Month: November 2021

Just Tech Fellowship (deadline: 1/2/22)

The Just Tech Fellowship is a remote, two-year, full-time research fellowship that invests in a diverse community of researchers and practitioners who will identify and challenge injustices emerging from new technologies and identify solutions that advance social, political, and economic rights.

The Just Tech Fellowship is designed not only to support a researcher’s work but also to invest in their entire person and build a supportive community. The fellowship offers two-year unrestricted awards of $100,000 per year with the intention of opening space, time, and resources for fellows as they envision and enact more just technological futures. The awards are augmented by robust supplementary funding packages to subsidize dependent care, health care, work space, technical equipment, project materials, communications, or other needs.

For more information: https://www.ssrc.org/programs/just-tech/just-tech-fellowship/

Deadline: January 2, 2022 11:59 p.m. EST

ASA Minority Fellowship (deadline: 1/31/22)

ASA provides a stipend of $18,000 for each annual award (August 1-July 31) and works with departments to try to arrange for the payment of tuition for the academic year. The Fellowship includes designated cohort programming at the ASA Annual Meeting, travel support for scientific conferences, and the opportunity to become part of a distinguished network of sociologists.

The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is designed for underrepresented minority students.  Specifically, applicants must be a member of one of the following underrepresented groups: Black/African American; Latino/a/x, American Indian or Alaskan Native; or Asian or Pacific Islander. Fellows must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or be eligible under DACA. MFP applicants must be enrolled in a program that grants the Ph.D. in sociology and be advanced in their program by the time of application.

MFP Fellows are selected on the basis of their commitment to research, the focus of their research experience, academic achievement, scholarship, writing ability, research potential, financial need, and racial/ethnic minority background.

For more information on the ASA Minority Fellowship Program: https://www.asanet.org/diversity-equity-inclusion/minority-fellowship-program/apply

Deadline: January 31, 2022

Colin Jerolmack was featured in the Graduate Center news

The Graduate Center published a Q&A with Colin Jerolmack on his recent book “Up to Heaven and Down to Hell”. In the interview, Colin also shared his wonderful experience in our program. Colin received his Ph.D. in sociology from the Graduate Center in 2009.

The full story published by the Graduate Center news can be found here.