News and Announcements - HBS PhD Newsletter - February 5, 2021

The Teaching Fellowship program supports the pedagogical development of graduate students. Students who will be in their 3rd year or higher and who are interested in serving as Teaching Assistants or Graduate Part Time Instructors next year can apply. Participation in the program will be accompanied by a scholarship and tuition support. For more information and details on how to apply, please follow the link below. The deadline to apply for this program is March 31. 

2021-22 Teaching Fellow Flyer

The Research Fellowship program designed to support the pursuit of excellence in research. Eligibility is unrelated to participation in other HBS funding programs including the Teaching Fellowship. For more information and details on how to apply, please follow the link below. The deadline to apply for this program is March 31. 

2021-22 Research Fellow Flyer

Each year, the faculty recognizes four outstanding HBS Doctoral students for their contributions in research, teaching, service, and all-around excellence. To nominate yourself, please submit the materials indicated below to Anne Marie no later than March 31.  

HBS Doctoral Student Research Award 

• A current CV  
• A first- or sole-authored manuscript (a paper published in the last 12 months, unpublished work in progress, or a dissertation chapter). 

HBS Doctoral Student Teaching Award 

• A current CV 
• A 1-page, single spaced summary of your teaching activities for the last 12 months including a summary of FCQs, new courses developed, existing courses you prepped for the first time, creative approaches attempted in the classroom, or any other information you would like to submit in support of your teaching success. 

HBS Doctoral Student Service Award 

• A current CV 
• A 1-page, single spaced summary of your major services activities to the department, the profession, and the community for the last 12 months including work on committees, GA and advising for the department, reviewing for peer-reviewed journals, mentoring fellow students, or any other activities you deem appropriate.  

HBS Outstanding Doctoral Student Award 

• All students who submit materials for the research, teaching, or services awards will be considered for outstanding doctoral student – no additional materials are needed.  

"The Power of Black Women Summit: Health Disparities" with Keynote Speaker Dr. Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dean of the George Washington University of Law School, Dr. Lesley Brooks, Chief of Addiction Medicine for Summitstone Health Partners, and Dr. Terri Richardson, Internist with Kaiser Permanente. February 27 10:00am-12:30pm. Topics include understanding the importance of voting at local and national levels, advacing equitable policies and systems, understanding and preserving mental health, identifying equitable policies that reduce health disparities, rethinking policy in the community, and how these topics relate to COVID-19.

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Jean Scandlyn shared this excellent writing resource. She said, "Writing is a central activity for researchers whether in academic or research appointments or in public or private organizations. Somatosphere, a website with listserv run from the Department of Anthropology (though multi-disciplinary) at the University of Chicago, is sponsoring a series, Writing Life. I often find it helpful to read how other scholars view the writing process – I never know where the next helpful suggestion or inspiring example may come from."

Writing Life focuses on the craft of writing in the social studies of medicine. Amidst the current challenges to making texts, this series invites scholars in our field to take time to reflect, in conversation with each other, on how to navigate and nurture their craft. 

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The Harvard Pop Center's interdisciplinary Social Demography Seminar Series continues to be held online and our fabulous spring 2021 lineup is now up our website. All are welcome to attend! Presentations by Harvard and non-Harvard researchers focus on a wide variety of topics such as aging, family, gender, race/ethnicity, population health (including mortality, morbidity, and functional health), inequality, im/migration, fertility, and the institutional arrangements that shape and respond to population processes.  Preregistration is required. 

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The ICPSR Summer Program offers over 100 scholarships to students from many different fields of social science research. These scholarships enable students to attend four-week sessions in statistics, data analysis, and quantitative methods. Courses include introductory and advanced regression analysis, time series analysis, Bayesian analysis, machine learning, rational choice theory, SEM, MLE, game theory, longitudinal analysis, multilevel modeling, social choice theory, race/ethnicity and quantitative methodology, data visualization, data science and text analysis, and more. Courses will be fully online.

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The McCune scholarship awards for international participants and U.S.-based student scholarship applications to attend any of our below 2021 mixed methods workshops are due March 31st, 2021. In your application, please indicate which workshop you would like to attend:

• Designing and Conducting a Mixed Methods Dissertation or Thesis (June 16-18, 2021)
• Designing Your Mixed Methods Research Project (November 10-12, 2021)

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Grants are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries. Deadline April 1, 2021.

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