Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Politics
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Review of applications will begin February 1, 2022
In consort with the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Mellon Foundation, the UVA Department of Politics hopes to provide a departmental home to a Postdoctoral Fellow in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. We seek a rising scholar: i.e., candidates who received (or will receive) their Ph.D. degree between August 24, 2019, and August 24, 2022. We are open with respect to topic and subfield within political science or public policy. While the postdoctoral fellows will have a primary departmental home, they are welcome to develop another extradepartmental affiliation, if appropriate. We encourage applications from a broad range of perspectives and methodologies.
We see this 2-year postdoctoral fellowship as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ mission to further our understanding of the legacies of racial and ethnic inequities and to enhance the career trajectory of an underrepresented scholar whose work focuses on questions related to the national, global and/or comparative dimensions of Race, Justice, and Equity. The Department of Politics offers a variety of professional development opportunities and formal and informal mentoring within a welcoming climate. Fellows will participate in course development and mentoring in their first semester and teach one independent course in each of the following three semesters. The Rising Scholar Fellow in Politics will be a part of a cohort of scholars similarly situated in other departments across the college, providing both a supportive environment within the department and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and mentoring across departments throughout the college.
Possible areas of study might include:
- Race, policing, and the carceral state
- Identity and/or the political psychology of race and ethnicity
- Legacies of slavery, segregation, and political development
- Race and political mobilization or representation
- Comparative or transnational examinations of the African diaspora
- Black political thought, Black feminist thought
- Race, political institutions, and policymaking
Again, we encourage applications from any scholars focusing on the politics of race and ethnicity broadly construed. Please contact Jennifer Lawless, Department Chair, with any questions. [email protected]
An online application and further information are available here: https://graduate.as.virginia.edu/rising-scholars