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On 10/23/2014 1:50 PM, Sanjeev Khagram wrote:
thanks ronnie - i am great ... congrats on provost position. what is
the email for gep list?
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On Oct 23, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Ronnie Lipschutz <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear Sanjeev,
Nice to hear from you. Offhand, I don't know of anyone who fits the
bill. Will you send it out to the GEP list?
Best,
Ronnie
On 10/23/2014 1:40 PM, Sanjeev Khagram wrote:
hope you are well ronnie - any ideas for this position? best, sanjeev
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Begin forwarded message:
*From:* Peter Dreier <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date:* September 17, 2014 at 3:39:11 PM PDT
*To:* Robert Gottlieb <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>,
Martha Matsuoka <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>,
Bhavna Shamasunder <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Heng
Lam Foong <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Mark Vallianatos
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Sanjeev Khagram
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Thalia Gonzalez
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Regina
Freer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Cc:* Peter Dreier <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* *Revised UEP job description for outreach purposes*
Colleagues:
Following our Search Committee meeting and after suggestions from
Jorge and AA committee, I’ve made some minor changes to the UEP job
announcement. The new version is attached. Please use THIS version
when you reach out to people to inform them about the position and
ask for their help in identifying potential candidates.
In addition, below is the email I’ve been sending to people asking
them to help us identify potential candidates for the UEP
position. As I mentioned the other day, feel free to use or revise
my email when reaching out to your own networks. But please make
sure to send Sylvia and me the names of the people you’ve
contacted, so we can keep a running list.
Also, let me remind you to please send Sylvia and me the names of
journals, newsletters, websites, organizations, and other places to
send the job announcement. A few of you have already done this.
Thanks.
Peter
_____________________________________
From: Peter Dreier [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 6:20 PM
To:
Subject: Senior Faculty Position - Urban & Environmental Policy -
Occidental College
Dear ___,
I’m writing to ask your help in spreading the word about our search
for a senior-level faculty member for the Urban & Environmental
Policy (UEP) Department at Occidental. We’re casting a wide net,
so I’m hoping you can reach out to people who might be right for
the job and let them know about the position. The job description
is attached.
This position will be at the full professor or associate professor
(with tenure) level. (The new hire will replace Bob Gottlieb
<http://www.oxy.edu/urban-environmental-policy-institute/people>,
who will be retiring after the 2014-2015 academic year). We are
interested in someone who has a commitment and track record to
community engaged teaching and research in the areas of
economic/community development and environmental sustainability,
with a focus on the “green economy” and “green jobs.”
We’d like to find a new faculty member who will be able to conduct
research and teach about green jobs, the green economy, and
sustainable development as well as one of more of the following
topical areas: the built environment, food systems, poverty and
labor issues, climate justice, and progressive regional and/or
community economic development.
We encourage candidates from a range of disciplines, including
urban planning, economics, sociology, political science,
environmental studies, geography, law, public health, history, and
others. We are also open to considering non-traditional candidates
with extensive professional and community experience but who may
not have a Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
The UEP Department emphasizes teaching and research that is
community-engaged and devoted to making cities more livable,
democratic, and just. We are fortunate to be located in Los
Angeles, one of the most dynamic and progressive cities in the
country, where grassroots organizations, policy organizations, and
elected officials have built a powerful movement to address the
region’s economic, environmental, and social injustices. So we want
to find someone who shares our commitment to engaged applied
research and teaching and whose areas of specialization complements
those of the existing UEP faculty – Martha Matsuoka, Bhavna
Shamasunder, and me. (After we have hired our new senior colleague,
we will be conducting another search the following year for a new
colleague at the assistant professor level).
We are open to our new senior colleague creating new courses that
we don’t offer now as well as teaching (and revising) some of our
existing courses, such as the intro-level Environment and Society
(UEP 101) and our senior comps seminar, in which students undertake
a year-long applied research project, often with a community
“client” or partner. We’d also like our new colleague to develop
and teach courses in his/her own areas of expertise. There are
opportunities for team-teaching with faculty within our department
and in other Occidental departments. You can find a description of
our department and its existing courses in our catalog at this
link:http://www.oxy.edu/urban-environmental-policy. The college has
a Center for Community-Based Learning designed to expand
Occidental's commitment to community-based learning by linking our
academic program with community involvement, including expanding
community internships and community-oriented research projects for
our students. Our department has been a leader in this effort and
so, not surprisingly, we'd like to find a new colleague who will
get students involved in the real world of applied research,
advocacy, organizing, and politics.
We pride ourselves on giving our students lots of opportunities for
experiential learning and internships. Our faculty and students
also work with our applied research center, the Urban and
Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI), which Bob Gottlieb founded.
UEPI has a staff of nine researchers and organizers who conduct
social justice research and administer programs that advance its
social change mission. It has become an institutional hub for many
progressive initiatives on campus, in Los Angeles, and nationally.
Occidental, located on a beautiful campus in a residential
neighborhood only 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, is a great
place to teach. We have a wonderful student body -- very
diverse, generally politically engaged and involved in lots of
community projects, and very bright and eager to learn. US News has
consistently ranked Oxy as one of the liberal arts colleges most
committed to diversity. For example, we rank near the top of very
selective liberal arts colleges in terms of the proportion of
students with Pell Grants.
We assume that the person we want to hire may not be looking for a
new position, but could be enticed to join us at Occidental because
of our unique combination of engaged teaching, research, and
community service and because Los Angeles is an exciting city to
live, work, and conduct research. In other words, our ideal
candidates may not be perusing the academic “want ads,” and thus we
have to pro-actively seek out people who we think would be great
colleagues and a good fit for this position.
If you have names of people, please let me know, so we can contact
them. Many thanks.
Sincerely,
Peter
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Peter Dreier
Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics
Chair, Urban & Environmental Policy Department
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Phone: (323) 259-2913
FAX: (323) 259-2734
Website: http://www.peterdreier.com
New book: /The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social
Justice Hall of Fame/ (Nation Books, 2012)
Updated book: /Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21st Century/
(University Press of Kansas, 3rd edition, 2014) - coauthor with
John Mollenkopf and Todd Swanstrom
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of
great moral crises maintain their neutrality" - Dante
--
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Professor & Chair of Politics; Provost of College 8
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064
e-mail:[email protected]
phone: 831-459-3275/459-2543
web
site:http://politics.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=rlipsch
In the Holy Book of the Giant Ameobas, it is written
that the Lord God hath commanded: "Go forth and divide."
--
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Professor & Chair of Politics; Provost of College 8
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 831-459-3275/459-2543
web site:
http://politics.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=rlipsch
In the Holy Book of the Giant Ameobas, it is written
that the Lord God hath commanded: "Go forth and divide."
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