Anth/Soc Department Career Night 7 March

W A T C H  T H I S  S P A C E !

Wednesday

7 March

6-8 pm

Vera Long

Mills anth/soc grads will talk about the trajectories that took them from here to there (law, public health research, city planning, environmental remediation, social work, policy analysis, entrepreneurship, and more).  Food too!

M O R E D E T A I L S S O O N

(PAID) Summer Research Opportunity in Urban Sociology

Are you going to be a student in the fall?  Look at this opportunity if you are!

The Department of Geosciences at Georgia State will host a NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site this summer called "Addressing Social and Environmental Disparities through Community Geography and Geographic Information Systems".  The program runs June 18^th – August 2^nd.

Working with faculty mentors, 10 selected undergraduates will engage in community-based research and fieldwork in some of Atlanta's poorest neighborhoods to quantitatively and qualitatively examine neighborhood change, property markets, air and soil quality, urban green spaces, and neighborhood visioning in partnership with neighborhood residents and community groups.

Each REU student will receive a competitive funding package, including: a $3000 stipend, up to $250 in travel support to/from Atlanta, up to $750 for conference presentations, free room and board at GSU, and 3 required texts.

Applications are due Friday, March 23^rd @ 5 PM EST. Complete application instructions and the application form can be found at http://csaw.gsu.edu/nsf-reu/application-instructions/

To Learn More: Visit http://csaw.gsu.edu/nsf-reu/

Any questions can be directed to the Dr. Timothy Hawthorne (PI) at thawthorne@gsu.edu or Dr. Katherine Hankins (Co-PI) at khankins@gsu.edu

SOME DETAILS

The CSAW REU site is committed to including students from all socio-demographic backgrounds, and will strive for inclusion of students from underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and first-generation college students.  Each student must be an undergraduate enrolled in a college or university in the United States in the fall of 2012. Students graduating prior to the start of the REU program are not eligibile to apply.  As a program funded by The National Science Foundation, the student must also be a U.S. citizen.

Maggie Hunter : Faculty Talk THIS Wednesday

Professor Maggie Hunter is giving a talk in the Provost’s lecture series this Wednesday at 12:00 noon in the Faculty Lounge in Rothwell (behind the TeaShop).

"Skin Bleaching and Cosmetic Surgery in a Globalized World."

The use of skin-bleaching creams is on the rise throughout the Global South and cosmetic surgery has increased dramatically among people of color in wealthy countries. Public discourse, however, is fraught with tension over these manipulations of the body. This paper examines three competing discourses: 1) beauty discourse, based on the mass-marketing of whitening products and multi-million dollar celebrity endorsements, 2) public health discourse, designed to dissuade potential skin-bleachers by focusing on the physical dangers of bleaching, and often neglecting the social imperatives of whiteness and 3) cosmetic surgery discourse, created to sell cosmetic surgery to the new and growing “ethnic” market by easing racial fears and anxieties.

Klinenberg at Berkeley Colloquium on 2/27

Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology

The Social Science Research Council announces a twenty-year program of biannual grants from the Mark Family Fund for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology.The purpose of the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology is to encourage students of the social sciences to incorporate visual analysis in their study and understanding of social phenomena. 

The contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students (majoring in any social science). Students must be currently enrolled or have received their degrees no earlier than the end of the term finishing just before the meeting of the International Sociological Association (ISA) at which the prize is to be awarded. 

Entries for the third round of the contest (prizes to be awarded at the Second ISA Forum of Sociology: Social Justice and Democratization, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 2012) must be received by April 20, 2012. Up to three cash prizes will be awarded, with the winners being chosen by June 5, 2012. The first prize will be $2500 (USD), the second $1500, and the third $500. 

It is anticipated that the prize will be awarded biennially. 

Entries consist of 

1) a social science commentary (up to 4000 characters in length, in English) on one of the photos by Rachel Tanur displayed at http://www.racheltanurmemorialprize.org/ to be posted on the website, 

2) an original photo taken by the entrant and an accompanying social science commentary (up to 4000 characters in length, in English), both to be posted at http://racheltanurmemorialprize.org/ and 

3) a letter (which should be sent to tanurprize@ssrc.org) from the student’s advisor or other official from the contestant’s  department attesting to his/her student status.  

For full information and to submit material for the contest, please go to http://racheltanurmemorialprize.org/.

'Social glasses' may reveal a person's true colors

'Social glasses' may reveal a person's true colors

"A rosy blush or the sickly green color of a person's skin can tell very different stories about mood and health to human eyes ― a deceptively powerful insight about eyesight. Now a startup has begun creating "social glasses" capable of ... harness[ing] the power of human eyes to notice skin color changes ...[that] may enable ordinary people still see common social signals through their dark shades." (InnovationNewsDaily 2/2/12)

What WILL they think of next? If this strikes you as NOT being an article in The Onion, you might also find interesting Alex Pentland's Honest Signals (a review here). Goffman's ideas about interaction rituals and strategic interaction will probably be in play for a little while longer, but stay tuned....

WEBINAR: LANDING YOUR DREAM INTERNSHIP

The Public Policy Program is sponsoring this event.  They are partnering with Career Services to offer it to a wider audience.  If you are interested in federal internship opportunities (and, no, they are not ALL in DC!), they'd love to see you there!

Partnership for Public Service

WEBINAR: LANDING YOUR DREAM INTERNSHIP

Learn how to land your dream internship from Go Government!

This Call to Serve webinar is for students interested in finding and applying for internships for Summer 2012, as well as those advisors looking for more information about federal opportunities to share with their students.

During this session, we will highlight a number of exciting internships across government and show you how to research, find and apply for an internship that’s right for you.

Join us for this special viewing in Cowell 113

Wednesday, February 8, 2pm-3pm.