Saturday, January 26, 2013

January 26, 2013 jobs to consider

Checking http://diversejobs.net/ now to see if anything catches my eye.

East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina


Lots of turnover at East Carolina University.  Searching for "anti-discrimination" on their website brings up a bunch of PDFs where it looks like faculty have addressed discrimination in their scholarly work.  No anti-discrimination policy for the university located yet.  ESU is a public, four-year or above, public, doctoral/research university similar to Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.  North Carolina passed a same-sex marriage ban in the summer of 2012.  However, there are advocacy centers (student services support centers) at North Carolina State University (NCSU) campuses, the land grant university for the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University, and at Wake Forest University.

See this interactive map provided by the Consortium for Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

There is an LGBT Resource Office at ESU and they offer academic courses, but the website has not been updated since the summer of 2011.

ESU is part of the University of North Carolina system.

Saint Cloud University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

If there were an example job announcement, I would love to see, it is this one:

The School of Education http://www.stcloudstate.edu/soe at St. Cloud State University has several probationary/tenure-track and fixed-term positions available beginning Fall, 2013. These are assistant professorships in the following departments: Higher Education Administration (Educational Leadership & Higher Education); Human Relations and Multicultural Education; Special Education; and other departments possible pending approval. For position details, qualifications required, and to apply, go to: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/stcloudstate/default.cfm. Review of applications will begin in February and March, 2013; positions are open until filled. St. Cloud State University is committed to excellence and actively supports cultural diversity. To promote this endeavor, we invite individuals who contribute to such diversity to apply, including minorities, women, LGBT, persons with disabilities and veterans. St. Cloud State University is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

St. Cloud University is on the consortium map, and they are looking for probationary/tenure-track individuals, which means as I am finishing my dissertation, I might be considered.  Minnesota citizens recently defeated a same-sex marriage ban in conjunction with the presidential election in November, 2012, but only by a 51% margin.  Still, I am counting five (5) universities or colleges in Minnesota on the consortium map (meaning they have resource centers or advocates of some kind).

St. Cloud's School of Education has a department of Human Relations and Multicultural Education (HURL); with some very intriguing characteristics and departmental objectives.

Here is the link for jobs posted at St. Cloud University:  http://agency.governmentjobs.com/stcloudstate/default.cfm

However, when I actually get to the job descriptions, there are only adjunct (part-time) positions open for content areas related to multicultural education...disappointing

Checking the Chronicle of Higher Education...

Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Valley State University seeks an Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education. Position begins in August 2013.  Applicants must have a doctorate in Social Foundations or closely related field, with demonstrated ability to teach educational research methods. Candidates must demonstrate potential for teaching, scholarship and service to the college, profession and community.

If A.B.D., then must be completed by August 2013.  Follow this link to the GVSU job listings.

Michigan has a constitutional amendment (passed in 2004) that bans civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.  But GVSU has a resource center ( http://www.gvsu.edu/lgbtrc/ ) and it appears to be a member of the consortium.  

A portion of the anti-harassment policy at GVSU is as follows:


Harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, familial status, height, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or weight is considered a violation of university policy.

St. Cloud University's non-discrimination policy is very similar, but includes only sexual orientation, along with the federally mandated categories.


Saturday, October 27, 2012

October 27, 2012 jobs to consider

Program Coordinator, LGBT Center, Duke University

Here is the Center website.  Here is Duke's anti-discrimination policy.  It was not difficult to find.
Duke University is committed to encouraging and sustaining a learning and work community that is free from prohibited discrimination and harassment. The university prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information, or age in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid, employment, or any other university program or activity. The university also makes good faith efforts to recruit, employ and promote qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. It admits qualified students to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students.
However, North Carolina restricts marriage to one man, one woman:

State law and/or constitutional provision limits marriage to relationships between a man and a woman:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Director of Multicultural Affairs, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

There is no LGBT center.  There is an LGBT Resources webpage that is part of the multicultural affairs website.  Florida limits marriage to one man, one woman.

Research Analyst, Washburn University

Adjunct Instructor for Educational Leadership Policy and Foundations, 56629, UMKC


Assistant Professor, Human Rights Education, University of San Francisco

USF is a Catholic, Jesuit, urban university.  Interesting!  Here is their non-discrimination policy:
Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy
The University is an equal opportunity institution of higher learning education. As a matter of policy, the University does not discriminate in employment, educational services, and academic programs on the basis of an individual's race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age (except minors), sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (cancer-related and genetic-related), and disability, and on other bases prohibited by law. The University reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities under the law.
There are courses listed on LGBT cinema and there are news stories about LGBT alumni, but no LGBT Center.  USF does not seem to be a member of the Consortium for Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

Assistant/Associate Professor, Open Faculty Search, School of Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University

Ohio State University includes sexual orientation and gender identity in its non-discrimination statement.  In addition, there are several AERA colleagues at OSU and others in the state.  Ohio limits marriage to one man, one woman.  

Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Ohio University includes sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in its non-discrimination statement.  The LGBT Center is well-established.  They want more experience than I currently have; but this position has a focus on teaching and curricular development that you don't find in some of these positions.





Saturday, May 12, 2012

HERC and Diverse

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is especially friendly to dual-career couples.  In addition there are regional HERCs listed on this webpage (http://www.hercjobs.org/site/793/about.cfm?site_id=793). 

Diverse, Issues in Higher Education has a job webpage (http://diversejobs.net/) where you can search for jobs.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Indiana

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
IUB is a member of the Consortium for Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals (http://www.indiana.edu/~glbt/), the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services Office under the Division of Student Affairs.
IUB's Affirmative Action Statement
Indiana University pledges itself to continue its commitment to the achievement of equal opportunity within the University and throughout American society as a whole. In this regard, Indiana University will recruit, hire, promote, educate, and provide services to persons based upon their individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on arbitrary considerations of such characteristics as age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.  Indiana University shall take affirmative action, positive and extraordinary, to overcome the discriminatory effects of traditional policies and procedures with regard to the disabled, minorities, women, and veterans.
There are eight campuses of the IU system, where Bloomington is the headquarters location.  You have to go to each specific campus website to find faculty positions.

For instance, the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, faculty jobs listing is here.
The open positions at IUPUI, Indianapolis, is here.
Otherwise, I was unable to find any additional faculty openings lists, even though everywhere I went there was the statement that each administrative unit handles their own faculty openings separately from the Indiana University system.

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Purdue is not a member of the Consortium.  However, Purdue does include gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression in its non-discrimination statement.  Purdue is the land-grant institution for Indiana, while IUB is the non-land-grant public institution.  See the post "Consortium jobs March 3" for additional information on Purdue University.


And now for the bad news about Indiana.  Indiana has DOMA legislation.
STATUTE
Same sex marriages prohibited
(a) Only a female may marry a male. Only a male may marry a female.
(b) A marriage between persons of the same gender is void in Indiana even if the marriage is lawful in the place where it is solemnized.
(Indiana Code section 31-11-1-1)



Ohio

The Ohio State University
The Ohio State University is a member of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.  OSU has a multicultural center ( http://www.mcc.osu.edu/ ) in the Department of Student Life.  Go Buckeyes!
Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with the non-discrimination policy of the Ohio State University, its Medical Center and College of Medicine, the admissions office strictly prohibits any discrimination based upon age, color, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, religion, or veteran status in its application, admission, or enrollment practices.

Ohio University
Ohio University is a member of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.  OU has an LGBTA Center ( http://www.ohio.edu/lgbt/ ), established in 1998, which is now under the office of the Provost.
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Notice of Non-Discrimination

Ohio University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or military veteran status in its employment practices or in the provision of educational programs and services.  

And now for the bad news about Ohio:
Ohio is a DOMA state; that is, there is a statute prohibiting same-sex marriage.
STATUTE

Persons who may marry; same sex marriages against public policy; recognition or extension by state of specific statutory benefits of legal marriage to nonmarital relationships against public policy

Consortium jobs from March 3

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
LGBTQ Community Coordinator
Oberlin's Multicultural Resource Center is a member of the Consortium.  Oberlin received five stars from the Campus Climate survey in August, 2010.

What does Oberlin's non-discrimination policy say?
Nondiscrimination Policy
In all of its relationships, Oberlin College is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family relationship to an employee of Oberlin College, disability, or veteran status.  Equal employment opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship including hiring, recruiting, interviewing, transfer, promotion, training, working conditions, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment.  Oberlin College is also committed to provide all of its programs and activities to its students and alumni on a non-discriminatory basis.

This position is one of four coordinators who work in the Multicultural Resource Center.  It only requires a bachelor's degree, and there are quite a few nice perquisites listed in the job announcement.



Consortium jobs added March 10

University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
Associate Director of Common Ground for LGBTQ Campus Life
(funding pending for Position Number 501838)

What does UR's non-discrimination policy look like?
On the homepage for UR ( www.richmond.edu ) at the bottom of the page, there is a link for "Legal Notices."  In the middle of that page is the following:
The University prohibits discrimination and harassment against applicants, students, faculty, or staff on the basis of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, status as a veteran or any classification protected by local, state or federal law.