Archives for July 2008

Sex, Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS

In partnership with aids2031, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) will convene a meeting in early 2009 entitled Sex, Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS.  The conveners are soliciting abstracts of published or unpublished papers that capture research and/or experience on sexual behavior, sexual identity, human rights and the law as they relate to a long-term response...

I'm aiming to have the first draft of my dissertation done next month.  I have concluded that writing a dissertation is no longer a useful part of doctoral education.  The format of a dissertation seriously limits its usefulness to others.  Writing several journal articles, or even a book would be a better measure of proving competence in the field.

I'm attending the American Academy of Religions annual conference this November, in Chicago.  I've registered, booked a hotel and flights and I have  my valid passport and a cute travel bag.  I now face the daunting task of whipping up a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, revising my CV and revamping my website.  I aim to do this while my committee reads my first dissertation draft.  Luckily I have a web designer friend who will help with the website.

I've also applied for a course that the University of Toronto is offering called THE500, essentially a course about how to teach university. It will cover learning styles, instructional strategies and methods, feedback techniques, assessment methods.  The assignments include writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy, designing a course and a syllabus, and creating an electronic portfolio.

I've also met with a woman at the Career Centre, and she's been very helpful in preparing me for the AAR interviews and for approaching particular...

Preliminary Call for Proposals: The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2008-2009 

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University is pleased to announce a Preliminary Call for Proposals for The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2008-2009. This program confers sexuality research grants to emerging scholars and seeks to fund significant and innovative research, from a wide array of disciplines and perspectives, that deals with human sexuality. The program is supported by donations from Friends of The Kinsey Institute.

The Kinsey Institute will fund up to six proposals at $750 each, including three from graduate students at Indiana University and three from graduate students enrolled at other universities. It is an expectation that results from the...

The Center of Excellence for Sexual Health Community Leadership in Sexual Health Scholars' Program at Morehouse School of Medicine seeks to promote community leadership in the area of sexual health and to forge links between sexual health and public health service to combat health disparities. We are looking to publicize the application process for the 2009-2010 class. The online application will run August 25, 2008-November 24, 2008. Selections will be made by March, 2009 and the scholarship runs August, 2009-June, 2010. More information about our Center and Scholars' Program can be found on our website: http://cesh.msm.edu.

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The Western Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality will hold their annual conference, May 7-10, 2009, at Asilomar. As a part of that conference, we will hold a Best Student Presentation competition. Students do not need to be the sole author of a piece of work; however, they do need to be the sole presenter. The formal Call for Papers will go out at the end of summer and submissions will close in November. We wanted to alert students early so they could consider the possibilities during the summer.

The conference theme is Sexual Ontogeny: A Lifelong Work in Progress. We will examine the...