Fellowship: Postdoc for Analyses of U.S. Latino Dynamics

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NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE ESTABLISHES POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR ANALYSES OF U.S. LATINO DYNAMICS

March 12, 2007: The National Hispanic Institute recently established a competitive twelve month postdoctoral fellowship for analyses of social and organizational dynamics exhibited by regional Latino communities throughout the United States. The intent of this fellowship is to promote new knowledge about salient trends occurring throughout various strata of the U.S. Latino community.

The application deadline for the NHI Postdoctoral Fellowship for Analyses of U.S. Latino Dynamics is Monday March 26, 2007.

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Diss Award: Latino Studies, LatAm Studies Assoc

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2007 Call for Nominations and submissions:The Latino Studies Section (LSS) of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) announces its 2007 Research and Dissertation Award and invites nominations and submissions. The LSS Research and Dissertation Award is given for the best doctoral dissertation, in English or in Spanish that focuses on Latina/o communities, issues, and topics. Preference will be given to dissertations that apply a comparative approach within national, hemispheric and/or international contexts and to those that explore Latina/o social movements and activism to enhance our understanding of the Latina/o experience. The work may be grounded in any disciplinary field. The competition is open to Ph.D.’s from institutions in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean who deposited their dissertation in 2006-2007.

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Great general references on immigration costs & impact

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Borrowed directly from Texas journalist Marissa Trevino of Latina Lista: The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children released the most in-depth and impartial study on family immigrant detention titled “Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families” (2007), finding: [the detention center] is a former criminal facility that still looks and feels like … Read more

NACCS Board voting opens today

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And several MALCSistas are running for office (if that’s not inappropriate to note?). Members, go here to login and vote. If you’re not a member, go here to become one.The NACCS site also has a preliminary program for the 2007 San Jose conference here or just download this pdf.

2007-08 Davis Chicana/Latina Diss Fellowship

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The Chicana/ Latina Research Center (C/LRC) at the University of California, Davis, is dedicated to the development and promotion of Chicana/ Latina scholars and scholarship on Chicana/ Latina issues covering a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests. This dissertation fellowship program supports emerging scholars whose research focuses on questions of concern to Chicanas/ Latinas. We also invite comparative studies of Chicanas/Latinas and indigenous women.

Award:
1) $21,000 stipend over a 10 month period (September 1, 2006- June 30, 2007).
2) $1,500 for research support and related travel

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JOB: WS literature one-year, Pomona College

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The Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the English Department at Pomona College seek a specialist in American literature for a joint-appointed one-year  replacement position. Teaching load is 3/2 and includes two courses in GWS of which at least one will be advanced feminist  theory, two courses cross-listed to English and GWS, and one cross-listed or targeted course of candidate’s choice.

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