The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), an influential research institute with the goal of generating knowledge that can lead to positive social change, seeks an Executive Director. With an operating budget of over $7 million, an endowment of $32.7 million and a staff of 75, the Centers are recognized internationally for groundbreaking, rigorous research and scholarship that places women’s perspectives at the center of inquiry. Located at Wellesley College, one of the nation’s leading women’s colleges, the Centers benefit from a unique relationship with the College including student internship and employment opportunities, some collaborative teaching and research with Wellesley faculty, and financial support. For a detailed position profile, please go tohttps://career.wellesley.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50761
2011 CALL for Nominations: Council on Contemporary Families 2010 Media Awards for Outstanding Coverage of Family Issues
The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of family researchers, mental health and social practitioners, and clinicians, dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best practices findings about American families. The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) announces the opening of nominations for its Ninth Annual Media Awards competition. We honor outstanding journalism that contributes to the public understanding of contemporary family issues, in particular the story behind the story: how diverse families are coping with social and economic change; what they need to flourish; and how these needs can best be met. The Council will present three awards for outstanding coverage of family issues during 2010: *two for journalism in text form (print- or web-based); and *one for broadcast journalism (audio or video) Past winners include journalists from USA Today, Time magazine, the Boston Globe, the San Antonio Express-News, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, KPCC (Southern California Public Radio), Thirteen/WNET, AlterNet, the Associated Press, among many others. Stories cover topics ranging from the consequences of parental snooping on tech-obsessed teens to hunger in Oklahoma and the role of religion in American family life. You can read about last year’s winners, who reported on increased medical risks for children born to older fathers, the scientific research behind contemporary parenting issues, and how families are coping with layoffs and financial insecurity at http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/media-awards/. The award recipients will be honored at the Fourteenth Annual CCF Conference, Tipping Point? When Minority Families Become the Majority, Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Media awards will be presented at a plenary luncheon on Friday, April 8. Nomination: Writers, editors, and producers may self-nominate; CCF members are also encouraged to submit nominations. Criteria: Submissions must draw on traditional journalistic techniques of interview, observation and documentation. Opinion pieces are not eligible. *Work must have been published, broadcast, or posted during calendar year 2010. *Video and radio submissions must not exceed 30 minutes. *Written submissions must not exceed 2000 words; excerpts are acceptable. *A series that covers a particular issue over time is eligible. Please complete and submit the nomination form found at http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/media-awards/ along with five copies of the print, audio, or broadcast clips under consideration. Deadline for nominations: Friday, January 28, 2011. Winners will be notified by Friday, March 4, 2011. Awards will be presented on Friday, April 8 at noon, at the Council on Contemporary Families 14th Annual Conference, Tipping Point? When Minority Families Become the Majority, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Winners are invited to attend the entire conference in full. We urge winners to accept their awards in person. CCF will cover airfare and hotel expenses for our honorees. At the plenary session where awards are presented, winners are invited to speak for five minutes on emerging issues affecting American families and how CCF members and supporters can help the media cover these stories effectively. Mark Your Calendars for CCF's 14th Annual Conference The topic of our 14th Annual Conference, April 8-9, 2011, is “Tipping Point? When Minority Families Become the Majority.” Panels in our customary brief formal presentation/long dialogue format will convene experts on the topics listed below. Please join us for these compelling sessions, as well as for networking opportunities and to discuss current research on family issues. Following is the Council on Contemporary Families 9th Annual Media Awards Nomination Form. * * * Council on Contemporary Families 9th Annual Media Awards Nomination Form Deadline for entries: Friday, January 28, 2011 Winners will be notified by Friday, March 4th Awards presented at the University of Illinois at Chicago, on Friday, April 8, 2011 Criteria *Work must have been published, broadcast, or posted during calendar year 2010. *Video and radio submissions must not exceed 30 minutes. *Written submissions must not exceed 2000 words; excerpts are acceptable. *A series that covers a particular issue over time is eligible. Please complete the form found at http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/media-awards/ and submit it — online AND printed out and mailed with FIVE sets of the relevant tear sheets, CDs or DVDs — to: Pamela Anne Quiroz, Chair, CCF Media Committee, University of Illinois at Chicago, 3238 EPASW, 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147, Chicago IL 60607. Email: [email protected], Phone: (708) 769-2890. The nominations should include: YOUR NAME: POSITION: MEDIA OUTLET: MAILING ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS: DAYTIME TELEPHONE: WORK(S) FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS AWARD: Please list titles& dates published, along with URLs for electronic versions. If there is any contextual information that you think would be useful, please provide it here. Thank you for your submission! AERA Dissertation Grants. AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from the large-scale national or international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. The selection process is competitive. The application deadline is January 10, 2011. For detailed information, see http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
AERA Research Grants. AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from the large-scale national or international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. The selection process is competitive. The application deadline is January 10, 2011. For detailed information, see http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html. AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy:Transitions from High School to College. The Institute's goal is to build the capacity of the U.S. education research community to use large-scale national and international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies. Hands-on training is provided in the application of large-scale data sets, with special emphasis on using them for policy-related research in education. In 2011, the Institute will focus on using these data sets to address research questions related to student transitions from high school to college. Senior researchers, agency staff, and other experts jointly provide this training, to be held May 24-26, 2011, in Washington, DC. The Institute will cover participant expenses (transportation, meals, and lodging.) The selection process is competitive. The application deadline is January 20, 2011. For more detailed information, see http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/stat_institute/SIFly.html. AERA Faculty Institute for the Teaching of Statistics with Large-Scale Date Sets. The Faculty Institute's goal is to help faculty use large-scale federal data sets in their courses. Especially important are data sets sponsored by the NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies. These data sets, often longitudinal and nationally representative, offer an excellent opportunity to conduct research and learn advanced quantitative methods with high quality policy relevant data. This Institute aims to "train the trainers"; that is, to teach faculty to incorporate these data sets in their statistics and methodology courses, thereby preparing the next generation of researchers to take advantage of these rich data resources in their research. This Institute will be held June 15-17, 2011 at Stanford University. The Institute will cover participant expenses (transportation, meals, and lodging.) The selection process is competitive. The application deadline is January 20, 2011. For more detailed information, see http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/stat_institute/SIFacFly.html. 1) You can now submit to the 2011 Annual Meeting program: http://www.asanet.org/meetings/Call_for_Papers.cfm 2) All 2010 ASA memberships expire on 12/31, so be sure to renew today (it really helps our section out): http://www.asanet.org/members/join.cfm. |
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