Call for Applicants Office of University-Community Partnerships 2008-2009 Community Partnership Graduate Fellowships Teaching, Research, and Outreach/Program Management Options

Information Session: Thursday, January 24, 2008; 4PM, Candler Library 101

The application deadline is Friday, February 15, 2008.  Awards will be made by 26 March 2008. Download the application form here.

Emory's Office of University-Community Partnerships offers three kinds of fellowships for PhD students in the Graduate School and for graduate students in Law, Business, Nursing, Public Health, Theology, and Medicine for Summer 2008 and academic year 2008-2009. We especially seek applicants experienced and interested in one or more of the following topic areas: community building and social change; equitable development and neighbor-hoods (especially topics related to gentrification, neighborhood revitalization, and displacement); social policy (especially public education, welfare, and workforce development); community-based health concerns; the environment; immigrant and refugee communities; and engaged learning or service learning pedagogy.

Engaged Teaching Assistant and Engaged Teaching Instructor Fellows – These twelve month fellowships provide graduate students the opportunity to further develop their capacity to incorporate community-benefiting service or research activities into course curricula.

• Engaged Teaching Assistant (ETA) Fellowship –Graduate students who have completed TATTO requirements may apply to serve as an ETA Fellow for the OUCP Community Building Fellows Program or as an ETA Fellow for a faculty member who has requested assistance from the OUCP with incorporating engaged learning into their course.
• Engaged Teaching Instructor (ETI) Fellowship - Graduate students who have completed TATTO requirements and who have successfully taught, co-taught, or served as a TA for one or more courses that utilize engaged learning pedagogy may apply for an ETI Fellowship. After completing a weeklong intensive training on engaged learning pedagogy during late spring or early summer, fellows will teach one course in the fall and one course in the spring or summer that employs engaged learning strategies. Applicants must describe the courses she or he proposes to teach if selected as an Engaged Teaching Fellow. Fellows will receive regular feedback, mentoring, and support from faculty affiliated with the OUCP.

Engaged Research Fellows – This track provides graduate students with opportunities to engage in a variety of community-benefiting research projects. Fellows will serve as important members of the OUCP Research and Evaluation team and will have opportunities to undertake a wide variety of research tasks, based on their skills and interests, such as data entry and data cleaning, survey development and administration, data analysis, focus group facilitation, legal research, and report writing. Recipients of this fellowship should have demonstrable skills and experience with quantitative and/or qualitative research methods, legal or policy research methods, and/or with community-based participatory research methods. The OUCP especially seeks applicants experienced in one or more of the following: conducting and analyzing focus groups; survey research; working with databases and statistical analysis programs; policy analysis; needs assessment; program evaluation and/or computer mapping (e.g., geographic information systems or GIS).  Students in PhD programs who have not yet reached candidacy and students in graduate programs in Nursing, Law, Business, Theology, Public Health, and Medicine who have completed some coursework in research methods may apply for a 12-week summer research fellowship; students in PhD programs who have reached candidacy and students in graduate programs in Nursing, Business, Theology, Public Health, Medicine, and Law with more experience and training in research methods may apply for the nine or twelve month research fellowships.

Community Partnership Fellows – These nine or twelve month fellowships provide graduate students with concentrated experience in program management, student or volunteer recruitment and placement, communications and/or marketing, or partnership development and community organizing in metro Atlanta. Open to students in PhD programs who have reached candidacy and students in graduate programs in Nursing, Business, Theology, Public Health, Medicine, and Law. Ideal applicants have alignment between their course of study and the substantive area of focus of at least one of the current programs and projects with which Fellows can work, and should have some experience with the kinds of responsibilities described:

Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders) – Program matching Emory students as coaches or tutors in local ESL and U.S. citizenship classes to help elder refugees and immigrants learn English and become U.S. citizens. As the SHINE Coordinator, the Fellow works with Emory faculty to incorporate SHINE into their courses or with students and student groups to engage in SHINE as volunteers; oversees recruitment, placement, and monitoring of Emory students engaged in SHINE; manages logistics for training and reflection; and interacts with existing SHINE sites as well as identifies new SHINE sites.
HEARMe (Health Education Via Airwaves for/by Refugees) – Project producing radio shows in several formats to empower East African refugees living in metro Atlanta with knowledge and strategies for good health. The Fellow supports the HEARMe Coordinator with managing logistics, identifying and recruiting Emory faculty and students to engage with HEARMe as content developers; and also possibly with developing content, communications/marketing, and/or administrative support. Proficiency in speaking/writing Somali, Swahili or Amharic is highly desirable but not required.
SPAN-Education (Sustainable Partnerships for Atlanta Neighborhoods) – Project engaging Emory students as tutors and/or mentors for students in elementary, middle, and high schools and in community-based afterschool programs. The Fellow supports Volunteer Emory Director as a Project Coordinator and may work with Emory faculty to incorporate SPAN into their courses or with students and student groups to engage in SPAN as volunteers; participates in recruitment, placement, training and monitoring of Emory students engaged in SPAN; manages logistics for training and reflection; and interacts with SPAN sites to ensure high quality for both Emory students and the students they mentor/tutor.
SPAN-Environment (Sustainable Partnerships for Atlanta Neighborhoods) – Project engaging Emory students in service with local environmental organizations and initiatives. The Fellow supports Volunteer Emory Director as a Project Coordinator and may work with Emory faculty to incorporate SPAN into their courses or with students and student groups to engage in SPAN as volunteers; participates in recruitment, placement, training and monitoring of Emory students engaged in SPAN; manages logistics for training and reflection; and interacts with SPAN sites to ensure high quality for both Emory students and the community.
General OUCP Partnerships – Fellows in this area support the OUCP staff with a wide variety of administrative, project management, marketing and communications, and strategic relationship building activities related to the Preparing Engaged Scholars Strategic Theme. Ideal applicants possess at least one or more of the following skills/areas of experience:  project management, strategic planning, marketing, communications, web design or content development, event planning and logistics, accounting or budgeting.

General Details:
During their Fellowship appointment, all Fellows are expected to attend bi-weekly meetings, to keep a record of work hours and work accomplishments, and to make at least one presentation about his or her dissertation to the entire OUCP team. Fellows will sign a letter of understanding that clearly describes all work requirements and performance expectations. Each fellow will have his/her own semi-private work space including desk with storage, telephone, personal computer, internet access, and shared printing.

12-month Fellowships - June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009 or September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009 at the option of the Fellow. Fellows work 16-20 hours per week and earn a stipend of $21,600.

Nine-month Fellowships - September 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009. Fellows work 16-20 hours per week and earn a stipend of $16,200.
 
Summer Research Fellowships – A total of 300 hours between May 19 – August 19, 2008  with precise schedule to be developed between the Fellow and the OUCP. Summer Fellows earn a $5,500 stipend.