Emory University

Transforming Community Project Community Research Fellow

Post-Graduate Fellowship

Call for Applications

The Transforming Community Project (TCP) at Emory University invites applications for its Community Research Post-Graduate Fellowship.  The fellowship is a 1-year appointment beginning February 2009, with a possibility of renewal.  Eligible candidates will have completed a terminal degree (PhD, MD, JD, MFA, MBA, etc.) by December 31, 2008.  The field of academic specialization is open; applicants from all disciplines are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Fellowship Description

The Community Research Fellow will have several duties. Depending on his/her own expertise and the needs of the Transforming Community Project, the Community Research Fellow will work with the TCP leadership to develop an area of research focus for the year. The Fellow may then deploy this project in a number of ways. For example, a Fellow may work alone in the archives, identifying primary and secondary sources and creating a publishable piece of research or several pieces (essays, book chapters, etc.); or may design and implement an oral history or ethnography project.  The Transforming Community Project encourages innovative dissemination of knowledge and may digitize a Fellow’s research to enhance access for non-traditional audiences.

The Fellow may be also asked to serve as the anchor faculty member on a Transforming Community Project Collaborative Triad, a small research team that will be made up of one faculty member, staff member, and student who together will investigate an aspect of Emory’s race history.

The Fellow will lead one Gathering the Tools group, participate in the Faculty Pedagogy Seminar, and may teach one TCP-related course during his or her time at Emory.

In addition to contributing to teaching and scholarship around Emory’s race history, the Community Research Fellow will gain significant personal and professional development from the TCP experience. The Fellow will gain cross-disciplinary and cross-hierarchical experience rarely encountered in a traditional academic career as s/he engages the entire university through the lens of race. Once the Fellow has completed her/his service to the TCP, s/he will have gathered the needed tools and gained unique insights to be a powerful change agent at other institutions. The Community Research Fellow will find the Emory academic community, and indeed the City of Atlanta, exceptionally suited as a home for furthering her/his career in relationship to issues of race and diversity.

The TCP Fellow is expected to be in residence for the duration of the appointment and to participate in the intellectual life of the program and the University.  The Fellowship includes an annual stipend of $45,000 plus benefits.

About the Transforming Community Project

The TCP seeks to mobilize individuals in every sector of Emory University to engage in a reflective, fact-driven creation of this institution's history as it relates to race. The construction of this history will be rooted in Emory's involvement in African American enslavement, segregation, integration, and the world that blacks and whites created together in the South. As this work moves forward in time from the founding in 1836 to the realities of the present, the engine throughout will be the examination of this central racial dynamic. Yet as we move to contemporary times, this enterprise will necessarily expand to incorporate other racial and ethnic groups.   More information about the Transforming Community Project can be found on our website at www.transform.emory.edu.

Application Instructions

Please send electronically all of the following:

·       application letter that describes the candidate's

§       research background and interests

§       his/her unique qualifications to become a Transforming Community Project Community Research Fellow

§       experience with collaborative research, facilitation, and relevant courses taught

§       technological proficiency

·       curriculum vitae

·       abstract and annotated table of contents of the applicant's doctoral thesis or equivalent

·       article length writing sample/s (30-40 pages total)

·        three letters of recommendation that address

§       the intellectual distinction of the applicant’s previous work;

§       the applicant’s ability to engage in collegial interactions that will substantively contribute to the work of the Transforming Community Project and to Emory University; 

§       the teaching abilities of the applicant

Applications should be submitted as a single e-mail with the subject line "TCP post-graduate fellowship – your last name," with constituent materials enclosed as file attachments.  Applications should be addressed to Ms. Arlene Robie, Administrative Assistant, Transforming Community Project and sent to her at <arobie@emory.edu>.  Review will begin December 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled.   

Recommenders should supply references as file attachments to an e-mail message to Ms. Robie with the subject line "TCP post-graduate reference – candidate’s last name. References may also be sent via fax: 404.727.8354.

Emory University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Emory values diversity among its faculty, students, and staff and therefore we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented minorities.