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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind
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UMass Amherst
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| Position Overview: The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join this Department of Energy (DOE)/Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)/Maryland Energy Administration (MEA)-funded project to perform citizen-engaged research to support security and independence in America’s energy system and to ensure that all interested parties have a voice. |
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Postdoctoral Research Associate 100% - CBIKS
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UMass Amherst
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| This position is with the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS), a National Science Foundation Science & Technology Center. CBIKS is an interdisciplinary center that examines how to effectively and ethically braid Western and Indigenous science research, education, and practice related to the urgent and interconnected challenges of climate change, protections of cultural places, and food sovereignty.
CBIKS activities include studying and promoting wise practices in community-based research with Indigenous communities, from relationship development and the research development process through storywork and knowledge mobilization. CBIKS activities include promoting the respectful braiding of Indigenous science with Western science, and supporting community-based research agendas and collaborative research design.
This position assists CBIKS thematic research groups in conducting “science of science” research within the CBIKS network. The eight research theme areas at CBIKS are: ethics, data sovereignty, relationality & research development, fieldwork & braiding knowledges, formal & informal science education, storywork & knowledge mobilization, training scientists, and policy & government agencies.
This is an on-site position at CBIKS Central on the UMass Amherst campus in Amherst, MA with the possibility of some remote work. This is a one-year position with a possibility of renewal for a second year.
Postdocs are expected to engage in at least two of the eight research themes. Applicants should note areas of interest and experience in their cover letter. |
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Coordinator for Student Conduct and Community Standards
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UMass Amherst
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| Under the supervision of an Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Community Standards, the Coordinator for Student Conduct and Community Standards performs a variety of functions and responsibilities related to the delivery of student services with primary responsibility for adjudication of student conduct cases. |
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Associate Professor (tenured) Public History/Associate Director of Slavery North Initiative
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UMass Amherst
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| The Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenured position in the Public Histories of North American Enslavement. The appointment will be at the Associate Professor level beginning Fall 2025. For its initial three years (with potential for renewal) the position will be affiliated with Slavery North, an initiative that seeks to advance social justice by centering the cultures, experiences, lives, and resistance of enslaved peoples in Canada and the US North while bolstering public understanding of the social and cultural impacts of trans-Atlantic slavery and its legacies in the North, including how that history manifests in anti-Black racism today. |
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Academic Programs Manager (Hybrid Opportunity)
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UMass Amherst
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| The Department of Political Science Academic Programs Manager manages the enrollment and course scheduling functions for undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and also provides logistical support for Department events and special projects. |