Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to solicit applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellow beginning in the 2012-13 academic year. Funded by a generous bequest from the Holtz Family Fund, the Center supports a variety of activities designed to promote innovative interdisciplinary research, education, and public outreach in humanistic and social studies of science, technology, biomedicine, engineering and the environment. As such, we seek applicants whose research relates broadly to science and technology studies, but who might come from one of a number of scholarly backgrounds, including (but not limited to) Anthropology, Bioethics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Journalism & Mass Communications, History, Human Ecology, Law, Library and Information Studies, Medicine, Philosophy, Public Health, or Sociology. In addition to conducting research, the fellow will teach one undergraduate course in the first academic year and help organize a workshop in the second academic year. Applicants must be scholars who are not yet tenured and must have earned a Ph.D. no earlier than August 2005 and no later than August 30, 2012. The successful applicant must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D., including the filing of the thesis, before the first day of the appointment. The fellow is expected to participate in the life of the Science & Technology Studies community by attending Holtz Center events. Full-time residency in Madison is normally required for the duration of the appointment, although some flexibility in the residency requirement is possible if arranged in advance. The salary for the position is $40,000 for the first nine-month academic year plus some modest start-up funds, and $42,000 for the second nine-month academic year. The appointment includes health and other benefits. Applicants should submit a current cv, a research proposal of no more than 3 single-spaced pages summarizing the research to be conducted during the period of the appointment and its relationship to science and technology studies (finalists will be asked to submit a longer proposal), a course proposal for an undergraduate science and technology studies class that the applicant would be interested in teaching, a sample of written work such as a paper or dissertation chapter, and three letters of recommendation via email to Lyn Macgregor, Assistant Director of the Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies at lmacgreg@ssc.wisc.edu. Applications must be received by February 1, 2012 to be guaranteed full consideration. A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring. Applicants are encouraged to learn more about the Holtz Center and our current faculty affiliates at http://www.sts.wisc.edu/index.html. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
