BSOS Graduate
Diversity Opportunities Digest
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Career & Fellowship Opportunities
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The Office of Funding Opportunities and the Graduate School Writing Center are offering 90-minute hands-on workshops to provide students with instruction and guidance on how to prepare an application for Graduate School Fellowships and Awards. Participants should bring a rough draft or an outline of their project summaries.
Upcoming Workshops:
- Tuesday, December 3, 3:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, December 4, 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, December 5, 10:00 a.m.
All workshops will be held in 2124 Lee Building.
RSVP here
Questions can be directed to Assistant Director Robyn Kotzker by calling 301-405-0281 or emailing
rkotzker@umd.edu
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When
: Wednesday, November 20. 2019, 4:30-6:00 PM
Where
: University Career Center & President's Promise, 3rd Floor Hornbake Bldg
Are you interested in doing policy work with your PhD?
If so, make plans to attend the upcoming
Policy and Advocacy Jobs for PhDs
workshop. There is limited in-person seating so register now while space is still available. Attendees will also be able to join via WebEX.
This event is part of the inaugural Rita B. Leahy Career Series: a program that brings together doctoral students and Maryland Alumni to meet and explore career opportunities for PhDs in advocacy and policy (11/20/19), training (3/5/20), the federal government (4/8/2020), and more.
For more information contact:
Dr. Susan Martin
Program Director, PhD Career & Professional Development
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Are you familiar with the discipline specific list services offered by AcademicKeys.com? They are a good resources for careers in higher education as they target search results to suit users qualifications and interests. When one subscribes, one will receive occasional job listings.
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Conference Call for Participation
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All-in: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice
April 22-24, 2020
Santa Cruz, California
Students, Organizers, Scholars/Researchers, Foundations, Community Organizations and Research/Action Teams: Submit your ideas for workshops, posters, presentations, papers, art work or performances addressing how we build truly equitable partnerships for critical collaborative research, action and social justice.
Proposal submission deadline: January 6th, 2020
To apply, please fill out an
interest/proposal submission form
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including a brief summary of how you or your team would like to participate/what you would like to present. The diverse programming will include invited panel discussions involving multiple perspectives and stakeholders, paper presentations, short talks, interactive workshops, performances, and art exhibits.
Sessions will be organized thematically, based on abstracts received.
Those who wish to have their work considered for a special issue of
Civic Sociology
, a new open-access journal from UC Press, should indicate their interest on the submission form and submit full drafts of papers prior to the meeting.
There is an exciting resurgence in critical public scholarship: a push for universities to reach beyond their academic audiences and build stronger partnerships with community-based organizations and others to address pressing issues, such as the affordable housing crisis, privatization and educational injustice, anti-immigrant policies, health and food insecurity, deepening economic precarity, environmental racism, and the climate crisis.
The conference brings together university scholars, community-based practitioners and researchers, undergraduate and
graduate students
, community members and organizations, foundation program officers, organizers, artists, and activists to share stories, strategies, practices, and solutions for action and the truly equitable co-production of knowledge.
Conference registration will begin in January 2020. Registration fees will be on a sliding scale, with some scholarships available and priority given to student and community member participants. Most meals during the conference will be provided. In addition to registration fees, teams and participants should plan to fund raise to cover housing and transportation.
Proposal submission deadline: January 6th, 2020.
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Join the Hate-Bias Response Program along with the Muslim Alliance for Social Change and the Muslim Students' Association as we discuss the social construction of Islamophobia.
Panelists include:
- Darakshan Raja, Justice for Muslims Collective
- Kristin Garrity Şekerci, Bridge Initiative
- Su'ad Mohamud, Somali Students Association (UMD)
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K
eynote Event: Warrior Women Screening & Talk with Activist Marcella Gilbert & Co-Director Elizabeth Castle
When:
Thursday, November 21, doors open at 6:00 PM
Where
: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Join MICA, Feminist Studies, and WMST for a film screening of
Warrior Women,
a documentary
on the Indigenous Feminists that led the American Indian Movement (AIM). The screening will be followed by a talk and Q&A with one of the renowned activists in the documentary, Marcella Gilbert, alongside film co-director Dr. Elizabeth Castle.
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November 18 - 22, 2019:
International Education Week (IEW)
is jointly sponsored each year by the U.S. departments of State and Education during the third week of November, to celebrate and advocate for the importance of educational exchange across global borders.
Check out events here that celebrate International Education Week
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As part of this event there will be
special International Education Week Coffee Hours in H.J. Patterson and Van Munching Hall.
Please see the link for information. Please note, this will be the LAST International Coffee Hour for the Fall 2019 semester
(
RSVP requested
).
International Coffee Hour will start back up in the Spring 2020 semester.
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When:
Tuesday, November 19, 1:30-4:00 PM
Where
: Rm 6107, McKeldin Library
This workshop will cover the basics of structuring unstructured data so that it can be analyzed to provide useful information. This workshop will touch on scraping, relational data extraction, and machine learning analysis.
Please bring a laptop and
download R
and
RStudio
prior to the workshop. Workshop assets, including data, handouts, and worksheets will be distributed via email prior to the workshop to registered attendees.
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When:
Wednesday, November 20, 6:30-8:00 PM
A discussion based seminar that focuses on microaggressions that we, as graduate students, have faced in clinical settings. Pizza and snacks will be provided!
For more information about the Maryland Psychological Association Graduate Student Diversity Committee
click here.
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When:
Thursday. November 21, 2019, 1-3:30 PM
Where:
Room 6107, McKeldin Library
This workshop will cover how to use R to fit and analyze linear models, so participants can build up on previous knowledge to analyze their own data using general linear models. It will cover the following topics:
- Simple linear regression
- Multiple linear regression
- ANOVA
- Checking assumption violations
Please arrive 10 minutes early to prepare the software environment. Please bring your own laptop. If you don't have a laptop, we will provide one.
Prerequisites:
- Basic skills in R. Completion of “Introduction to R language programming” workshop is recommended but not required.
- Completion of a 400 or 600 level statistic course or equivalent. Prior knowledge and study in multiple linear regression and ANOVA is assumed.
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If you believe that you've been impacted by a hate-bias incident, submit an online report
here
Sign up for a hate-bias training
here
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If you would like to meet with
Dean Nickerson
(pictured left)
to discuss any questions or concerns that you may have related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as it relates to any of the BSOS Departments or the University at large, please contact
Kimberly Johnson
(pictured right) via email at kjohns16@umd.edu.
If you have a resource or opportunity to suggest for an upcoming digest, please also contact
Kimberly Johnson
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Dr. Kim J. Nickerson
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Maryland
bsosdiversity@umd.edu
301-405-1097
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