No. 173, November 16th, 2009
Please submit information as you would like it written to Renee Hoffman (rmh6@cornell.edu). Read on and enjoy!

Non-Dept. Seminars
PAM
Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels
SRSA - Call for Papers
Miscellaneous News
Baby News!
Local Foods Fair
Free Lunch
Slope Day Survey

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Department Meetings and Events

To View the entire schedule of Department meetings, seminars, and events, please click here. This schedule is frequently updated.

Meetings:
Monday, November 23rd, 3pm, B32 Warren - Faculty Meeting

Events:
Tuesday, November 17th, 12:15pm, B32 Warren - Graduate Student Brown Bag Seminar: Luisa Steur, "Adivasi Mobilization: 'Identity' versus 'Class' After the Kerala Model of Development."

Friday, November 20th, 3pm, Statler Hall Room 196 - Ruthie Gilmore, "Life in Hell: Incarceration and the City, 1980-2008," (co-sponsored by Development Sociology, City and Regional Planning, Polson Institute, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and the Cornell Prison Education Program).

Promotions, Awards, Grants and Honors

Publications

CaRDI Publications:
All of our publications are available on the CaRDI website at
http://www.cardi.cornell.edu

In October, Issue #34 of our Rural New York Minute series was released,
entitled "Community Awareness of Wildlife Disease", by Darrick Evensen,
Dan Decker, and Bill Siemer, Cornell University.

This month we publish our 35th issue of the Minute, entitled "School
Consolidation: What do New Yorkers Think?", by John Sipple and Robin
Blakely, Cornell University.

The November Issue (#32) of the Research & Policy Brief Series was
released, entitled "How can schools help communities in NYS?", by John
Sipple, Hope Casto, and Robin Blakely, Cornell University.

Our next Research & Policy Brief (Issue #33) will be released in
mid-January, and is entitled "Estimating the Job Impact of Public
Investment in Bio-fuel Plants" by Susan Christopherson and Zachary
Sivertsen, Cornell University .

Our two latest CaRDI Reports are also now available:

Issue #9, entitled "Economic Development In New York State: An
Overview of the Project Development Process", by David Kay and Djahane
Salehabadi, Cornell University.
Issue #10, entitled "Rural NYS in Perspective: A Chartbook from the
Empire State Poll, 2009" by Robin M. Blakely and Andrea C. Elmore,
Cornell University.

All of our publications are available on the CaRDI website at
http://www.cardi.cornell.edu

Presentations and Recent Travels

Workshops and Conferences

1989 in Europe and the World Conference - For details, click here.

 

Controversial Panel on Privatization and Water Resources - Privatization and the Battle for Water Resources Challenges for
Sustainability

Wednesday, November 18th, 5-6:30 PM
Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall

Please join Take Back the Tap for a thought-provoking panel discussion on
the issue of  the commodification of water resources with the
privatization of municipal water resources  and the sale of bottled water.
Our diverse array of speakers will highlight the environmental,
socioeconomic, and political implications of water privatization in the
midst of a global water crisis.

Featured speakers/panel:
Shorna Broussard Allred:
Dept. of Natural Resources, NY Water Resources Institute Professor
Broussard Allred's extension program focuses on building the capacity of
watershed groups, family forest owners, and related organizations to
achieve both social and environmental outcomes for natural resources.

Sean Sweeney:
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Director of Global Labor
Institute Sean Sweeney's research focuses on green jobs.  He is director
of the GLI, which focuses on strengthening labor's response to the
challenges posed by globalization.  Sweeney teaches the course Labor
Unions, Climate Change, and Sustainability.

Mildred Warner:
Dept. of City and Regional Planning Professor Warner's work focuses
primarily on local government service delivery and new community
development models for addressing human services.  She has done extensive research on privatization of municipal water.

Monroe Weber-Shirk:
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of AguaClara Monroe Weber-Shirk's research focuses on developing sustainable small-scale drinking water treatment technologies.  He leads AguaClara, a program in CEE that aims to improve drinking water quality with water filtration plants in Honduras.

 

Job Opportunities

CALS Career Development Newsletter, "CALS Jobs, Internships, and Events", is now available on line at: http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/career/newsletter/

USAID Careers link (http://www.usaid.gov/careers/applicant.html)

APLU Careers - APLU is the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. For employment opportunities, click here.

Academic Careers Online, since 1998, is an academic job site where universities and colleges in the US, Canada, and around the globe, advertise faculty, adjunct, post doc, library, endowed chairs, administrative and senior management jobs. There is no charge for our applicant services. You can: (1) Search current job openings (and remember, new ones are added daily), (2) Post your resume for employers to review, and/or (3) Receive e-mail alerts when matching jobs are posted. To search jobs and/or open an applicant account at Academic Careers Online then select "Applicants Enter Here." Your resume will be visible within seconds to employers. If you are part of a search committee you can also post your job opening.

 

Associate Research Scientist Position at the Center for Sustainable Urban Development
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
 
We seek an Associate Research Scientist to work on programs conducted by the Center for Sustainable Urban Development at The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
 
The mission of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) is to engage in and foster education and research for the advancement of physically and socially sustainable cities. CSUD concentrates on understanding, articulating and disseminating information about the unique and important challenges and opportunities of urban development in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in its home community of Metropolitan New York. To fulfill its mission, CSUD engages in interdisciplinary analyses of the linkages between urban transport and land use to economic development, demographic shifts, population health and climate change. It collaborates with faculty, students and researchers across Columbia University, but its work stretches far beyond the university setting. Affiliates work on the ground with CSUD, both locally and internationally, with a variety of stakeholders including local universities, officials and community-based organizations to develop policies and plans to meet their goals for sustainable urban-based social and economic development. Founded in 2004, CSUD is one of seven Centers of Excellence established by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations and it is also supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
 
Job requirements:  We seek a candidate with strong analytical and research skills and an interdisciplinary perspective on cities.  The successful candidate will have a PhD in urban planning, or a related field, and a minimum of two years of research experience in urban systems beyond the PhD.  They will have a strong record of publication in the leading journals in urban planning, geography or public policy fields.  At least one degree in a related social science discipline is strongly preferred.  The focus is on urban development planning, urban policy and governance, disaster vulnerability and resilience, and sustainability of cities in low and middle-income countries.  Candidates having an urban focus with a background in public policy, economics, geography, ecology, engineering, architecture, sociology or anthropology will also be considered.
 
Excellent English communication, technical writing and presentation skills are required. 
 
The position is full-time with a full benefit package.  The initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of annual renewal based on performance and the availability of funds.  Search will remain open for no less than 30 days from the date of posting, and until the position is filled.  To apply, please go to: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=12553557  Columbia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 

 

Fellowships, Internships and Other Funding Opportunities

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies - Funding Opportunities for Faculty: Visit their website (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/displaysearch.asp) to search all international research funding opportunities for faculty. (The Population and Development Library (Room 12, Warren Hall) has copies of the Einaudi Center's recent publication, "Post-Doctoral Opportunities in International Studies." Library Hours are Monday 2:00-5:00, Tuesday 12:30-4:30, Thursday 8:30-5:00.
 

Student Activities

 

Non-Dept. Seminars

PAM - Perry Singleton, Assistant Professor of Economics, Syracuse University and CPR Senior Research Associate

Tuesday, November 17th, 3pm, The Rushmore Room, MVR 14

Insult to Injury: Disability, Earnings, and Divorce

This study examines the effect of work-limiting disabilities on the likelihood of divorce. Theoretically, the effect depends on the disability hazard at the time of onset and the impact of disability on marital value. The theory therefore implies, based on a set of empiricallysupported premises, that the effect of disability on divorce should decrease with age, increase with education, and increase with disability severity. Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation support these predictions. The effect of a work-preventing disability is greatest among young, educated males, increasing the divorce hazard by 13.3 percentage points.
For this semester's listing of seminars: http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/PAM/pam-seminar-series.cfm

LSP - Presents:

By transnational Mixtec activist, Valentina Torres

Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels

SRSA - Call for Papers

 

The annual meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA) will be held concurrently with the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS),

 

February 6 - 9, 2010 in Orlando, Florida

 

The theme of the 2010 SRSA meeting is

 

“Connecting Theory with Practice: The Quest for Improving

 Rural Quality of Life”

 

Rural sociologists, sociologists, practitioners, agricultural and resource economists, rural and regional development specialists, extension specialists, natural resource and environmental specialists, anthropologists, agricultural historians and other professionals whose research has implications for rural life and rural communities are invited to participate.  Paper, poster, and panel submissions are welcome.  Please check the SRSA Web site www.ag.auburn.edu/aux/srsa/ for further details and updates on invited workshops and plenary sessions. 

 

Persons wishing to participate in the 2010 meeting are invited to submit (preferably via email) an abstract of 150 words to the Program Chair by Wed., November 18, 2009 (last extended date).  For more information, please contact:

 

Thomas W. Gray, Chair

2010 Annual Meetings, Southern Rural Sociology Association

USDA, Rural Development-Cooperative Programs
Stop 3253
1400 Independence Av, S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-3253
202-690-3402
202-690-2724 (FAX)
Thomas.gray@usda.gov

Miscellaneous News

Baby News! Marlowe Berit Mauer was born November 14th at 7:57pm.  Congratulations to Whitney and family on the addition of a second daughter!  All the best.

 

Local Foods Fair
Mann Library Lobby, Cornell University
Thursday, 19 November, 2-5pm
In conjunction with Mann Library's fall exhibit on the resurgent art and practice of heritage chicken husbandry, a local foods fair in the Mann Library lobby will highlight Ithaca-area initiatives to sustain healthy diets and thriving local economies through the production and marketing of locally grown foods. Also featured will be information about and goods from Cornell-based and local area vendors, local farmers, CSA's and other producers. Presentations from 3:00 to 4:30pm  will feature Healthy Foods for All, Mann Library's historical Rice Poultry Collection, and a talk by Michael Glos of Kingbird Farm in Berkshire, NY, who will touch on some of the challenges and opportunities presented to local producers by widening public interest in heirloom livestock husbandry and locally grown foods. Co-sponsored by Mann Library, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Cornell Small Farms Program. 

 

Slope Day Survey - Below is a link designed to gather more information on Slope Day from the graduate and professional community.  This information will help us and Slope Day gain valuable information on this event. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2TnQ_2f4TTzGFjdOF6BScb4A_3d_3d