- Join us in AOB 201 on Monday, March 13, at 12 pm as Dr. James Suzman will virtually host a webinar on zoom to talk about: The Changing World of Work: Lessons from Our Deep Past
- Marie Richards' IHA PhD Proposal Defense
- Friday, March 17 at 2:00 pm on Zoom
- Titled: Decolonizing Anishinaabewaki: Industrialization, Survivance, and Traditional Cultural Landscapes
- The defense focuses on an Indigenous-centered approach to better understanding the Indigenous narrative of subsistence rights and food sovereignty through decolonization and rematriation.
- National Geographic Live: Adaptation with Environmental Anthropologist & Filmmaker Alizé Carrère
- Monday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
- Explore the remarkable ways people around the world are adapting to our changing planet.
- From the floating gardens of Bangladesh to the ice pyramids of northern India, Carrère offers a hopeful look at the resilience, perseverance and innovation of humankind under even the most difficult of conditions.
- Get your tickets at 906-487-1906 or at the Rozsa Box Office from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Student Rush is available.
- UP Food Summit
- Monday, March 27, 2023, from 10am-4pm at the Northern Center on the campus Northern Michigan University, in Marquette Michigan!
- Registration is free, but required.
- Join us as we listen to a welcome message from President Doreen Blaker from Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, a dynamic keynote with Roger LaBine and Kathleen Smith, a presentation about the cold storage and farmers market grants featuring North Harvest, a seed library panel featuring seed librarians across the UP, and a session on food stories facilitated by Alex Palzewicz; as well as from many, many more!
- The UP Food Summit will include lunch and refreshments.
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Congrats to Caitlyn Sutherlin (EEP PhD) for her recent award from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium for her project entitled " Understanding Community Connections with Nature in California, El Salvador"
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Social Scientists in Action
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- Drs. Kat Hannum and Mark Rhodes led a Spring Break Study Abroad to Mexico. Students studied the way in which tourism creates a duality of sacrificial logic that both benefits and harms communities while creating dependency. While studying students had the opportunity to go snorkeling, see Mayan temples, and learn how to hand make tortillas all while becoming deeply immersed in Mexican culture.
 
- Congrats to Drs. Chelsea Schelly and Shardul Tiwari for their recent proposal to the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "The US Electrical Grid as a Complex Adaptive System: Integrative Modeling for Enhanced Infrastructural Resilience".
- Welcome to Aritra Chakrabarty, the Department of Social Sciences new Writing in the Discipline facilitator. Write-D provides a dedicated time and space for graduate students to get work done and receive support on writing projects within their discipline, such as manuscripts, research proposals, etc. Guest speakers from the department and industry visit to present briefly on research, writing and publishing tips. This free program is open to all graduate students.
- For more information, including times and locations, visit the Graduate School's Write-D page.
- Interesting Article in Tech Magazine on PUSH project (Pumped Underground Storage Hydropower)
- This issue includes an interesting article on the PUSH project that Drs. Roman Sidortsov, Tim Scarlett, Chelsea Schelly and Shardul Tiwari, as well as others from outside the department are involved in.
- The article is available in the AOB and will be available online soon.
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Other Student Announcements
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- New CS 5090 Summer Class: AI for the Social Good
- This online course will provide a comprehensive foundation in AI concepts including machine learning, deep learning, and decision-making, with a focus on ethics through critical reviews, discussions, and expert speakers.
- The format of the course includes lectures, seminars, and hands-on learning opportunities.
- Both undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines are welcome to enroll, and are encouraged to incorporate their disciplinary interests into their class projects.
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Upcoming Conferences, Webinars, and Talks
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- NEST webinar with Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes on Regional Energy Transitions.
- The session will take place on 23 March, 10:30 CET.
- Please register to receive the Zoom login information.
- The recordings of all previous webinars can be (re)watched on the NEST YouTube Channel.
- IPEC's Virtual Speaker Series "Work in Transition"
- The Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture at Michigan Tech is hosting its third annual virtual speaker series this March 14-28!
- This year's series features leading voices on the future of work and focuses on ethical and cultural factors that are changing the workplace.
- Each speaker brings expertise from their respective field to help us rethink ways of understanding the challenges we face and navigating our way forward in a new workplace culture.
- Speakers are listed below. Each event is from 7:00-8:15 pm Eastern.
- March 14: James Suzman, Anthropologist
"The History of Work"
- March 16: Laura Whaley & Ryan Stygar
LIVE EVENT ON THE ROZSA STAGE
Free to the Public
"TikTok Takes the Office: Innovative Producers Share Insights on the Future of Work"
- March 21: Matt Beane, Professor of Technology Management
"How AI Technology Impacts the Future of Work"
- March 28: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist
"The Work of World Building"
- 43rd Annual Statewide Preservation Conference
- The Michigan Historic Preservation Network has Scholarship and Volunteer Opportunities to offer for its 43rd Annual Statewide Preservation Conference
- This year the conference will be on Mackinac Island at Mission Point Resort from Thursday, May 11-Saturday, May13.
- Both Scholarship and Volunteer applications are due by Sunday, April 9, at 5:00 PM.
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Jobs and Other Opportunities
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- SHA FIELD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
- The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) awards scholarships for students to attend field schools.
- Applications are due by April 15, 2023.
- Paid Internship in Historical Archaeology
- The Department of Archaeology and Landscapes at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is offering one funded research position for May 30 through July 21, 2022.
- This internship is intended for early-phase graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have previous field training and are looking for more experience conducting fieldwork and supervising field school students in a research-oriented setting.
- The application deadline is April 1, 2023.
- Wisconsin DNR
- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has various job opportunities for this summer.
- New availabilities are updated frequently.
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- Paid Internship in Historical Archaeology
- The Department of Archaeology and Landscapes at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is offering one funded research position for May 30 through July 21, 2022.
- This internship is intended for early-phase graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have previous field training and are looking for more experience conducting fieldwork and supervising field school students in a research-oriented setting.
- The application deadline is April 1, 2023.
- Energy Efficiency Portfolio Management Analyst
- Work for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to oversee program administrators’ proposed strategies and budget for serving hard-to-reach customers for a more equitable statewide portfolio.
- Additionally, the analyst will steer a stakeholder collaborative whose purpose and structure is evolving to facilitate greater inclusion from diverse and historically marginalized voices in the design and implementation of EE programs.
- Ultimately, the analyst evaluates the success of CPUC policies to ensure California has a robust, competitive, and equitable energy efficiency program solicitations process to reach and exceed savings goals, delivering greater energy efficiency and bill savings to California energy customers.
- The position may be filled in Sacramento, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.
- Please apply by March 15, 2023 using link for location of interest:
- Energy Efficiency Portfolio Management Analyst Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst IV position
- Candidates should contact Alison LaBonte (alison.labonte@cpuc.ca.gov 415 703 1226) before the application deadline if they have questions.
- Interdisciplinary Scientist
- Work with the NY Cities team at The Nature Conservancy.
- The Interdisciplinary Scientist will provide technical and scientific support and leadership related to understanding, visualizing, and communicating about the social-ecological systems of cities in an applied context.
- A master's degree in science related field and 2 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience are required.
- Applications are due by March 26, 2023.
- Environmental Justice and Reproductive Health Manager
- This 40-hour-per-week hybrid position will expand on RSP’s (Resilient Sisterhood Projects) work on Black women’s reproductive health and the intersections of environmental justice.
- The Health Manager will have strong knowledge of environmental science, environmental racism, and reproductive health.
- Some of the key components of this position include, but are not limited to, designing programs and research, collecting data, engaging with community partners, developing curricula, leading workshops and trainings, taking media requests, and representing the organization at key meetings and community events.
- To apply, send a resume and cover letter to Katie Durant at: durantk@rsphealth.org, with the subject line “Environmental Justice and Reproductive Health Manager.” In your cover letter please specifically address why you are interested in this position, what you find compelling about our work, and why your skills are a match. No phone calls please. Position open until filled.
- Postdoc with Andrea Ballestero (USC Anthropology)
- Work in collaboration on her NSF-funded project, Expanding the Social World Downwards, which examines how the increasing scientific and governmental attention paid to aquifers in Costa Rica is transforming both spatial imaginaries of the underground and the meaning of private property.
- Applications are due by March 31st for full consideration.
- Candidates with core competencies in geospatial visualization, GIS or similar technologies, and doctoral level research experience on, but not limited to: water, the underground, multimodal qualitative analysis, space and place, environmental history and science, and related themes are welcome.
- Candidates can come from (inter)disciplinary backgrounds including but not limited to: anthropology, critical sociology, STS, geography, media studies, critical design studies, data visualization, design.
- An ability to communicate in Spanish is highly desirable.
- Sustainability Data Analyst
- This position will work for CVS to support data collection and monitoring of enterprise sustainability initiatives, emissions and energy, plastic, water, waste and other environmental sustainability data. There are two open positions. One will cover the Enterprise Data and the other will support Supply Chain Data.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
- This position will be ideally located in New England, remote negotiable.
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