[Jobs] Penn Postdoc on gender/sex/race

[Leora Lawton]

*Penn DCC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016-17 on Gender/Sex/Race *
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
2016-2017 Academic Year
Application Deadline: February 15, 2016

The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism (DCC)
invites applications for a one-year DCC Postdoctoral Fellow in any
discipline whose research is pertinent to the Program’s 2016-2017 theme,
“Citizenship on the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race.”

Although the privileges and protections provided by the state are never
entirely secure, there are those whose gender, sexual, and racial
positioning give them an especially precarious hold on both the legal and
symbolic rights of citizenship.  In its 2016-17 theme year, “Citizenship on
the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race,” Penn DCC examines the struggles of vulnerable
groups to gain or maintain their status as full citizens, recognizing at
the same time that the edge they inhabit can be a cutting edge.  In the
U.S., women and men of color confront police violence, high rates of
incarceration, and attempts to roll back voting rights, while women of all
backgrounds contend with the persistence of sexual violence, labor
exploitation, and family disintegration.  And while 2015 saw great strides
in LGBTQ rights with the achievement of marriage equality and growing
public awareness of trans women and men, there is ongoing resistance to
these developments.  Globally, anti-gay legislation and violence, state
repression, ethnic conflict, and human trafficking for sex and forced labor
have all affected the meaning, status and enactment of citizenship, as well
as the strategies individuals and communities have publicly mobilized for
the recognition of their personhood.

The DCC program welcomes applicants engaged in empirical or normative
scholarship, focused comparatively or on particular nations, regions, or
communities, that explores these questions and seeks to assess the complex
impact of the radically evolving media landscape on democratic politics, as
well as on the closely related issues of citizenship and constitutional
government.

The Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism program is an
interdisciplinary initiative, funded by the Mellon Foundation, which
includes a faculty seminar series and annual conference on themes chosen by
the Program’s Faculty Advisory Council; a graduate workshop series; and
undergraduate research grants.  The DCC Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to
participate in the faculty seminar series, teach an Undergraduate Seminar
on a related topic, and join monthly meetings to discuss the progress of
undergraduates receiving research grants.  The Fellow also has the
opportunity to pursue the Fellow’s research and study and participate
generally in the intellectual life of the Penn community. Stipend is
$53,800, plus health insurance.

Eligibility is limited to applicants who will have received their
Ph.D. within five years prior to the time they begin their fellowship at
Penn (i.e., May 2011 or later).

Application deadline: February 15, 2016.

Applications should be made through Interfolio at
*http://apply.interfolio.com/33359
<http://apply.interfolio.com/33359>*

For more information on the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and
Constitutionalism, see the DCC Program website, *http://www.sas.upenn.edu/dcc/
<http://www.sas.upenn.edu/dcc/>*  or contact DCC Administrator Matthew Roth
at *dcc-penn at sas.upenn.edu <dcc-penn at sas.upenn.edu>*.

The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity
employer

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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
350K Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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