GA Position in Diversity Education at UK

Diversity Education & Community Building

The Diversity Education & Community Building Assistantship works with the Assistant Director of Student Involvement to advise CATalyst (Diversity Peer Educators) in all aspects of leadership, program development, and event management. The graduate assistant (GA) will directly advise the Networking Component of the CATalyst to assist in building relationships across campus and amongst students.  This position will assist with developing and advancing the curriculum of peer-led initiatives. The GA will assist in developing training models/ workshops for the CATalyst, and the larger campus community, in researching sustainable structures, models, and effective methods to assist in building the structure of Diversity Education & Community Building. In addition, the GA is also required to take part in training opportunities for the Office of Student Involvement.

This position will be called upon to support general OSI programs as needed. The GA is required to be a currently enrolled graduate student at the University of Kentucky.  The anticipated assistantship duration is July 1 through the Friday of exam week the following May. Graduate Assistants are expected to work an average of 20 hours a week with a mix of hours including days, nights and weekends as dictated by the organization and department’s needs.

Contact:
Rebecca Comage
Assistant Director of Student Involvement
Diversity Education &  Community Building
Division of Student Affairs
106 Student Center
Lexington, KY 40506-0030
(859) 257-0179 office
(859) 323-4686 fax

EPE/EDP/ANT 621 in Summer I

**Spaces still available in Program Evaluation Course (Summer Session I)**

If you are interested in learning about program evaluation or enhancing your evaluation knowledge and skills, consider taking Advanced Topics and Methods of Evaluation (EPE/EDP/ANT 621) this summer.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines advanced concepts and issues in program evaluation through the use of experiential and project-based activities. The course will allow students to acquire and use a wide range of skills that are essential to selecting and implementing appropriate evaluation strategies and designs. Opportunities will be provided for students to gain practical experience in evaluation design, management, data collection and analysis, reporting and presentation.

For more information about the meeting dates and times or registration information contact Dr. Nicole Lewis at nicole.lewis@uky.edu. Don't delay, May 10, the start of Summer Session I, is right around the corner.

To be registererd for this course, contact Amberly Warnke at aaburk00@uky.edu ASAP!

Residence Life Positions Open at Berea College

Here's a link to two res life jobs at Berea.  For those new to Lexington, Berea College is located about 35 minutes Southeast of Lexington off Interstate 75.  There is a regular stream of EPE'ers commuting from Berea to class.

http://www.berea.edu/peopleservices/jobs/20110426-staff-reslife.asp

An ISBN is Born!

Kudos to David Long (SHED '10) on the publication of his book, Evolution and Religion in American Education, by Springer.  David is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at Valdosta State University in Georgia.

http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/science+education/book/978-94-007-1807-4

EPE Evaluation Course Open in May Intersession

Students:  If you are interested in learning about program evaluation or enhancing your evaluation knowledge and skills, consider taking Advanced Topics and Methods of Evaluation (EPE/EDP/ANT 621) this summer.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course examines concepts and issues in program evaluation through the use of experiential and project-based activities.  The course will allow students to acquire and use a wide range of skills that are essential to selecting and implementing appropriate evaluation strategies and designs. Opportunities will be provided for students to gain practical experience in evaluation design, management, data collection and analysis, reporting and presentation.

For more information about the meeting dates and times or registration information contact Dr. Nicole Lewis at nicole.lewis@uky.edu. Don't delay, May 10, the start of Summer Session I, is right around the corner.

Welcome!

Welcome to Clayton (Clay) Howard Hutchens who was born this morning at 5:22.  Kelli and Clay are both doing fine. Congratulations to Neal and Kelli!

And Happy Birthday to Richard Roe and his new son, Carter, born last week on Daddy's bday!

I think a baby picture line up is in order as we've missed a few congrats this winter...Kudos to all our new parents!

Valdosta Assistant Professor of Higher Education/Student Affair

Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:18 PM
To: CSPTALK@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Subject: [CSPTALK] Assistant Professor Position - Valdosta State University Colleagues,
I'm pleased to announce a search for a tenure-track assistant professor position at
Valdosta State Univeristy, with an anticipated start date of this fall. Please feel
free to share widely and direct anyone with questions about the position to me.
Thanks!
_______

POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor of Higher Education/Student Affairs. This is a
ten-month, tenure-track position beginning August, 2011.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach graduate level courses in higher education/student affairs
and research methodology. Engage in scholarly activities including publications,
presentations, and grant writing in the field of higher education/student affairs.
Provide service to the institution and to the profession. Actively help shape the
direction of the higher education and student affairs programs including curriculum
and assessment initiatives, recruitment of prospective students, advising graduate
students in all stages of their graduate program. Serve on dissertation/thesis
committees.

QUALIFICATIONS: Doctoral degree in Higher Education or a closely related field; ABDs
close to completion considered only if successful dissertation defense is completed
by appointment date; must be able to demonstrate an active or developing research
agenda contributing to the scholarship of student affairs/higher education; and will
show distinct promise of teaching ability and commitment to student mentorship.
Preference will be given to those with administrative experience in higher education
or student affairs; have been actively involved with higher education and/or student
affairs professional organizations (e.g., ACPA, ASHE, AERA, NASPA); have graduate
level teaching experience; and have interest in developing new and innovative
courses in higher education/student affairs in traditional, hybrid, and online
environments. 

DESCRIPTION: Valdosta State University is a regional university in South Georgia.
The College of Education includes eight departments and is accredited by NCATE with
the University accredited by SACS. The Higher Education program offers two M.Ed.
tracks – a traditional track in higher education administration and a full-time,
cohort-based track in student affairs that is funded and supported through a unique
partnership between academic and student affairs resulting in a number of diverse
graduate assistantships in student affairs areas on campus. The department also
offers an Ed.D. in Leadership with a cognate in higher education.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience and the region

APPLICATIONS: To apply, send a letter of application, vita, faculty application form
located at http://www.valdosta.edu/academic/documents/Faculty_App2 010.pdf and the
names and contact information of three references to Dr. Julia Lee, Interim Dean,
College of Education, 1500 N. Patterson St., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
31698-0085.

CLOSING DATE: Search Committee will review applications beginning May 15, 2011,
position remains open until filled. 

Valdosta State University is an Equal Opportunity educational institution and has a
strong institutional commitment to diversity. In that spirit, we are particularly
interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including, but
not limited to, minorities, and individuals with disabilities. Valdosta State
University has a non-discrimination policy that includes sex, race, color, sexual
orientation, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, and veteran
status.

_______J. Patrick Biddix, Ph. D.
Associate ProfessorHigher Education, Student Affairs, & Research Methods
Program Coordinator, Higher Education
Department of Curriculum, Leadership, & Technology
James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of EducationValdosta State University
229.333.5633

Fall Teaching Assistantship in EPE Respond ASAP

We have an opening for at least one Teaching Assistant in EPE teaching two sections of EPE301 Education and American Culture.  If interested, please contact Dr. DeYoung (ajdey@coe.uky.edu) immediately.

Responsibilities include teaching two sections of EPE 301each semester as well as participating in a bi-monthly teaching seminar. All of the graduate teaching assistants are strongly encouraged to attend department gatherings and colloquia. These assistantships include a stipend, graduate insurance, and tuition reimbursement.  Note: candidates must have at least 18 graduate credit hours in education or fields related to the course content.

Course Description:

EPE 301, Education in American Culture, explores the context of teaching and learning in American society, both within and outside of the classroom. EPE 301 critically examines different perspectives on education and culture, explores anxieties and aspirations about schools, the ways popular culture influences schooling, and studies the impact of race, class, gender, ethnicity, religion, language, and nationality, both past and present, on teaching and learning. EPE 301 considers what roles schools play in constructing and perpetuating inequalities and opportunities, as well as the specific dimensions and practices of schools which marginalize or privilege particular groups of people.

Internship Opportunity

The Kentucky Nonprofit Network (also known as the Kentucky Nonprofit Leadership Initiative) has an opening for a graduate student internship.

All applicants should send their materials by this Friday, April 22, 2011. I can also be contacted with any questions that students have.

Thank you for your help!

Shelley

Shelley C. Sellwood-Davis
Communications Coordinator
Kentucky Nonprofit Network
859.257.4350
http://www.kynonprofits.org/

Informal EPE Social on April 29th from 4 pm to 5:45

To mark the end of the semester, we'll be having an informal (and somewhat impromptu) social on April 29th (next Friday) from 4 pm to 5:45ish in room 122 Taylor.  Refreshments will be provided.

So, plan to drop by and say hello and encourage others to do the same!  Afterwards, groups are likely to head out to area establishments to continue the fun.

Kudos

Congratulations to Baron Wolf. Baron who has been selected as a Fellow for the 2011 National Summer Data Policy Institute on the datasets of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and National Science Foundation (NSF). The Institute will be held in Washington, D.C. later this summer.

The Institute aims to achieve four major objectives:

• Stimulate interest in using national data to address research questions in institutional research, the social sciences, and education
• Instruct participants in the methods of using national data to conduct analyses, with primary emphasis on the new Web-based data analysis systems developed by NSF and NCES
• Enhance understanding about methodological and technological issues relevant to national data collection
• Encourage collaboration between participants and NSF and NCES staff to improve future data collection and analysis

Research Assistantship in Sociology

Research Assistant Position Announcement


Duties: The Research Assistant will assist Carrie Oser and the research team on the two projects listed below.  Specifically, the duties of the Research Assistant will include completing administrative tasks, preparing DAVs, balancing the Imprest account, sending out birthday cards to participants, preparing interview packets, entering survey data, analyzing quantitative/qualitative data, conducting literature reviews, and writing manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals. A strong applicant should possess good organizational, communication, methodological, statistical, and writing skills.
Dates: May 16, 2011 to May 15, 2012 (start date is negotiable)
Pay: RA stipend for the 2011-12 year, tuition
To Apply: Please submit a cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Carrie
Oser cboser0@uky.edu by April 25, 2011.



Project Title #1: African American Female Drug Users: HIV, Health
Disparities, & Criminality
Project #1 Overview: The overall goal of this study is to understand how drug use and criminality are related to health disparities, particularly HIV, and service utilization among African American drug using and non-drug using women across criminal justice status (i.e., prison, jail, probation, and non-offenders in the community).  Over the course of this five-year study, 800 African American will be recruited and followed-up for face-to-face interviews at 6-, 12-, and 18-months after the baseline interview. The significance of this longitudinal study includes the potential to provide criminal justice systems-level data for health planning and health policy for prevention, intervention, and treatment of African American female drug users.



Project Title #2: Rural Drug Abuse Treatment: Organizations, Counselors, & Client Outcomes

Project #2 Overview: The overall goal of this project is to apply an ecological theoretical framework to better understand counselor contextual and organizational contributions to rural treatment outcomes in public substance abuse treatment facilities.   Focus group data has been collected from rural and urban treatment counselors to inform a survey design. This summer, survey data will be collected from counselors and administrative in publicly funded treatment in Kentucky.

Carrie B. Oser, PhD
University of Kentucky
Department of Sociology
Center on Drug and Alcohol Research
1531 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506

Reminder--Brown Bag today--Presentation by Dr. Doug Boyd

Reminder:  EPE Brown Bag presentation today (Wed.--April 6th) at noon in Taylor Education Building Room 122


Discussion Title: Achieving the Promise of Oral History in the Digital Age

Discussant: Dr. Doug Boyd, Ph.D., Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, will be leading the discussion. Dr. Boyd will be teaching the Oral History (EPE 669) course this fall, and the discussion represents an excellent opportunity for members of the EPE community to have the chance to become more familiar with him and his work. The interview techniques that will be covered in the course have wide-ranging research applications for students with varied research and scholarly interests.

Spring Kudos

Congratulations to Dr. Kate Akers and Dr. Jarrod Tippets on successfully defending their dissertations last week!

And Kudos to Dr. Jim Cousins on his new faculty position at Western Michigan University.  Dr. Thelin writes:


"I am pleased to report that Jim Cousins (who received his PhD in Higher Education in December) has accepted a new appointment -- tenure-track faculty member and Director of Undergraduate Studies" for the Department
of History at Western Michigan University.

Jim entered our PhD program with an MA in History from UK and professional experience as an academic advisor for Arts & Sciences and, during the past year, as a grants specialist with the UKRF.

Jim's PhD dissertation dealt with original archival research that has prompted a re-thinking of the character of Transylvania University during its heroic, famous period of the early 19th century."


Well done everyone...and more kudos to come as we enter the exam season!

Martin School lecture 4/6

Martin School Spring 2011 Workshop Series:

"Optimal Matching of Teachers and Schools Under Accountability Pressure"
Thomas Ahn
Economics
University of Kentucky

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
3:00-4:00 PM
Lexmark Room
Main Building