- Join us on Monday, February 20, at noon in AOB 201 when Dr. Adam Wellstead presents There’s more than Co-design: Co-experience, Policy Innovation Labs, and Twitter
- Learn more about Dr. Wellstead's research on policy innovation labs (PILs)
- Monday & Tues @ 2:00pm, Provost Candidate Dr. Andrew Storer presents his vision for MTU in the JR VanPelt Library, East Reading Room
- Join us on Tuesday 2/21 from 3:15 to 4:15 pm for Coffee Conversations in the AOB Commons.
- Thursday, February 23rd, USG is hosting a Living Room Conversation. MUB Superior Room B001 from 6-8.
- Come join us for a guided discussion with your fellow Huskies centered around the subject of abortion.
- Questions? Contact Jenna Weiler at jgweiler@mtu.edu
- Archeological Field School
- Join us this 5-6pm in the AOB commons for more information.
- Feel free to invite your friends from all departments for a fun and informative summer.
- The field school runs from June 23 through August 10 2023.
- The Modern Languages Program is excited to present its FREE Social Justice Film Series @ 7pm in Fisher 135 - Thursday, February 23rd
- Balloon (Ballon), dir. Herbig, 2018, Germany – 125mn
Based on the true events of one of the most daring escapes of the Cold War, Balloon tells the story of two families living in Communist East Germany who sailed over the heavily fortified
border in a homemade hot-air balloon.
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- Congrats to EEP MS student and Sustainability Science alumni Madelina DeLisi and EEP PhD alumni Dr. Brad Barnett for both being nominated for the 2023 Keweenaw Community Sparkplug Award for Community Contributor of the Year.
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Social Scientists in Action
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- Congrats to EEP Ph.D. student Aritra Chakrabarty for his recent guest blog post on Keweenaw Now about the growing importance of Indigenous voices around the world in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. Aritra was part of Michigan Tech’s delegation to the COP27 climate conference, held in November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. His research is focused on development policy around energy transitions in the Global South.
- Congrats to Don Lafreniere, Sarah Scarlett, Dan Trepal, and James Juip for their recent proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities for a project entitled Deep Maps and Community Histories: Advancing Transdisciplinary and Public-Facing Scholarship in the Spatial Humanities.
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Other Student Announcements - about Jobs and Research
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- Jobs & Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities!
- Dr. Chelsea Shelly: Engage with communities in WI, MI, and MN to learn more about pathways to beneficial electrification for heating and cooling, perform qualitative data analysis, and work with utility professionals on topic of resilience and residential food, energy, water consumption; engage with team science on air quality, health, and benefits associated with local energy services for KBIC/L'Anse and Houghton areas
- Dr. Jonathan Robins: Looking for students interested in working on a research project over the summer (SURF) or in the summer or fall via UPERSS investigating landfill mining, sustainability, and social justice, and/or for an academic year 2023-2024 Senior Design team project. as well as for an academic year 2023-2024 Senior Design team project.
- Landfills also hold significant quantities of discarded aluminum and other resources. Could aluminum reclamation ("landfill mining") offer a path toward a more sustainable, circular economy? Can it be done in ways that reduce existing harms, and promotes social and environmental justice for communities living around landfill sites
- Students will contribute to an interdisciplinary team researching landfills, the aluminum, waste, and recycling industries, and community impacts related to landfill operations.
- Dr. Sarah Scarlett: Looking for Vernacular Architecture Forum conference researcher — archival and fieldwork available!
- This summer will include the final preparations for the Vernacular Architecture Forum's annual conference hosted at Michigan Tech in June 2024. You can help the planning team in several different ways: Join teams in the field to document structures that will be part of the conference tours; Learn to turn field notes into finished floor plan and elevation drawings in SketchUp for inclusion in the guidebook; Scour the Michigan Tech archives for previous documentation of historic structures and landscapes; Make maps of the tour routes, and more! Experience with archival research or architectural fieldwork is desirable but not required.
- Dr. Sarah Scarlett and Dr. Don Lafreniere : Digital Public History Communication project
- This project involves adapting existing research about French-Canadians living in the Keweenaw in the early twentieth century into engaging historical narratives for an online exhibition.
- Join the team in the Geospatial Research Facility who are partners in a large 7-year project based in Canada called Three Centuries of Francophone Migration in North America, 1640-1940.
- You can help transform new research into Story Maps and other online spatial narratives for inclusion in an online exhibition for the whole project to be launched in 2026. You would also have the option to participate in community-engaged planning with francophone descent groups to plan in-person heritage programming for the following year.
- Experience making Story Maps, or with historical research in the Keweenaw are desirable but not required.
- Dr. Don Lafreniere and Dr. Sarah Scarlett : Looking for Keweenaw Time Traveler Outreach (Paid)
- Join the Keweenaw Time Traveler outreach team this summer. We will be bringing the Time Traveler kiosks to setup information booths at various festivals, parades, and events this summer. Also be on the ground as we roll out or mobile storytelling app by placing QR codes around the region to help others learn about how our environments have changed through time.
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Upcoming Conferences, Webinars, and Talks
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- Dr. Shardul Tiwari will be speaking at the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC) annual conference on Saturday, March 11th. His talk is entitled "COP27 Learning and Outcomes: The Way Forward". Details of the two-day event can be found here
- Understanding Racial Justice with Title Track and We the People-MI
- This is a five-week course Zoom course for white people ready to lean into the racial justice movement.
- Understanding Racial Justice-Cohort 13-Online
- Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30pm
- Tue, March 7 - Tue, April 4, 2023, Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30pm
- Understanding Racial Justice-Cohort 14-Traverse City, MI- In Person
- Tuesdays from 12pm-2pm
- Tue, April 25 - Tue, May 23, 2023
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Jobs and Other Opportunities
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- Peace Corps Student Intern Positions
- This paid internship is telework eligible, and on a case-by-case basis may be authorized for remote work outside of the Washington, DC area.Students have until midnight, February 24, 2023, to apply.
- San Gemini Preservation Studies-Summer Field School in Italy
- Offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy where they acquire hands-on experience in restoration and conservation.
- The deadline for applications is March 15, 2023 include paper restoration and painting techniques)
- ORAU Summer Internship Program
- To search through a multitude of available internships click the link and search ORAU as the keyword. After searching a list will come up and can be refined on the left side of the screen.
- Archeological Technician
- In this position, you will assist with field surveys and identify and inventory cultural resources in southern Utah, through the Cedar City or Richfield offices.
- You may be eligible if you have archaeology field experience and/or have a full year of archaeology or related graduate education.
- The deadline to apply is Feb. 22, 2023
- Permanent, full-time Architectural Historian
- These positions are located on the Chippewa National Forest and Monongahela National Forest.
- The incumbent is responsible for identifying, evaluating, interpreting, managing, and/or prescribing treatments for historic buildings, structures, landscapes, and other various cultural resources.
- The deadline to apply is February 24th, 2023.
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- Funded Graduate Research Assistant Position
- Start: Summer or Fall 2023
- Title: Landfill mining: pasts and futures of waste management
- Landfills and other waste management sites are frequently the causes of environmental and social injustices, yet many waste sites also hold substantial quantities of aluminum and other resources.
- This 1-year research position is part of a US Department of Energy-funded team investigating the potential benefits and impacts of "landfill mining."
- The candidate will work with Dr. Jonathan Robins to investigate patterns of landfill development and engage in interdisciplinary research to evaluate the impacts of landfill mining on landfill-adjacent communities.
- Please contact Dr. Robins to arrange an informational interview about this position.
- New and current students in Social Sciences graduate programs are eligible to apply (IHA, EEP, and Sustainable Communities) as well as current undergraduates applying for accelerated MS degrees in these programs.
- United States Forest Service Research Social Scientist
- The areas of research focus for the scientist, while broad, will inform the governance, use, and management of natural resources in Alaska.
- The hired candidate will work at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Juneau, Alaska.
- A Ph.D. is required for this position.
- Archeological Technician
- In this position, you will assist with field surveys and identify and inventory cultural resources in southern Utah, through the Cedar City or Richfield offices.
- You may be eligible if you have archaeology field experience and/or have a full year of archaeology or related graduate education.
- The deadline to apply is Feb. 22, 2023
- Permanent, full-time Architectural Historian
- These positions are located on the Chippewa National Forest and Monongahela National Forest.
- The incumbent is responsible for identifying, evaluating, interpreting, managing, and/or prescribing treatments for historic buildings, structures, landscapes, and other various cultural resources.
- The deadline to apply is February 24th, 2023.
- Christiansted National Historical Site-Museum Technician
- The technician will help with cataloging and general collections management backlog at their historic site and museum.
- This position is a 1–2-year, full time, temporary position.
- Christiansted NHS, in the US Virgin Islands, is a seven-acre park and museum that relates the "Danish economy and ways of life, and the interactions of people in Europe, Africa, West Indies, and North America during the Danish era of occupation of the Virgin Islands (1734-1917)."
- The job could be combined with graduate study or done through partial residence split between the job location and MTU.
- Anyone interested in applying should contact Dr. Scarlett.
- Mr. Gwilliam from Christiansted National Historic Site will be the final person of contact and how you apply.
- San Gemini Preservation Studies-Summer Field School in Italy
- Offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy where they acquire hands-on experience in restoration and conservation.
- The deadline for applications is March 15, 2023
- This program has two sessions available for project work and potential to earn credits. There is also an Intersession focused on travel opportunities.
- Session I: June 5 – June 30, 2023 (programs include historic buildings, archaeological ceramics and book binding restoration)
Intersession: Italy Preservation Tour – July 2 to July 11, 2023
Session 2: July 17 – August 11, 2023 (programs include paper restoration and painting techniques)
- The Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences (the “Center”) at Dartmouth College seeks to fill two different postdoctoral fellow positions.
- Postdoctoral Fellow - Policy Research Method
- The postdoctoral fellow will work on empirical research, surveys, and program evaluation projects on their own and in collaboration with faculty.
- We seek qualified candidates with a Ph.D. in the social sciences.
- Applicants with expertise in any topical specialty area are welcome.
- We are especially interested in applicants who have substantive interests in domestic public policy issues, especially those relating to health or social programs, taxation, law, regulation, or business.
- Postdoctoral Fellow - State and Local Policy Research
- The postdoctoral fellow will help manage the day-to-day operations of the Class of 1964 Policy Research Shop (PRS) at the Rockefeller Center, a student-staffed, faculty-mentored non-partisan policy research enterprise that serves public officials in the Vermont and New Hampshire state legislatures as well as local government entities and non-profit organizations.
- We seek qualified candidates in the social sciences who have well developed data management skills and broad methodological training, including familiarity with quantitative and qualitative approaches.
- We are especially interested in applicants who have substantive interests in education policy, the environment, health, social policy, or the criminal justice system.
- Research Fellow - Environment, Economy and Society
- The successful candidate will:
- Lead delivery of existing project commitments in the ERI ‘Energy’ and ‘Society’ themes, and the development of ERI’s portfolio of socioeconomic research. This will include:
- Delivery of socioeconomic, social acceptance, and supply chain mapping research for net-zero aviation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland as part of the SATE project
- Delivery of socioeconomics, social impact, and social acceptance research of renewable energy transition in the Western Isles of Scotland as part of the ROBINSON project
- The closing date for applications is Monday 6 March 2023.
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If you plan to graduate in the summer or fall of 2023 to fill out your graduation application now.
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