MIT Postdoc News - 3 items (Postdoc Survey Findings/workshop/position opening)

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

*(1) *Now Available-
*Postdoctoral Life at MIT:
Findings from the 2010 Postdoctoral Scholar Survey
June 2011, MIT Institutional Research*

http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/Postdoctoral_Life_at_MIT_Report_June_2011.pdf

*2)* *MIT Path of Professorship Workshop - (Reminder) Apply by **Oct. 5- 
Limited seats available for selected female postdocs *(see below for 
details)*
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3) Position opening - Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies 
Program, Virginia Tech (see below for details)

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Details on Item #2_
_**_From the Path-of-Professorship Team 2011_
**MIT Path of Professorship Workshop - Apply by **Oct. 5**

*Dear Women Graduate Students and Post-docs,

Are you considering a career in academia?  Are you going to be seeking a 
position in the next couple of years?  Are you concerned about 
navigating the application and tenure process?

The Office of the Dean of Graduate Education is pleased to announce the 
opening of this year's application to our Path of Professorship 
workshop.  This workshop is designed to provide graduate and 
post-doctoral women with information about academic scientific careers 
and the application process.  Each year we are able to gather a 
wonderful group of female professors from MIT and beyond to talk about 
their experiences in academia.  This year is no different and we are 
expecting an exciting and informative weekend.

Path of Professorship will run from Friday, October 28th at 1pm through 
Saturday, October 29th at 5pm and cover topics ranging from "What 
Institution is Right for You?" to "The Tenure Process." More information 
is available at http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/

The application for Path of Professorship is now open and available at 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dEhfclpfYU9paEo3TmhON1BQTHVnTFE6MQ

The application will close on October 5th and selected applicants will 
be notified shortly thereafter.

We strongly encourage all women with an interest in academia to apply.

Yours truly,

Path-of-Professorship Team 2011
This workshop is sponsored by the MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate 
Education

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*Details on Item #3- **Position opening - Assistant Professor, Women's 
and Gender Studies Program, Virginia Tech **:*

The Women's and Gender Studies Program (an interdisciplinary program 
housed in the Department of Sociology) at Virginia Tech invites 
applications for a full-time, tenure-track position, beginning August 
2012. We seek an Assistant Professor at an advanced level with an 
emphasis in Gender, Bodies & Technology. The candidate will help build 
this unique initiative and increase the visibility of the nexus of 
interdisciplinary expertise for which WGS at Virginia Tech is nationally 
known. Courses to teach include gender and science, gender and biology, 
and others. Specific areas of research are open, but we look for a 
scholar and teacher who uses feminist approaches to embodiment and 
technology; an expertise in sexuality is a plus. The candidate must have 
a strong record of scholarship and teaching excellence, and an interest 
in administering programs. A Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies, 
Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, or another 
interdisciplinary degree is required and must be in hand at the time of 
appointment. The Department of Sociology offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. 
degrees, and includes the Women's and Gender Studies, Africana Studies, 
and American Indian Studies programs, each of which offer their own 
minors, degree options, and graduate-degree emphases. We also have two 
departmental centers, the Center for Race and Public Policy and the 
Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention. A Research I 
university located in the mountains of Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia 
Tech is the largest state-supported university in Virginia. Blacksburg 
was voted by Outside Magazine as one of the ten best places to live in 
the United States. Please complete an online application at 
www.jobs.vt.edu. Please upload a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, 
statement of research and teaching interests (use research statement 
field) and sample of written work (use other doc field). Have three 
letters of recommendation sent (they cannot be uploaded) to Women's and 
Gender Studies Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, 
560 McBryde Hall (0137), Blacksburg VA 24061. Any additional material 
that cannot be submitted online should also be sent to the same address. 
Review of materials will begin on October 14, and the position will 
remain open until filled. If you have questions about this position 
contact Professor Katrina Powell, Director of the WGS Program, 
kmpowell at vt.edu. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative 
Action Employer and Encourages applications from women, people of color, 
veterans, and people with disabilities. www.wgs.clahs.vt.edu and 
www.cpe.vt.edu/gbt/




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