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Community-Engaged Research Coordinator
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UMass Amherst
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| The Community-Engaged Research Coordinator works with the PI’s in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS) conducting community-engaged research aimed at eliminating health inequities and addressing the harmful effects of violence and discrimination on marginalized communities. This role is to support this research as well as serve as liaison between the community, the researching staff, and local collaborators in Holyoke, MA & Springfield, MA. |
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Post Doc - HPP CHE
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UMass Amherst
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| Dr. Kathryn Derose and Dr. Daniel López-Cevallos of the UMass Amherst Department of Health Promotion and Policy are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to begin Summer or Fall of 2025. This is a full time, 12-month, annually renewable position with a maximum duration of 2 years. The Postdoctoral Fellow will contribute to research on community-partnered interventions aimed at addressing health disparities both in the U.S. and/or in Latin America; and secondary data analysis of cardiovascular health among military populations in the U.S. Current topics and populations of focus include faith-based organizations and health promotion; food security and nutrition interventions to improve treatment adherence among people with HIV in the Dominican Republic; and stress and cardiovascular health among military populations. Responsibilities include writing scientific papers, quantitative and qualitative data collection and/or analysis, literature reviews, community and study partners’ engagement, and grant writing. Overall goals and specific activities will be determined collaboratively between the post-doc and Drs. Derose and López-Cevallos but can include: first-authored and co-authored journal articles; development of project leadership skills; NIH and DoD grant submissions; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods training; community-based participatory research, and formalized mentorship. |
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Archives and Manuscript Librarian (Temporary Position) (Hybrid Opportunity)
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UMass Amherst
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| The Archives and Manuscript Librarian (Archivist) will work with colleagues in the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center (SCUA) to provide comprehensive support in the department’s ongoing efforts to curate and preserve its collections and to provide outstanding access to its holdings. The Archivist will assist patrons in learning and research; supervise use of the collections in SCUA’s reading room, train and supervise student assistants, work with classes to promote integration of primary sources into university curriculum, and implement professional standards in care, arrangement, and description of collections. |
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Social & Racial Justice Curator (Hybrid Opportunity)
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UMass Amherst
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| The Social and Racial Justice Curator will engage the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center (SCUA)’s significant holdings of racial justice-related historical collections. This includes the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Horace Mann Bond Papers, Gloria Clark Papers, the Black Feminist Archive, Frankie Ziths Papers (Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army materials), papers and many more. The Curator will be responsible for developing programming around these collections, engaging the UMass community and SCUA’s national audience with the collections and their content, and building on SCUA’s strong foundation of donors, contributors, and community connections. |
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Departmental Assistant (Transportation)
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UMass Amherst
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| To provide safe, excellent, and courteous bus service to the public. |