Utah State University Sociology Program Announces Several Opportunities for Funded Graduate Study
The USU Sociology program offers PhD-level specializations in Environment & Community, Demography, and Social Inequality. Located in the beautiful Cache Valley in northern Utah, USU is a perfect base from which to conduct research (and recreate!) in the diverse mountain and desert regions of the Intermountain West. We offer MS and PhD degrees in Sociology, and provide strong training in social theory and research methods together with coursework and research opportunities exploring a wide range of issues. A number of our faculty members are engaged in research ventures involving colleagues across the USU campus, as well as other US and international collaborators. Many students also engage in interdisciplinary training through coursework available across the USU campus.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS FEBRUARY 1, 2017; EARLIER APPLICATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED! For more information or to request application materials, check out our website (http://sociology.usu.edu) or contact: Dr. Richard Krannich, Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology (435) 797-1241, richard....@usu.edu
The following opportunities are highlighted:
1.) 3-Year PhD Research Assistantship in Environmental Sociology
Fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship opportunity in Sociology at Utah State University. The student will be funded as part of an NSF-INFEWS project on resilience and vulnerability in food, energy, and water (FEW) systems in the Columbia River Basin. The student will gain experience in multiple research methodologies and will work with an interdisciplinary team from universities in Utah, Washington, and Idaho. In addition to working as a research assistant on the project, the student will be required to develop their own related but independent research project to fulfill the requirements of the PhD.
The student would begin in fall semester 2017 and would receive three years of funding (at $20,000/year), a full waiver of tuition expenses, and highly subsidized health insurance coverage. Applicants will be accepted from those who have already completed the Master’s degree and from well-qualified applicants who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
Interested applicants should:
A. Send their CV and a one page letter describing interest and qualifications to Dr. Jennifer Givens (jennife...@usu.edu) by January 15, 2017. https://sociology.usu.edu/people/directory/jennifer-givens. For more information about the project, see https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1639458
B. Apply for admission to the graduate program in Sociology at Utah State University by February 1, 2017, although earlier applications are encouraged. For more information, contact Dr. Richard Krannich, Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology (richard....@usu.edu)
2.) 2-Year MS Fellowship Opportunity in Environmental Sociology
A research assistantship is available for a 2-year project beginning fall 2017 on health risks associated with irrigation use of reclaimed wastewater. The project will involve mixed methods research into the sociology of environmental health, risks perceptions, and the interdisciplinary bridge between social science and engineering.
This assistantship is available to a Masters student or as an initial funding package for a PhD student with various opportunities for additional funding to complete the full degree program.
Interested applicants should contact Dr. Courtney Flint at courtne...@usu.edu and also apply for admission to the graduate program in Sociology at USU by February 1, 2017, although earlier applications are encouraged. For more information on the program, contact Dr. Richard Krannich, Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology (richard....@usu.edu).
3.) 4-Year PhD Fellowship Opportunity in Sociology at Utah State University
The USU Graduate Program in Sociology is seeking applicants for one or two four-year graduate fellowship awards (the USU Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship), to begin Fall semester, 2017. This is USU’s most prestigious graduate fellowship, awarded to departments on a competitive basis by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. The recipient will receive four full years of fellowship funding (at $20,000/year), a full waiver of tuition expenses, and highly subsidized health insurance coverage. Applications will be accepted from those who have already completed the Master’s degree, and from well-qualified applicants who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
USU Sociology faculty members include:
LEON ANDERSON (PhD Texas). Professor. Social Inequality, Qualitative Methods, Homelessness, Crime and Deviance
E. HELEN BERRY (PhD Ohio State). Professor. Demography, Population & Environment, Rural and Urban Sociology
GABRIELE CICIURKAITE (PhD University of Kentucky). Assistant Professor. Medical Sociology, Research Methods, Aging and the Life Course, Mental Health
STEVE DANIELS (PhD Duke). Professor. Rural and Natural Resource Community Development, Collaborative Learning and Conflict Mediation, Natural Resource Policy
COURTNEY FLINT (PhD Penn State). Associate Professor. Natural Resources, Community Risk and Wellbeing; Interdisciplinary and Mixed-Methods Research
H. REED GEERTSEN (PhD University of Utah). Professor. Sociological Theory, Medical Sociology, Health Promotion
JENNIFER GIVENS (PhD University of Utah). Assistant Professor. Environmental Sociology, Global and Comparative Sociology, Political Economy
CHRISTY GLASS (PhD Yale). Professor. Work and Inequality, Organizations, Gender, Race/Ethnicity
ERIN HOFMANN (PhD University of Texas). Assistant Professor. Demography, Migration, Gender, Labor Markets
RICHARD KRANNICH (PhD Penn State). Professor. Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology, Community and Rural Sociology, Survey Research Methods
JASON LEIKER (PhD Southern Illinois) Lecturer. Criminology, Deviance
SOJUNG LIM (PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison). Assistant Professor. Social Inequality, Work, Family, Demography
PEGGY PETRZELKA (PhD Iowa State). Professor. Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology, Community, Rural Sociology, Qualitative Methods
ERIC REITHER (PhD Wisconsin). Professor & Director, Population Research Laboratory. Population Health, Health Disparities, Methodological Innovations.
STEPHEN VAN GEEM (PhD University of South Florida). Lecturer. Mental Health, Criminology