Workshop on School Choice

Martin School of Public Policy workshop on School Choice.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Professors J.S. Butler and 

Eugenia Toma from the Martin School of Public Policy and 

Administration, University of Kentucky will speak on

"School Attributes and Distance: Tradeoffs in 

the School Choice Decision"

WEST END ROOM
18th floor
Patterson Office Tower

2:30 to 4:00

For further details, consult workshop web page

http://www.ifigr.org/workshop/workshop-fall-2009.html

Generation NeXt Seminar this month

See below for an invitation from our new Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dr. Mike Mullen, and keep an eye on the blog sidebar for interesting readings and links about education in today's world.


On October 16th, we are hosting a seminar and workshop by Dr Mark Taylor(http://www.taylorprograms.com/) entitled “Meeting and Teaching Generation NeXt. I have been in sessions with Dr. Taylor on two different occassions during the past 3 years and he provides a thought provoking and entertaining program. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this opportunity. Please share this with your Directors of UG Studies, teaching faculty, and advising staff. You must go to http://www.uky.edu/IRPE/assessment.html to register.


This will be a most useful and educational program. I look forward to seeing you there.

Undergraduate Common Reading Experience...Check it Out

From Jared Tippets (PhD-SHED)

The Office of New Student and Parent Programs invites all students, faculty, and staff to an evening with The Color of Water author James McBride as part of the inaugural Common Reading Experience. McBride will present “The Color of Water: Meditations on Identity,” an intimate discussion regarding the process of writing the book and his subsequent search for identity.

We encourage your attendance even if you have not read the book. Other campuses who have used The Color of Water describe McBride as a dynamic speaker whose unique background and vast array of experiences will be engaging and prompt reflection on your own identity. For students, this event is designated as both a TallyCats event and UK101 cultural event.

When: Thursday October 1, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Singletary Center for the Arts, Concert Hall [MAP]
Cost: Free, non-ticketed

This event is FREE and open to the public, so arrive early for guaranteed seating. Overflow seating will be offered in the Singletary Center Recital Hall courtesy of Wildcat Student TV.

Want a free copy of the book?? There are a few additional copies of the customized book available. Students, faculty, and staff may pick up a complimentary copy during business hours in 518 Patterson Office Tower while supplies last.

For more information about the James McBride lecture and/or the Common Reading Experience, please visit www.uky.edu/CommonReading or contact CommonReading@lsv.uky.edu or 859.257.6597.

October Fellowship Opportunities

Please check out the fellowship opportunities coming up in October: Women's Club and Emeriti Faculty (go to Graduate School website for applications). These are self-nominating fellowships, so you do not need a nomination from the DGS; you will submit all the required documentation yourself.

For more information contact:
Catherine V Brown
Fellowship Officer
Graduate School
University of Kentucky
203 Gillis Building
Lexington, KY 40506--0033
catherine.brown@uky.edu

International Society for Educational Biography Call for Papers

International Society for Educational Biography Call for Papers
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference
Chase Park Plaza
St Louis, Missouri
April 22-24, 2010

Submission deadline is February 20, 2010

I.S.E.B. invites academics, teachers, graduate students, researchers and anyone who engages biography or aspects of biography in their writing, teaching, research, or other professional endeavors in any field (not exclusively education), to submit proposals for our annual conference. Previous papers have been given by English professors, history professors,law professors, French professors, graduate students, and priests, persons from Colleges of Education and other disciplines.

Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: Collective biographies, Role of biography in the history of education, biography and fiction, general biography in any area, plot structures of biographies, biographic criticism, publishing biographies, feminist approaches to life writing, use of life narratives in classroom instruction, oral history, experimental approaches to life-writing, narrating lives, ethical issues in life writing.

ISEB promotes the scholarly study of the lives of educators and those whose lives are educative. All analytical and interpretive approaches to biographies shall be encouraged as well as the exchange of ideas between scholars of education and those from other disciplines who have an interest in the field of education through the common bond of the educational biography. By "biography” we include traditional biographical accounts as well as biographical methods which include narrative, oral history, autobiography, ethnography, auto-ethnography, self-study.

The refereed conference invites individual papers and panel discussions; other presentation formats are welcome. Generally, the conference schedule allows 30 minutes for individual papers (includes discussion time), and 60-75 minutes for panel discussions and other kinds of presentations.

Please state any time and day that you cannot present.

Proposals should be sent as attachments and include:

1. A title page which includes title, name of author(s), address, telephone #, fax #, and e-mail.
2. A 250-350 word abstract describing the importance of the topic, the approach taken & the need for any technology.

Send proposals by surface mail, or e-mail attachment to:
Dr. John W. Hunt
Southern Illinois University
School of Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Campus Box 1125
Edwardsville, IL. 62026
Email: johhunt@siue.edu
618-650-3953

TENURE-TRACK POSITION POSITION IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

TENURE-TRACK POSITION POSITION IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Illinois State University

We seek a colleague to join us in our commitment to educate for the democratic ideal.

Duties: This candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate students in the area of the Foundations of Education, and will be expected to engage in scholarly research and publication related to educational foundations; advise graduate students; serve on and direct doctoral dissertations; as well as provide service to the department, college, university, state, and profession.

Required Qualifications: Candidates must have an earned doctorate in Educational Foundations or a related discipline completed by August 15, 2010, as well as a record of, or evidence of potential for, excellence in teaching and scholarship.

We seek candidates whose professional backgrounds include some of the following:

• Strong disciplinary background, particularly in philosophy of education
• Commitment to developing and sustaining a scholarly line of inquiry
  
• Commitment to social justice and to anti-racist, multicultural, democratic public education
  
• Experience or interest in urban educational settings
  
• Experience working with communities of color, low-income communities, or in diverse cultural contexts
  
• Experience using a variety of technologies to design and deliver instruction and/or willingness to learn
  
• Capacity for collaboration with PK–12 and higher education professionals
  
• Interest in innovations in pre-service teacher education
  
• Experience with or work in US public schools

Further information is available at http://www.eaf.ilstu.edu/position/

Opportunities!

 Upcoming Opportunities

• Appalachian Research Community Kick-Off Meeting: If you are currently doing research in Appalachia or hoping to in the future, this is an important event! see below
  

• Complimentary One-Hour Webcast:  JMP® Basics for Professors and Students (contact Dr. Yang for more information) see below
  

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Appalachian Research Community Kick-Off Meeting

You are invited to attend the kick-off meeting of the UK Appalachian Research Community. Our featured guest speaker, Ron Eller, is a professor in the Department of History and author of Uneven Ground, winner of the 2009 Weatherford Award.

Dr. Eller will give a 30 minute presentation about the challenges he faced in researching his book, Uneven Ground and the general difficulties of writing recent contemporary history while being personally involved in the subject matter. A thirty-minute Q&A will follow his presentation.

In the time remaining, the Appalachian Research Community will hold its kick-off meeting. Topics to be discussed include: planning regular meeting times; member recruitment; an Appalachian film series; and the upcoming Research Symposium slated for February 20, 2010.

The event will take place Wednesday, September 23 from 3-5pm in room 103 of the Main Building. Light snacks will be served.

The Appalachian Research Community is a new graduate student group promoting interdisciplinary dialogue on Appalachian Research. Graduates and undergraduates conducting research associated with the region, as well as interested faculty, are invited to attend.

Sponsored by the UK Appalachian Center.

For more information please contact,

Lisa M. Conley
University of Kentucky
Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
Research Assistant, UK Appalachian Center
624 Maxwelton Court
Lexington, KY 40506-0347
www.appalachiancenter.org
(859) 257-3948_
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Workshop

Preparing an Application for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Thursday, Sept. 17, at 6:30 p.m.

127 Wethington Health Sciences Building, Commons Room

Presenter: Dr. Joe McGillis, 

Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UK

All students should learn how to apply for external funding, and this workshop will< provide tips on putting together a competitive application for the NSF pre-doctoral fellowship program. Prof. McGillis has served on multiple fellowship review committees and will provide insight into writing your personal statement, proposed plan of research, and reference letters. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to attend. No pre-registration required.

Michael Kimmel talk and film

*Masculinity, Violence, and Nonviolence:*

*A Panel Discussion with Michael Kimmel *

*Event One*

What: Film and Panel Discussion

A screening of *Macho*, a film of the Gender and Women’s Studies Fall 2009
Film

Series, will be followed by a Panel Discussion on Men’s Violence and
Nonviolence with Michael Kimmel

When: September 24th, 2009, 4:00-5:30pm

Where: Worsham Theater, Student Center

Michael Kimmel is among the leading researchers and writers on men and
masculinity. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books,
including *Changing Men: New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity*
, *The Politics of Manhood*, and his newest book *Guyland: The Perilous
World Where Boys Become Men*. *Macho* (26 min) chronicles the innovative
community, education, and media campaigning work that a men’s group in
Managua, Nicaragua has been doing to combat violence against women.

Event Two

*What: Student-Led Dialogue with Michael Kimmel*

When: September 24th, 2009, 6:00-7:00pm.

Where: VIP Center, lower level of Frazee Hall

Students who have been through SEEDS or who are actively exploring
connections between gender and violence are invited to attend this
stimulating meeting of the minds!

Sponsored by the Gender and Women’s Studies Department, Violence,
Intervention, and Prevention Center, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

EPE Alum Hosts Book Signing at Joseph-Beth!

Lawrence Weill, an alum of our doctoral program, has a book coming out through ACE books called Out in Front: The College President as the Face of the Institution.

Dr. Weill will be conducting a book signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers here in Lexington on Saturday October 17th at 2:00 p.m. He would love to see students and faculty, if anyone can make it.

Here is his website: www.lawrenceweill.com for more information.

Congratulations!

ArtsAsia Festival 2009

Posted by Beth Goldstein

As some of you know, I am active with the Asia Center here at UK. We have a number of seminars, performances and other events scheduled for this year, which I'll share as they come up. There are also sometimes travel grant opportunities for China and Japan.

Here's the first big event:

The 2009 ArtsAsia Festival, October 17-24

The ArtsAsia Festival is a week-long celebration of Asian art and cultures with world-class musicians, artists, dancers, scholars, and educators, organized by the University of Kentucky Asia Center and the UK Asian Fine Arts Initiative. Students, faculty, and community members of all ages can experience Asian visual art, music, theatre and art history at more than 20 events throughout the week. For a full schedule of events, visit the Asia Center Website

Highlights include:

A lecture and demonstration of Kathakali theatre by members of the Kalamandalam school of Kerala, India

Exhibitions and performances by Century Mountain- a collaboration of poet Huang Xiang and painter William Rock

A symposium on twentieth century art in East Asia with a keynote address by renowned Chinese Art Historian Michael Sullivan

An "East meets West" concert with premiere works by composer CC Leung of Hong Kong for UK percussion, orchestral and chorale ensembles

A fair of crafts and games from Asia for children

Participatory events such as ikebana workshops and Japanese tea ceremony

Kudos!

Congratulations to Ilona Szekely on successfully juggling both her quals and her daughter's first weeks of kindergarten.  Kudos to you and congratulations on your doctoral candidacy!

If you plan to graduate in December...

For those of you finishing up your degrees (including those who sat for exams in the summer but are not eligible for an August degree) here are your deadlines:

• September 24 Last day for filing and application for a December 2009 graduate degree
  
• October 8 Last day for a doctoral candidate to submit an "Notification of Intent" to schedule a final exam
  
• November 19 Last day to schedule a final exam (masters exam or doctoral defense)
  
• December 3 Last day to sit for a final exam (masters exam or doctoral defense)
  
• December 18 Last day to submit your completed dissertation manuscript to the Graduate School

The various forms you will need can be found on the Graduate School website.

Gender & Women's Studies Fall 2009 Film Series

The first film in the Fall 2009 Film Series: Masculinities is Macho by Lucinda Broadbent  (2000; 26 min.)

Thursday, September 24, 4:00 p.m.
Worsham Theater, Student Center.

This documentary "provides an in-depth profile of Men Against Violence and its ground-breaking work towards eliminating attitudes of male chauvinism (known as machismo in Spanish) that have perpetuated violent acts against women in Nicaragua and Latin America. The film strongly demonstrates that despite living in one of the most destitute countries in Latin America, this group has succeeded in providing a model that is used by men worldwide to discuss issues of violence and advocate for the rights of women ..." (To learn more visit the website: Women Make Movies.

A panel discussion follows the film screening that includes Dr. Michael Kimmel, who is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity and is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including his newest, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men. Kimmel and moderator Dr. Cristina Alcalde along with panelists Roger Pearson, Paul Borntraeger, and Jermey Taylor will discuss their thoughts on the documentary and they will reflect on how men's and women's lives are affected by men's violence and nonviolence here on campus, in the Lexington community, and in the broader society.

This event is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Spencer Dissertation Year Fellowships

Looking to fund your dissertation research?  Spencer Foundation Fellowships are highly prized awards that not only provide a competitive stipend, but also provide opportunities for mentoring by leaders in the field directly related to your research topic.  If this announcement comes too early for your program plans, take the time to visit the Foundation website and learn more so you can prepare for next year's competition.  Do not wait!

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2010 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education.  Approximately 20 Fellowships of $25,000 are awarded each year by the Spencer Foundation to support doctoral candidates in a variety of fields whose dissertations promise to contribute fresh perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of education. Please note that although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline. In addition, although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be citizens of the United States.

Applications must be submitted by Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

Here is the direct contact in case the website doesn't answer your questions:

Susan Dauber
Program Director
Spencer Foundation
625 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60611
fellows@spencer.org
www.spencer.org
(312) 274-6526