City University of New York - Graduate Center
Post Doctoral Fellow (Visiting Assistant Professor) – Ph.D. Program in Environmental Psychology
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | New York, United States |
Position: | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
THE GRADUATE CENTER
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Position Title: Post Doctoral Fellow (Visiting Assistant Professor) – Ph.D. Program in Environmental Psychology
Job ID: 13891
Compensation: Competitive
Closing Date: Open until filled with review of applications to begin on January 5, 2016
Faculty Vacancy Announcement:
As a Post Doctoral Fellow, supports programs in a specialized discipline by participating in the academic community. This is a non-tenure track position of limited duration.
CAMPUS SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York defines the standard of contemporary graduate education: rigorous academic training and globally significant research. It is recognized for outstanding scholarship across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and is integral to the intellectual and cultural vitality of New York City. Through its extensive public programs, The Graduate Center hosts a wide range of events--lectures, conferences, book discussions, art exhibits, concerts, and dance and theater--that enrich and inform. The Graduate Center is devoted to advancing original research and training graduate students in over 30 fields in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
The Graduate Center, the principal Ph.D. granting institution of CUNY, announces a post doctoral fellowship in Urban Studies, to be housed in the interdisciplinary Environmental Psychology Ph.D. Program. The Environmental Psychology program draws upon interdisciplinary as the means to include the many necessary perspectives for understanding the interactions of people and place, while embracing the policy and design disciplines that share our environments--including our built environment, social settings, informational environments, and natural ones.
The Marilyn J. Gittell Post Doctoral Fellowship and Visiting Assistant Professorship, established in honor of the late Political Science Professor at The Graduate Center, is for a social science Ph.D. graduate working in areas that concerned Marilyn Gittell, especially research focused on cities, urban politics, public policy, democratic and civic engagement, social movements, citizenship and governance, and community practices, both domestically and abroad.
The goal of the Gittell Post Doctoral Fellowship program is to prepare researchers committed to understanding and addressing critical issues in community-engaged research, especially in urban settings. The Fellow will be expected to articulate and advance a research agenda based in the legacy of Marilyn Gittell's work and help administer activities sponsored by the Marilyn J. Gittell Endowed Chair in Urban Studies. The Fellow serves in a key leadership and programming position within the Gittell Collective (http://gittellcollective.gc.cuny.edu/), based at the Graduate Center, and in the national URBAN research network (http://urbanresearchnetwork.org/).
The Post Doctoral Fellow will report to the Gittell Chair in Urban Studies.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Research: With the guidance of the Gittell Chair in Urban Studies, articulate and advance a research agenda in the legacy of the work of Marilyn J. Gittell. The Post Doctoral Fellow may work towards disseminating a recently completed dissertation, and/or begin other research;
- Program Administration and Leadership: Work closely with the Gittell Chair in Urban Studies, the Post Doctoral Fellow is responsible for various administrative duties related to the Gittell Collective at The GC and the national URBAN research network. These activities may include administering grant and fellowships, website maintenance, meeting facilitation, conference organizing, etc. This work includes institution-building and leadership in thoughtful visioning, framing, and implementation of Gittell-related programming;
- Education: Engage in mentorship with Gittell graduate student fellows, and help student fellows acquire skills and knowledge required to conduct independent research and analysis of issues and problems related to urban studies and community-based research. The post-doctoral fellowship does not carry a teaching course load;
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. degree in area(s) of expertise or equivalent.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates should have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2016, in Political Science, Sociology, Urban Studies, Planning, Geography, Anthropology, History, or a related field. Candidates who received their Ph.D. in 2012 at the earliest will also be considered. Candidates who demonstrate scholarship or achievement, work independently in programming, able to mentor successfully, and able to cooperate with other for the good of the institution are preferred.
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Website: | https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=14079&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1 |
Primary Category: | None |
Secondary Categories: | None |
Posting Date: | 12/08/2015 |
Closing Date | 03/07/2016 |