Archival Assistant (Contractual Position)

Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library at the Banneker-Douglass Museum
Annapolis, Maryland

Archival Assistant (Contractual Position)

The Sylvia Gaither Garrison Library seeks an intern to serve as an Archival Assistant. The incumbent will assist with the arranging, describing, cataloguing, and preserving of historical manuscripts and photographs. The incumbent must be proficient in Microsoft Word. Experience in Past Perfect Museum software, library science, archival science, or African American history is preferred.

The Archival Assistant will work approximately 20 hours per week during the summer on a flexible schedule; the stipend is $2,500.00.

Please email your letter of interest, including availability, and resume to lwaller@goci.state.md.us by June 8, 2010.

FUTURE FACULTY CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM

FUTURE FACULTY CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM
Rochester Institute of Technology
RIT’s innovative diversity program is raising the bar for schools nationwide.
Please share this information with members of your organization and students whom you know that may be interested.

Dear MariaElena B. Zavala, Do you know of individuals that fit the following criteria?

§ Ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences.
We are especially interested in applications from people of color who are underrepresented and underserved in teaching professions; i.e.,
African American, Latin American, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.
§ Within one to two years of receiving Ph.D. -or-
§ Within one year of receiving or already received MFA -or-
§ Engaged in a Post Doctoral assignment
§ Desire academic teaching career at an exceptional teaching institution
§ Receiving degrees in disciplines offered at RIT; (Math, Sciences, Engineering, Technologies, Liberal Arts, Fine Art, Computing Sciences) complete list of programs
§ Demonstrate potential to fill open and/or anticipated vacancies
§ Able to travel to Rochester, NY September 22-26, 2010




Individuals are encouraged to apply by June 2, 2010 for the
ALL-EXPENSE-PAID
8th ANNUAL FUTURE FACULTY CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM

For more information visit our website: http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/facultyrecruitment/faculty_program.php.

Please direct any email correspondence to facultyr@rit.edu or telephone number 585-475-5775.


RIT is committed to creating a climate that fosters the success of every student and employee by appreciating the unique contributions that each person makes to the educational process based on their ethnic, cultural and gender-related knowledge and experiences.

“It requires committed and dedicated leadership operating in a reasoned way, but willing to take strong measures. And you have to start at the top, with the president, yes, but also with the vice presidents as leaders of their divisions, the deans as leaders of their colleges, the chairs as leaders of their department… committed leadership up and down the organization.”

-Dr. Bill Destler, President of Rochester Institute of Technology

The 2010 Andrės Torres Paper Series Award

The 2010 Andrės Torres Paper Series Award

Call for Manuscript Proposals

Submission Deadline: August 15, 2010

The Mauricio Gastón Institute is pleased to announce the first call for proposals for the Andrés Torres Paper Series Award. The Institute will award a grant of $4,000.00 for the preparation of a scholarly manuscript focused on three themes of the Latino and Latina experience:

1. the connection between immigration and community formation

2. transnational linkages

3. inter-Latino relations and relations between Latino groups and other groups

We are seeking proposals from young scholars engaged in research relevant to these topics. Selection for this award is through a competitive process. A national committee of Latino scholars convened by the Gastón Institute will review all proposals and select one proposal for the 2010 Andrés Torres Paper Series Award.


For full submissions guidelines and additional information

Please visit our website www.gaston.umb.edu or call
Ivelisse Caraballo at 617.287.4879

Digital Arts Corps

Digital Arts Corps Position (Media Campaign Support)

Organization's mission statement:
Different Avenues strives to protect the health, rights and safety of girls and women of color who engage in alternative economies and activities who are affected by systematic and interpersonal violence and health disparities. By providing nonjudgmental leadership development and harm reduction services we will strengthen and build the power of girls and women of color who engage in survival strategies in the reproductive justice movement.

Position Description:
This position is available through the Digital Arts Corps, a national AmeriCorps VISTA program that places service members into nonprofit organizations that use media and technology to strengthen communities. These Organizations include Community Media and Technology Centers, Low Power FM Radio Stations, Cable Access Television, Arts Organizations and community organizations that use media and technology in their
operations or delivery of programs. To learn more please visit: http://apply.digitalartscorps.org<http://apply.digitalartscorps.org/>

Roles & Responsibilities
• Website development using content management system
• Develop external communications system, including
social networking sites, RSS feeds, listserves, email blasts, SMS
• Development of evaluation database needed for organizing and advocacy
• Develop and implement digital media systems and print media for external communications
• Develop a database to monitor and evaluate organizing, advocacy and service programs
• Develop a database that tracks donors, volunteer time and in-kind donations
• Work with constituents to develop digital, audio and print social media tools

Benefits Include
• $13,448 a year living Allowance, paid bi- weekly
• Transportation Expenses to organization location
• $5350 Education Award (for college tuition or loan repayment) or $1500 cash stipend paid at the successful completion of your year in service.
• Student loan deferment or forbearance on qualified loans
• Healthcare (catastrophic coverage), prescription drug coverage and the child care allowance
• Relocation assistance (if moving over 50 miles to serve)
• Serve with the Digital Arts Corps as part of a National team facilitated by the Transmission Project to share resources, experience and advice.

If interested, please contact us by email at: kelli@differentavenues.org <

Careers in the Common Good -- opening at Brown

Brown is looking for a Career Advisor to help advance Brown’s leadership in the area of “Careers in the Common Good.” I’m happy to answer any questions, but interested individuals should apply asap as directed below, as we’re hoping to fill this position quickly. (We also have an Internship Mgr position open, and will soon post another Career Advisor position.) Thanks!

Brown University's Career Development Center seeks an experienced individual to join its team of Career Advisors. Advisors work collaboratively with employers, alumni, departments, faculty, and students to provide resources and knowledge of specific career fields, facilitate the development of professional networks, cultivate job and internship opportunities, and guide students in connecting their education with work and life after Brown. This position will take particular leadership on "Careers in the Common Good" -- e.g., nonprofits, government, entrepreneurial, and for-profit arenas that have a focus on social causes and social change. Candidates must be familiar with work and life in these arenas and be able to provide student advising in the Brown context, cultivate relationships on and off campus, and build robust structures and processes for visibility, support, and recruiting in these fields.

Further information and position requirements can be found at careers.brown.edu; search for position C00356. Applications must be submitted online at that website.

Defining Problems, Finding Solutions

Conference on Immigration in the Southeast:

Defining Problems, Finding Solutions

Oct 28-30, 2010

KSU Center

Kennesaw State University

Proposals due July 21, 2010

Kennesaw State University calls for academic papers and poster presentations for a multidisciplinary conference on immigration to Georgia and the Southeast. Papers or posters should promote an understanding of the problems associated with immigration, with an emphasis on finding practical and realistic solutions that promote economic growth and social strength for the Southeast. All paper presentations should be in English; posters may be presented in English or Spanish. Conference papers will be considered for publication.

For proposals please send a single-page electronic abstract including institutional affiliation and contact information to Dr. Alan LeBaron, at alebaron@kennesaw.edu or Dr. Elaine Levine, at elaine@servidor.unam.mx. The Conference is sponsored by the Kennesaw State University Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies and the Center for Sustainable Journalism; the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies at the University of South Carolina; and the Centro de Investigaciones Sobre America del Norte of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Updated information to be posted at: http://www.kennesaw.edu/burruss_inst/SE-Conference/

cfp-material-culture-craft-community

http://objectoffashion.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/cfp-material-culture-craft-community-2/

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the varied expressions
of craft – material, cultural, social – in past and present societies.
Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant today,
sustaining communities while negotiating cultures. Craft-made goods
were, and are, created for domestic or institutional use, for local or
international markets. They express gender roles and cultural
aspirations, sustain economies, and express aesthetic values and
skills of making. Craft practice has long defined communities and
groups, and continues to do so in the midst of global trade networks.
Moreover, the flow of ideas, goods, and peoples animate the making,
circulation, and meaning of craft goods. These and other issues will
be addressed over the course of the conference.

Keynote Speaker:
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard University

Confirmed Speakers:
Eiluned Edwards, London College of Fashion, UK
Edward S Cooke, Yale University
Janice Helland, Queen’s University, Kingston
Laura Peers, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Ruth Phillips, Carleton University, Ottawa

Fall teaching position at American U in Women's Studies

One of the people lined up to teach in the WMST program for this fall is no longer able to do so. Thus, they need an instructor for WGSS 225, Gender Politics and Power. It meets MTH 12:45 - 2PM. Current enrollment is 11; cap is 30.

If you are interested, let Dr. Williams-Forson know ASAP and she will put you in touch with a colleague over there who may be able to help get you in.

Post-doc at University of Oregon

The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Position in Race and Gender. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research linking race and gender as primary intersecting fields. This position will also require the candidate to teach three courses in area of specialization as it relates to the interconnection between race and gender, give a colloquium related to research, hold office hours and advise students, and participate in department meetings and events.
The appointment is for Academic Year 2010-2011, and provides a salary of $30,000.00 plus benefits.

Minimum and Preferred Qualifications
A PhD within the last five years in a social science or humanities discipline or an interdisciplinary department and evidence of ongoing research on the interconnections between race and gender are required. Teaching experienced is preferred.
To be assured full consideration, applications should be received by June 14, 2010; open until filled.

Tenure-stream position in Anthropology at Colgate

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Colgate University invites applications for a tenure-stream position in Anthropology at the level of Assistant Professor (Ph.D. expected by time of appointment) to commence in the 2011-2012 academic year. The Department invites applications from candidates committed to interdisciplinarity, ethnographic fieldwork, and social theory. Areas of scholarly interest are open, but we are looking for candidates who complement the existing strengths of the department. Teaching interests in one or more of the following are desirable: transnationalism or migration; social movements; collaborative or indigenous archaeology; race and postcolonial theory; urban ethnography; medicine and the body. Geographic area of expertise is open, but the department especially encourages applications from candidates who work in Latin America, South or Southeast Asia.
Teaching duties will include Introduction to Cultural Anthropology or Research Methods, and a Senior Research Seminar, and will include participation in the University’s Liberal Arts Core Curriculum (teaching an interdisciplinary course in the candidate’s areas of specialization). Women and minority scholars are especially encouraged to apply. Colgate is a highly selective, liberal arts college located in central New York. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2010. Send letter of application, c.v., and one article-length writing sample, and have three letters of recommendation sent to: Carolyn Hsu, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346. Colgate is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body further the University’s educational mission.

Norm and Exceptions: Between obedience, existence and resistance

Norm and Exceptions: Between obedience, existence and resistance

Dear Colleagues,

The University of Ottawa Political Studies Graduate Students Association is pleased to invite you to a multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, entitled "Norm and Exceptions", which will take place on October 7th and 8th 2010 at the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). Our aim is to solicit multidisciplinary contributions and discussions on norms and exceptions. With the intent to foster a dialogical space, we seek to encourage participants from a range of disciplines, perspectives and approaches.

Norm and Exceptions

Processes of normalization take place by the institution of a social ordering, through which the collective respect of a number of prescriptions is established. At the same time, the institution of a norm generates several exceptions that can appear either as discursive barriers (discrimination, otherness, domination etc.) or as deviance (marginality, lifestyles and alternative thinking, etc.). In this perspective, a norm can be conceived as the formation of guidelines orienting the affirmation of social engagement. For many, norms can be seen as mandatory passing points through which behaviors and expressions are restrained. The formal or informal resulting rules may consequently differ from certain cultural, political, aesthetic, scientific, trends. A norm, and its exception, can also be represented as the expression of power and its legitimacy. Sovereignty appears as a result to be linked with the determination of the exception. It is therefore necessary to explore the complex and multifaceted relationship between norm and exception. What structures their coexistence? How does the exception irrupt in social reality? How does it reveal itself? What happens when the norm is unclear or when the exception is generalized? Is the norm an obstacle to singularity? Or is it a necessary condition for the existence of a society?

Suggestions of possible themes:

• Aboriginality
• Environment
• Epistemology
• Space/Territoriality
• Gender
• Governance
• Identity

The paper abstracts, which can be in either English or French, must not exceed 350 words. They must be submitted to normeetexceptions2010@hotmail.com before May 28th 2010. Please note that proposals for panels will also be considered, but must be comprised of 4 to 6 speakers.

http://www.normeetexceptions2010.com/ne2010/home.htm

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Grant Opportunity

On May 4, 2010, Governor O'Malley signed into law Senate Bill 319/House Bill 915 creating the African American Heritage Preservation Program. This exciting new grant program will provide support for the acquisition, construction, and capital improvement of buildings, sites, or communities of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. The program will be administered as a joint partnership of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture (MCAAHC) and the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT).

General information about the program is now available at http://mht.maryland.gov/grants_africanamerican.html.

Please note that the application deadline (postmarked) is July 15th, 2010.

Please share this information with your networks. For those needing assistance, there will be a grants workshop on Saturday, June 5th from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Bates Legacy Center, located at 1101 Smithville Street in Annapolis. The workshop is free, but registration is requested by June 1, 2010. Lack of registered attendees will cancel the workshop. Please RSVP with Dr. Joni Jones, Executive Director of the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, at 410-216-6190 orjjones@goci.state.md.us to register for the workshop.

There are tentative plans to repeat this workshop on Saturday, June 12th from 10 AM to 1 PM in the penthouse of the Largo Government Center, ( 9201 Basil Court Largo, Maryland 20774) if there are at least ten registrants by June 7, 2010.

Annuals of the Next Generation

Annuals of the Next Generation is a refereed, scholarly journal that seeks to provide a venue to

showcase the next generation of African American scholars by publishing the research of

graduate students. This publication will highlight research from multiple disciplines and areas,

and allow these young scholars to present their work to an international audience. A manuscript

submitted to Annuals of the Next Generation should be a Microsoft Word file. Manuscripts

should be formatted into a 8 ½ x 11 document with one inch margins, should be Times New

Roman 12 point typeface, and should not be more than 40 double-spaced pages (including

references). The submission should conform to the Publication Manual of the American

Psychological Association (APA) (5th edition). The title page should contain the article name,

authors' names and complete affiliations, and the address for manuscript correspondence

(including e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers). A descriptive abstract of no more than

100 double-spaced words should be included in the manuscript.

Manuscripts will be acknowledged by the Editor upon receipt. After an internal editorial review,

manuscripts will be forwarded anonymously to at least two external reviewers. The review

process will take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months. Once the manuscript has been reviewed,

the author(s) will be notified about the status of the manuscript. Every effort should be made by

the author(s) to remove any identifying markers from the manuscript. Manuscripts accepted for

publication are subject to copyediting. Manuscript submission indicates the author's commitment

to publish in Annuals of the Next Generation and to give the journal first publication rights. No

manuscript known to be under consideration by another journal will be reviewed. It is a

condition of publication that author(s) vest copyright of their manuscripts, including abstracts, to

The Center for African American Research and Policy (CAARP).

February 1st and June 1st are the annual submission deadlines. All submissions should be

submitted to the online submission system at

(http://www.caarpweb.org/publications/ang.php). If you have any questions, please contact

Antonio Daniels, Editor of The Annuals of the Next Generation, via email to

adaniels@caarpweb.org.

Genealogies of Neoliberalism

Issue Number 112

"Neoliberalism" is a term that is often invoked, but too often insufficiently historicized or interrogated. Neoliberalism's advocates naturalize it as non-ideological and inevitable while occluding the constructed nature of the movement. Its opponents too often naturalize neoliberalism as well by using the term as a catch-all that carries little explanatory power. However, the current financial implosion, subsequent recession, and the policy responses to both, show the need for a new historical inquiry into the political, economic, and cultural problem of neoliberalism. This issue of the Radical History Review works in a revelatory mode to make plain the violence behind neoliberalism's "what goes without saying" and make clear the dramatic interventions that created neoliberalism's discursive dominance. In particular, given the opaqueness of the responses to our new crises of capitalism--and the way in which such responses have continued to massively redistribute wealth upwards in the United States and globally--we believe that it is particularly incumbent upon scholars to examine the historic and current strategies of expertise (institutional and otherwise) that limit democratic social participation and advance the project of neoliberalism.

Thus, we seek projects from multiple disciplinary perspectives which argue for neoliberalism as a useful category of historical analysis--projects which overcome "neoliberalism" as an empty signifier and which seek to lay bare the concealment that is often constitutive of the entire project itself. Prominent cultural and intellectual movements have laid the groundwork for neoliberal hegemony. Social management institutions such as universities and social work agencies, and disciplines such as public health, medicine, and psychiatry, are implicated in the process of neoliberal consensus and practice. Instead of reinforcing the movement's naturalization we are soliciting projects that attempt to show the plural and contradictory genealogies of neoliberalism. These genealogies should seek to ground the movement geographically, temporally, culturally, intellectually, and/or institutionally.

Some suggested topical fields include:

-Projects which examine the roots of neoliberalism in nineteenth-century liberalism, twentieth-century liberalism, and neoconservatism
-Roles of medicine, public health, and other social management strategies in consolidating neoliberal consensus
-Historical continuities and discontinuities between liberalism and neoliberalism
-The role of cultural factors (entertainment, education, the arts, and others) in the creation of neoliberal common sense.
-Projects which examine neoliberalism's relationship to globalization
-The extent to which neoliberalism should be seen as transnational, international, national, or anti-national in theorization and practice
-The role of international law and agreements in planning neoliberalism
-Histories of neoliberalism in post-colonial and post-Soviet contexts
-Histories which examine Third World strategies of cooptation and resistance
-The effect of neoliberalism on the public, intellectual, and cultural commons
-The multiplicity of neoliberalism's geographical roots in Latin America, Asia, the United States, and Europe
-Projects that interrogate intersections between modernity, colonialism, and neoliberalism
-The role of academia and academics in the creation of cultures of neoliberal expertise
-Neoliberalism's impact on higher education
-The relationships between neoliberalism and U.S. liberalism/conservatism
-The role of the normative family in neoliberal ideology and practice
-Projects which interrogate and attempt to destabilize the naturalized categories that are at the normative base of neoliberalism
-The importance of racial formations in neoliberal reforms
-Histories of neoliberal urban planning/design/reform
-The role of crises in the continuity (or discontinuity) of neoliberalism
-The lack of popular understanding of neoliberalism as a discourse in the United States
-Resistance to neoliberalism in the U.S. and globally
-The global role of 1968 in the history of neoliberalism

The editors of this special edition invite contributions that explore these or any other themes which relate to the genealogies of neoliberal expertise. We welcome traditional monographic articles as well as short reports, political commentary, documents, book reviews, photo essays, art, illustrations, interviews, and teaching resources. RHR solicits contributions from activists and academics.

Procedures for submission of articles:
Preliminary inquiries may be sent to any of the issue editors: Mark Soderstrom (mark.soderstrom@esc.edu); Jason Stahl (stah0064@umn.edu); or Heidi Tinsman (hetinsma@uci.edu). By June 15, 2010, please submit a 1-2 page abstract summarizing the article as an attachment to contactrhr@gmail.com with "Issue 112 abstract submission" in the subject line. By July 15 authors will be notified whether they should submit a full version of their article for peer review. The due date for complete articles is November 1, 2010. Articles should be submitted electronically with "Issue 112 submission" in the subject line. For artwork, please send low resolution digital files (totaling less than 2 MB in size) to contactrhr@gmail.com If chosen for publication it will be required that you send high resolution image files (JPG or TIF files at a minimum of 300 dpi) along with permissions to reprint all images. Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 112 of the Radical History Review, scheduled to appear in Winter 2012.

Abstract Deadline: June 15, 2010

Email:contactrhr@gmail.com

Curatorial position

http://www.jobtarget.com/c/job.cfm?site_id=8712&job=6790789

The Walters Art Museum seeks a dynamic professional to serve as the communication liaison for the Acting Chief Curator, Curators, and Curatorial Division staff. Reporting to the Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions, the individual will have responsibility for providing programmatic, policy and administrative support for the Curatorial Division; participating in the intellectual activities of the Curatorial Division by attending and assisting with logistical arrangements for a variety of activities; coordinating meetings and appointments, assisting with scheduling and preparing for monthly Loan & Acquisition and Trustee Collections Committee meetings; participating in Curatorial meetings to summarize action steps for the Acting Chief Curator; implementing administrative policies; responding to routine calls, letters, emails and forwarding specific queries to appropriate curatorial staff, processing facsimile transmissions and translating foreign languages when needed; assisting with annual budget planning and tracking expenses, performing administrative tasks as assigned.

Requirements include a M.A. in Art History or Museum Studies and a minimum of 1 year related experience, an understanding of art history and academic research procedures and practices, and a proven ability to work proactively with others at all levels. Candidates should be able to read and/or speak a foreign language, possess excellent written and oral communication skills. We also require strong administrative, organizational, interpersonal and customer service skills, ability to prioritize the work load and be highly attentive to detail, must be PC literate, particularly with Microsoft Office products; able to work independently in a fast-paced environment by displaying personal initiative, handling sensitive and confidential matters with tact and diplomacy. A positive attitude, pleasant disposition and excellent telephone skills are critical.

For consideration, send your resume, cover letter and salary requirement to jobs@thewalters.org.

An EOE/A drug and alcohol free environment.

Application end date is May 31, 2010.

Bullis position available

Opening for a teacher for next year-- someone who can teach American history and literature. Bullis is a private school in Potomac, MD.

Here's the link to the Social Studies curriculum guide:

http://www.bullis.org/academics/us_socialstudies.asp

and English:

http://www.bullis.org/academics/us_english.asp

And here's a link to a youtube video about a fun project with the kids (they made facebook fan pages for early 19th century reformers and politicans):

http://www.youtube.com/bullisschool#p/u/46/Vj-XCUIbbcE

Doing Queer Studies Now - Call for Papers

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Graduate Conference, "Doing Queer Studies Now", October 21-23, 2010. The purpose of this conference is to take stock of and provide a showcase for innovative practices and pursuits in queer studies, both in the humanities and social sciences, as well as emerging fields that bridge the two. Abstract deadline: June 1, 2010.

Doing Queer Studies Now - Call for Papers

- Doing Queer Studies Now -
Graduate Conference
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
October 21-23, 2010

*Confirmed Speakers*: Paul Amar (Law & Society Program, Global Studies, Feminist Studies, UC-Santa Barbara), Adam Green (Sociology, U. of Toronto), Joon Lee (English, Rhode Island School of Design), Heather Love (English, U. of Pennsylvania).

What is queer about queer studies? Does queer refer to a set of topics or a mode of inquiry? What is the role of theory in queer studies? How is new scholarship bridging the social sciences and the humanities? What is the relationship between actual queer practices and queer studies? What is the relationship between scholarship and activism? How are radical sex critique and queer studies related? What are the limitations of queer?

These are some of the questions we are interested in twenty years after the emergence of queer theory. The purpose of this conference is to take stock of and provide a showcase for innovative practices and pursuits in queer studies, both in the humanities and social sciences, as well as emerging fields that bridge the two.

*We are not calling for papers that engage these questions at a meta-level, but rather for work that is conditioned by them.*

While we welcome a range of topics, some of the topics we are interested in include:

- the role of historical, political and economic forces in shaping queerness

- governmentality, state and biopolitics

- transnational flows of capital and migrations

- queer intersections with race, gender, class, ability, age, etc.

- queer subjectivities, experiences and identities

- queer historiography, phenomenology and temporality

- visual culture, new media

Paper abstracts of 250 to 300 words should be sent by June 1, 2010 to _doingqueerstudiesnow2010@umich.edu _. We wish to notify presenters by Monday, June 21. We will ask for the completed paper for respondents by October 1, 2010.

OIT June Trainings

OIT's Learning Technologies Institute will conduct a series of FREE workshops for the university instructional community this June. Workshops range from 1.5 to 5 hours on a variety of learning tools including ELMS (powered by Blackboard), clickers, Wimba LiveClassroom, wikis, and iTunesU, along with relevant content creation tools such as Camtasia and Dreamweaver.

A calendar of workshop dates can be found at the Learning Technologies Web site: http://otal.umd.edu/calendar. Registration and workshop descriptions can be viewed at the Training@Maryland site http://www.training.umd.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.OrgSearch&org_id=484.

Website: otal.umd.edu/calendar/2010-06

For more information, contact:
Deborah J. Mateik
Learning Technologies
+1 301 405 2945
zdeb@umd.edu
www.training.umd.edu

Leading Effective Classroom Discussions on Controversial Issues

Chronicle article on controversy in the classroom -- provides a set of guidelines for making sure it's an effective conversation.

Available here:

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Leading-Effective-Classroom/23834/

Dr. Williams-Forson's Tenure Party -- 5/12 at 4-6 at DCDC

The Department of American Studies cordially invites you to a reception in honor of Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson’s recent promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. We are thrilled that the university has recognized her scholarly contributions, and request you join us in congratulating her for this honor. The gathering will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 12, from 4pm-6pm at the David C. Driskell Center. Refreshments will be served. We hope you will join us in celebrating this momentous occasion!

AAHE Dissertation Competition

The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), in conjunction with Educational Testing Service (ETS), has announced the third annual Outstanding Dissertation Competition. The 2011 competition is open to those who have completed a dissertation between June 1, 2008 and August 1, 2010 that either focuses on Hispanics in higher education or on select disciplines by an Hispanic student. AAHHE and ETS are providing an opportunity to spotlight top doctoral students and, at the same time, rewarding excellence in Hispanic student performance at the doctoral level.

Details about the competition and recognition for the winners are available at www.aahhe.org. Please share the competition guidelines with your faculty, recent doctoral graduates and current candidates that are eligible and encourage their participation. Note that the first deadline for participation in the competition is September 7, 2010. The top three winners will:

1. Be invited and sponsored to attend the 6th AAHHE National

Conference (March 3-5, 2011) in San Antonio, Texas;

2. Present their dissertations during a conference concurrent session; and

3. Receive their award.

1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive a monetary award of $5,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively, and the announcement is widely disseminated to AAHHE and ETS listserves.

This is an important opportunity for your graduate students that will both promote them as they pursue their career and promote your institution as producing top-ranked students.

Thank you for your support of your Hispanic graduate students in achieving their goals.

Contact info:

Loui Olivas, President

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)

c/o Arizona State University

522 N. Central Avenue, Suite 243

Phoenix, AZ 85004-2165

602.496.1150 | Fax 602.496.1144

www.aahhe.org

Blogger Spotlight: David Silver

I'd like to showcase our own AMST blogging community from time-to-time, and there's no place start like silver in sf, the personal/teaching blog for David Silver, Associate Professor of media studies and environmental studies at the University of San Francisco. David and I took the very first UM workshop in HTML together (wa-a-a-y back in the 90s!) and it's great to see that he's still a believer in creative, digitally-powered teaching and learning.

I love that his blog mingles the personal and professional, and the way he incorporates flickr and Twitter streams. Someday I will do that, in my ample free time. It's an inspiring blog; don't miss the recipes!