IBM SPSS predictive analytics seminars

Dr. Yang advises that students interested in survey creation in SPSS may have interest in the following information on IBM SPSS predictive analysis seminars.   Further information can be found HERE.

Ed Psych, Measurement, & Evaluation asst/assoc. prof. position

The University of Louisville's College of Education and Human Development's Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation (EPME) team is seeking an outstanding scholar to join their program. Qualified candidates should have strong skills in quantitative methods and data analysis, and have demonstrated experience in teaching graduate-level survey courses in human development (both lifespan and P-12).

The Educational Psychology, Measurement, and Evaluation (EPME) program is based in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology (ECPY). The department includes 16 faculty members and several programs leading to Master's and Doctoral degrees in the areas of Counseling Psychology, College Student Personnel, School Counseling, Art Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling.

Minimum Qualifications
Well-qualified candidates should have:
--PhD in related field that has been earned prior to position start date; --have expertise in human development (broadly defined); --have strong quantitative skills; --have a strong potential for obtaining extramural funding; --have demonstrated a dedication to creating and enhancing partnerships with school districts and organizations appropriate to their fields; --be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment; --be committed to instructional excellence.

Preferred Qualifications
Applications are invited from academics whose teaching and research interests extend or complement the existing strengths of the program. However, priority will be given to excellence in scholarship (i.e., publication, external funding potential, and demonstrated excellence in program area) rather than specific research areas.

Salary: Competitive, based upon qualifications and experience

Appointment: 10-month with possibility of summer teaching

Beginning Date: Fall 2012

Application Deadline and Procedures
Review of applications will begin September 30, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants may apply online at http://www.louisville.edu/jobs Select posting #27441 for Assistant/Assoc. Professor of Educational Psychology. You will be asked to submit your curriculum vita and complete self ID form on this site.

The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Employer, committed to diversity and in that spirit, seek applications from a broad variety of candidates.

Spencer Fellowships

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to share information on the application process for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs. Please help us widely distribute information on the two fellowship programs to qualified candidates,
listservs and other electronic sources by using the paragraphs below. Thank you for your assistance.

The National Academy of Education (NAEd) invites applicants for the
following fellowship programs:

*National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program*

The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field.

This highly competitive program aims to identify the most talented emerging researchers conducting dissertation research related to education. The Dissertation Fellowship program receives many more applications than it can fund. This year, up to 600 applications are anticipated and about 20 fellowships will be awarded. Additional guidelines and the fellowship application form are available from our website (www.naeducation.org


Deadline: October 3, 2011.

*National Academy of Education /Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program*
The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $55,000 for one academic year of research, or $27,500 for each of two contiguous years, working half time. Fellows will also attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. Applicants must have had their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree conferred between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2011. This fellowship is non-residential, and applications from all disciplines are encouraged.

Up to twenty NAEd/Spencer Fellowships will be awarded.
Additional guidelines and the fellowship application are available from our website (www.naeducation.org ).

Deadline: November 4, 2011.

*Contact Information: *
Philip Perrin, Program Officer - Professional Development Programs
E-mail: info@naeducation.org


Website: www.naeducation.org



National Academy of Education
500 5th St, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Assistant Professor of Educational Research Position

Georgia Southern University's College of Education seeks applications for the position of assistant professor of educational research. The preferred candidate will be someone with broad training in educational research, and an emphasis in qualitative research. You can find a description of the position and application instructions HERE.

Crossings/Travesias Panel Discussion on Immigration Issues

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the UK Latin American Studies Program presents:

Crossings/Travesías:

A Panel on Immigration Issues Today 

Cristina Alcalde (Gender and Women’s Studies)

Andrés Cruz (Editor, La Voz de Kentucky)

Patricia Ehrkamp (Geography)

Ana Liberato (Sociology)

Sophia Wallace (Political Science)

moderated by Francie Chassen-López, (History)

Thursday - September 15, 2011

4 pm - New Student Center 230

EPE Colloquium September 15th

September 15th

5:30pm

Dickey Hall 109/Faculty Lounge

“Nature Abhors the Old: Learning from Emerson, Learning from John Hughes”

Dr. Richard Angelo

There is no sleep, no pause, no preservation, but all things renew,

germinate and spring. Nature abhors the old, and old age seems

the only disease; all others run into this one. We call it many names,

—fever, intemperance, insanity, stupidity and crime; they are all

forms of old age; they are rest, conservatism, appropriation, inertia;

not newness, not the way onward.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson,

“Circles” (1839)

This paper, still incomplete, employs a few leading ideas from Emerson to interpret four films directed and/or scripted by John Hughes--The Breakfast Club (1984), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Home Alone (1990) and Dennis the Menace (1993).

“Nature abhors the old” brings the villains into focus together with the point of their humiliation at the hands of the boy hero. But Emerson’s pithy little formula also explains the dramatic necessity of including profoundly alienated characters like Ferris Bueller’s sister Jeannie (Jennifer Gray) or Mr Wilson (Walter Mathau). The same force, the same aversion, which ultimately spells defeat for the likes of Mr. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) guarantees that those initially estranged characters will experience the restoration of their “youth” by the time the credits roll. To borrow a phrase from Stanley Cavell, they take a step that turns them from “confusion and constriction toward self-knowledge and sociability.”

The paper is part of a larger study of the educational imagination.


Copies of the paper are available in advance at: Education.uky.edu/EPE