News and Announcements - HBS PhD Newsletter - March 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. 

Please note that the application has been updated. We request that you rank your preferred course delivery method to help match you with the class that you will be teaching. Your preferences will not impact your eligibility for the fellowship.

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

Our 2020-21 HBSC Research Fellowship recipients will be presenting on their research on April 9 at 2:30pm. We will send more information including a Zoom link as the date draws closer.

The department is constructing a database of research grants for graduate students from government agencies, foundations, organizations, and CU Denver. This database will be available to all HBS graduate students. If you are aware of any grants that you think should be added to this list OR would like to share a copy of a funded grant, please forward the website or pdf to Shawna at shawna.guttman@ucdenver.edu.

Additionally, the Council of Graduate Schools recently made available the following database of federal funding sources for graduate students and postdocs. 

Federal Funding Database

The CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center’s Wellness Workshop Series are free for all CU Denver students and are held from 5-6pm on Wednesdays for the month of March and on Thursdays for the month of April. All workshops take place on Zoom. Topics include managing stress, relationships, communication, and finding peace of mind. Come to one, to two, or come to all four! To sign up, please call the Counseling Center at 303-315-7270.

• March Workshops
• April Workshops

Counseling Center Information

Upcoming workshops in March:

• March 17 at 10:00am to 11:00am: Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Strategic Choice of Decision-Making Processes with Teresa Ralicki, CU Denver Ombuds Office. Leaders can build inclusion and support group functioning by choosing their decision-making processes well. They can further support their colleagues by communicating about their decision-making processes, especially during times of rapid change. You will review the common ways to make decisions, identify the importance of determining and communicating which decision-making process will be used and how each person will be engaged, and create more inclusivity in your groups through your decision making processes and practices
• March 31 at 2:00pm to 4:00pm: Handling Controversy in Your Research and Speech with Chris Puckett, CU Denver University Council. When we share our expertise and use our research to change the world, sometimes we incite controversy. Join University Counsel Chris Puckett to learn about related issues and engage in discussion. You will learn about the University’s legal support for faculty members who encounter controversy through research and speech issues and discuss pragmatic steps for supporting your professional reputation and yourself as a person when your work sparks controversy.

View Previous Development Workshops Online

Please note, registration is not required for CU Denver students, use the zoom links in the list below to join the call. Upcoming Workshops in March:

• March 9 at 3:30pm to 4:30pm: Academic CVs with Cat Diebel-Wilson, Graduate Student Program Manager, Career Services. Join by Zoom.
• March 17 at 3:30pm to 4:30pm: Early Career Faculty Panel with Panelists:  Ashmi Desai, PhD Communication and Media Studies, Assistant Professor of Conflict Management and Community Dialogue, San Francisco State University, Diba Mani, PhD Neurophysiology, Lecturer and Researcher in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Kyle Shimabuku, PhD Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Gonzaga University, Caroline Szczepanski, PhD Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, Tony Wong, PhD Applied Math, Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology. Join by Zoom.
• March 30 at 1:00pm to 2:00pm: Careers Outside of Higher Education Panel with panelists Lameese Akacem, PhD Integrative Physiology, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, The National Institutes of Health, Brooke Edge, PhD Comm/Media Studies, Senior Solutions Director, Heart + Mind Strategies, Eric Lovell, PhD Geography, Account Manager, Nonprofit & Global Organizations, ESRI, Allison Nowak Shelton, PhD English Language and Literature, Writer and Curriculum Developer, Wix, Jasmine Wallas, PhD Materials Chemistry, Patent Agent, Smith Baluch LLP. Join by Zoom.

Brenden Beck, Assistant Professor of Sociology at CU Denver, will be hiring a graduate student research assistant (RA) for the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters. The RA will assist on a quantitative research project evaluating the efficacy of three policies aimed at reducing police-involved deaths and their racial inequity: banning police chokeholds, decertifying police unions, and reallocating police spending to social services. The RA will receive $16 an hour and will work 10 hours a week for 30 weeks. Tuition will also be covered. 

The RA will manage data, they will conduct literature reviews, and, depending on experience, they will collaborate on data analysis and article writing. Applicants should have experience merging longitudinal data sets, reformatting data files, and preparing new variables. Experience with Stata is preferred. The RA will have the opportunity to pursue adjacent research using the dataset. 

If you are interested, send a resume/CV, a writing sample, and a short paragraph explaining your qualifications and interest to Brenden Beck at brenden.beck@ucdenver.edu before March 19th. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. 

This position provides pivotal leadership and management to diverse, constantly evolving grant-funded translational behavioral medicine research initiatives and related projects within the Center for Healthful Behavior Change in the Division of Health and Behavior. These projects include evaluating the effectiveness of health information technology and mobile health (mHealth) applications for chronic disease management, application of implementation science frameworks to Federally Qualified Health Care settings, study of patient-physician communication in vulnerable populations, and elucidating the psychosocial factors of behavior change among others.  The position reports to and is guided by a highly respected, experienced faculty member whose expected program outcomes are best facilitated by an individual with highly effective interpersonal and communication skills, strong leadership and personnel management skills, exceptional organizational skills, and experience with patient-oriented research. 

For more information, please email: Dr. Antoinette Schoenthaler at antoinette.schoenthaler@nyulangone.org

Interested in hearing about other post-PhD employment opportunities? Sign up for the HBS Jobs listserv. Contact us at HBSAdminSupport@ucdenver.edu to be added.

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) has several dissertation scholarships and Social Actions Initiative awards available. The deadline to submit materials is April 1.

• Barbara Rosenblum Dissertation Scholarship: The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage doctoral research in sociology, anthropology, psychology and related fields on women’s experience of breast cancer and other reproductive cancers and the prevention of these cancers. Another goal of the scholarship is to encourage scholars to make this type of research accessible to the public through speaking and publishing for lay audiences. 
• Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to a dissertation writing PhD student who has studied for at least one full academic year at a two-year college in the U.S., before transferring to complete a BA. Students who attended the international equivalent of a U.S. two-year college are also welcome to apply.                
• Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green Dissertation Scholarship: This scholarship offers support to women and scholars of color who are from underrepresented groups and are studying concerns that women of color face domestically and/or internationally. 
• Social Actions Initiative Awards: The Social Action Initiative Awards is the Social Action Committee’s effort to directly support and encourage the activism of SWS members. Awards are given out twice per year.

Contact SWS Awards Committee Chair Rebecca Hanson with questions at r.hanson@ufl.edu.