William Clark research featured in the LSE

William Clark’s article on segregation in Los Angeles is a topic in the London School of Economics USAPP blog. The article is now live, here: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/10/13/in-los-angeles-an-increase-in-neighborhood-diversity-means-that-segregation-is-on-the-decline/

CCPR affiliate Gary Gates is featured in UCLA Newsroom article about how research shapes Supreme Court decisions

CCPR affiliate Gary Gates is featured in the UCLA Newsroom article about how research shapes Supreme Court decisions: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/friends-of-the-court

Job Opening: Auburn HDFS Job – Cluster Hire in Health Disparities

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Auburn University HDFS Department invites applications for a nine month, tenure-track position in the area of health disparities to begin August 16, 2016. "The successful candidate for this position will be expected to participate actively…

Ian Holloway receives research funding from U.S. Department of Defense

Ian Holloway receives funding from U.S. Department of Defense. The research study will examine health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual military service members. Read more http://dailybruin.com/2015/10/15/ucla-usc-to-research-health-disparities-of-lgbt-military-personnel/

Job Opening: Faculty Position in Aging and Social Change, Florida State

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The Department of Sociology at Florida State University invites applications for a position in the new interdisciplinary Program on Aging and Social Change, located within the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy. The Program is seeking…

Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions, Duke University

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Duke University’s Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development has received continuing funding for its T32 training grant and is soliciting proposals from people interested in completing research on aging at Duke University. This T32…

Job Opening: Advanced Methodologies Cluster Hire, Purdue University

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The Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, and the Brian Lamb School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University (http://www.cla.purdue.edu/) are conducting a cluster hire for three positions at the…

Faculty Position, Social Network Analysis- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology seeks to hire a faculty member with expertise in social network analysis. The position is open at all ranks (Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor)…

Assistant Professor – 2 Positions, Department of Public Health Education University of North Carolina – Greensboro

The Department of Public Health Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) invites applications for two (2) tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 1, 2016. for more information http…

Jacob Foster is featured in UCLA Newsroom

Foster mentions the issue on faculty being pressured to publish and argues that "researchers who confine their work to answering established questions are more likely to have the results published, which is a key to career advancement in academia."   http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/pressure-to-publish-or-perish-may-discourage-innovative-research-ucla-study-suggests