archaeology, see http://www.uwlax.edu/sociology/

Note: Electronic submission of application materials is required.  For additional information about this position and to apply, please visit https://employment.uwlax.edu/

Call for Proposals: Gender, Bodies & Technology: Performing the Human: May 2014 at Virginia Tech

Gender, Bodies, & Technology is an initiative within Women’s and Gender Studies at Virginia Tech that aims to creatively and intellectually explore the multiple, proliferating, and gendered dimensions of technologized bodies and embodied technologies. Through our initiative and biannual conference, we seek to demonstrate, theorize, and perform the discursive and material nodes around which gender, bodies, and technology both cohere and fracture: how, for example, do the specter and reality of transvaginal ultrasounds index a historically specific female body? What is the relationship between expanded combat roles for female soldiers and the U.S. military’s escalating use of “unmanned” drone warcraft? How should we interpret airport body scanners and restroom architecture that threaten and displace transgender persons? Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2013

We invite proposals from scholars in the humanities, social and natural sciences, feminist science studies, visual and performing arts, life sciences, and STEM fields for papers, panels, workshops, new media, art, and performance pieces that explore the intersections of gender, bodies & technology in contexts ranging from classrooms to the military, and from health care to the media.

Find out more here: Gender, Bodies, & Technology at Virginia Tech 2014

Any questions, please contact Christine Labuski/GBT Coordinator and Conference Co-Director at chrislab@vt.edu