Congratulations and thank you for your service to our section, association and discipline! In unstable times service becomes all the more important for maintaining and developing communities of knowledge and practice.
Many thanks to the members of the OOW nomination committee, Michael Sauder (committee chair), Laura Adler, Eric Dahlin, Lindsey Ibanez and Angelina Grigoryvena.
The Organization and Management Theory Division is hosting a 100% virtual Junior Faculty Consortium this year. If you hold a faculty position as an Assistant Professor or comparable rank and your research focuses on OMT related topics, this consortium is for you!
The consortium will provide an intimate forum for interacting with senior colleagues and peers about how to prosper in your academic career. It will include a combination of feedback sessions, panels, and facilitated discussions focused on three key topics: 1) developing your research for publication with the help of seasoned scholars in your area; 2) strategies for impact and growth as a researcher and teacher; and 3) navigating the early years of building a successful faculty career in diverse institutional settings. We will also explore the implications that the COVID-19 pandemic may have for all of these issues.
This year’s faculty mentors offer diverse scholarly and geographic perspectives. Many have been editors for leading journals and won research and teaching awards. The roster includes:
Roxana Barbulescu, HEC Paris
Daniel Beunza, City University of London
Erica Salvaj Carrera, Universidad del Desarrollo
Tiziana Casciaro, University of Toronto
Chad Carlos, Brigham Young University
Tina Dacin, Queens University
Giuseppe Delmestri, University of Vienna
Gina Dokko, UC Davis
Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris
Dror Etzion, McGill University
Vibha Gaba, INSEAD
Daniel Geiger, Hamburg University
Andrew Hoffman, University of Michigan
Rachida Justo, IE Business School
Mukti Khaire, Cornell University
Tom Lawrence, University of Oxford
Brandon Lee, University of Melbourne
Siobhan O’Mahony, Boston University
Sun Hyun Park, Seoul National University
Trish Reay, University of Alberta
Chris Rider, University of Michigan
Lori Rosenkopf, University of Pennsylvania
Marvin Washington, University of Alberta
Klaus Weber, Northwestern University
Ian Williamson, UC Irvine
Jeff York, University of Colorado
Meng Zhao, NTU Singapore
Charlene Zietsma, Penn State University
Applications are due by June 1 and require submission of the following information via this link:
Your name, email address, title, institutional affiliation
Your curriculum vitae
An extended abstract of a working paper on which you wish to receive feedback (5 pages maximum)
An indication of three faculty mentors who are of most interest to you
Social Psychology Quarterly Call for Papers Special Issue on Race, Racism, and Discrimination
Edited by: Corey D. Fields, Verna M. Keith, and Justine E. Tinkler
In 2003, SPQ published a special issue edited by Dr. Lawrence Bobo on the social psychology of race, racism, and discrimination. We are organizing a 20th anniversary special issue on the same topic to appear in 2023.
This special issue calls for article-length and research note-length papers that seek to understand the social psychological processes that shape and are shaped by racialized social structures. We understand race to be a social construction and are open to papers that conceive of race as an independent or dependent variable. We invite empirical articles that employ quantitative and/or qualitative methods as well as theoretical articles that make important contributions to social psychological knowledge. Data collection may be conducted in the field, online, or in the laboratory, and investigations can occur at one or multiple levels of analysis. We are particularly interested in research that includes groups that have been historically underrepresented in research on race and racism (e.g., indigenous populations) and that examines social psychological processes in racialized institutions like the family, criminal justice system, education system, and in healthcare. The social psychology of race, racism, and discrimination includes but is not limited to the following topics:
· Discrimination and bias · Identity · Intergroup relations · Social cognition · Implicit and explicit racial attitudes · Power and status · Social networks and social capital
· Intersectionality · Processes underlying health disparities · Health and well-being · Emotions · Interaction · Trust and social cohesion · Collective action
Manuscripts should be submitted at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spq by January 15, 2022. See ‘‘Submission Guidelines’’ for the submission requirements for full length articles and research notes. Please indicate in a cover letter that the paper is to be considered for the special issue on “Race, Racism, and Discrimination”.
Counting Invisible Workload: A Resource for Faculty from Underserved Communities
ASA is often asked to assist faculty members in making evident to their departments and universities the huge amount of important professional work they do that is sometimes overlooked in conventional review metrics. Extensive scholarship has been done on the “invisible workload” for faculty which can be useful in your individual advocacy efforts; see, for example: Faculty Workload and Rewards Project (and additional resources at the end of this document). ASA has created a document to provide some ideas that we hope will be helpful to sociologists in beginning to think about the problem and tangible ways to mitigate it.
What is community engaged research? How can researchers successfully engage with communities? How can community-researcher partnerships be sustainable and impactful? Join us for this webinar, which will address these questions and more. Panelists include representatives from community organizations and the sociologists they partner with. After an introduction to their projects, panelists will engage in a moderated dialogue about what has made their partnerships sustainable and impactful, followed by Q&A from the audience. This free webinar is co-sponsored by the ASA Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology and ASA’s Sociology Action Network (SAN). Closed captioning will be provided. Register here.
PANELISTS
A New Vision for Health Care: Centering the Leadership and Expertise of Immigrants to Address Social and Structural Barriers to Health in Fort Morgan, Colorado
Karen Albright, PhD, MSW University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation
Maria de Jesus Diaz-Perez, PhD Center for Improving Value in Health Care
Joe Sammen, MPH Center for Health Progress
Traveling Mercies on the Road to Health: Journey-Mapping After Acute Care
April Dixon Immanuel Community Church-Omaha NE
Laura L Heinemann, PhD Creighton University
LaShaune P. Johnson, PhD Creighton University Creighton University at Highlander
PhD and Postdoc positions in Networks and Diversity, Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School is seeking to hire a PhD fellow and a Postdoctoral researcher linked to a new research project “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as a Moralized Market” funded by the Carlsberg Foundation (see https://lnkd.in/eW37SMf for more info). These are 3 year positions, expected to start on September 1st (negotiable). Working with professor Florence Villesèche, these positions could be a good fit for economic sociologists eager to work in an environment that values interdisciplinarity and creativity. Link to the PhD position: PhD scholarship in Diversity studies | CBS – Copenhagen Business School Link to the Postdoc position: Postdoc in Networks and diversity research | CBS – Copenhagen Business School The deadline for applications for both positions is May 23rd. Please feel free to contact Florence Villesèche (fv.mpp@cbs.dk) with any questions.
We are pleased to announce that the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) division will once again hold a virtual Doctoral Student Consortium as part of the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting. This year the consortium will be scheduled on a dedicated “consortium day” on Wednesday August 4th, 2021.
The goal of this consortium is to orient doctoral students who are broadly interested in organizations and management as they enter the final phase of their doctoral programs. It helps prepare them for the job market and plan future careers. We aim to help students make the most of their doctoral programs, advance and publish their research, find academic jobs, manage their early career and, perhaps most importantly, establish professional networks with colleagues who share their research interest.
The consortium will include a combination of the following (all on August 4th, 2021):
Live panels/presentations (recorded for those who cannot attend live), followed by breakout room discussions;
Live roundtable discussions around research and teaching via breakout rooms;
Randomly assigned café or drink chat sessions.
Close to 30 faculty members have confirmed their participation in this event. Many have been editors for leading journals and won prestigious research and teaching awards. They represent a range of career levels and geographies and will provide diverse perspectives. The roster includes:
· Christine Beckman, USC · Sekou Bermiss, UNC Chapel Hill · Emily Block, University of Alberta · Raina Brands, London Business School · Daisy Chung, City University of London · Charlotte Cloutier, HEC Montreal · Lisa Cohen, McGill University · Joep Cornelissen, RSM Erasmus University · Gregoire Croidieu, EMLyon · Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris · Karen Golden-Biddle, Boston University · Patrick Haack, HEC Lausanne · Heather Haveman, UC Berkeley · Greta Hsu, UC Davis · Dennis Jancsary, WU Vienna
· Heeyon Kim, Cornell University · Rajiv Kozhikode, Simon Fraser University · Mukta Kulkarni, IIM Bangalore · Ko Kuwabara, INSEAD Singapore · Massimo Maoret, IESE · Kamal Munir, University of Cambridge · Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon · Amandine Ody-Brasier, Yale University · Andrea Prado, INCAE · Erica Salvaj, Universidad del Desarrollo · Adina Sterling, Stanford GSB · Danqing Wang, HKUST · Shipeng Yan, Hong Kong City University · Tammar Zilber, Hebrew University
The consortium is designed to allow for high levels of faculty-student interaction. In order to maintain a high faculty/student ratio, space for this consortium remains limited. Interested students must be nominated by their schools and must be OMT members (either already or by joining now).
Doctoral programs should limit their nominations to one applicant. Universities with multiple departments seeking to send students should coordinate their nominations. Preference will be given to those students who have progressed to the dissertation stage and are either on, or considering being on, the job market in the coming year.
Several waivers of the AOM conference’s registration fees and stipends are available to support students who are interested in applying but lack budget/resources from their schools or otherwise. The revised nomination deadline is May 22, 2021.
Nomination Instructions
Nominations should be submitted by the department representative who nominates the student via this online form.
As specified in the online form, nominations should include basic information about the nominated student (name, e-mail address and university affiliation) and also: 1) a confirmation that the student is (or will become) a member of the OMT division; 2) a confirmation that the student will complete doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams (or equivalent) by August 1, 2021.
In addition, the following three supporting documents should be uploaded via the online form:
A brief letter from a faculty member providing a general appraisal of the nominee, including an assessment of the nominee’s progress toward a dissertation defense, expected defense date, and subject of dissertation;
The nominee’s CV (including contact information, research and teaching interests, publications, and/or working papers);
A 3-5 page summary of a research project on which the nominee would like to receive feedback.
Additional information about the OMT Doctoral Consortium will be available on the AOM program website closer to the date of the event.
If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact the OMT Doctoral Consortium co-organizers:
The American Sociological Association (ASA) invites applications for the position of Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This is an exciting opportunity to fundamentally influence the discipline of sociology. ASA is the national professional society for sociologists, with members who work in the full range of academic institutions as well as in practice settings. Its mission is to serve sociologists in their work, advance sociology as a discipline and profession, and promote the contributions and use of sociology to society. ASA’s office is in Washington, D.C., but staff is working 100% remotely at present. A post-COVID work plan for the ASA office is still under consideration. Start date for this position will be in August.
Essential Functions
• Conceptualize and operationalize strategic direction for the association’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts focused on both the association and the discipline. • Manage the ASA Minority Fellowship Program. • Support the launch and ongoing development of identity-based communities centered on providing opportunities for engagement, leadership, connection, networking and professional development for sociologists within the broader ASA framework. • Develop and implement relevant programming for departments and for sociologists in a variety of professional contexts that integrates and complements the efforts of the Research, Professional Development and Academic Affairs Department. • Collaborate with organizational committees and other volunteer leadership groups in the interest of supporting relevant activities. • Partner with external organizations to develop and/or participate in cross-disciplinary initiatives. • Work with the communications department to develop and distribute relevant information through channels such as newsletters, website, and social media. • Manage a departmental operating budget. • Respond to relevant requests for assistance from members and staff. • Serve as a member of the staff leadership team and manage additional responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director.
Reporting Structure
The Director of DEI reports to the Executive Director and has supervisory responsibility for an assistant with half-time allocation to the department.
Job Classification
Exempt
Preferred Qualifications
It is important to note that these qualifications are preferred. We recognize that there are several professional profiles that could be well suited to this position. Should your profile vary in some ways from the qualifications listed and you think you can be successful in this endeavor, please do not hesitate to apply. Additionally, this position could be filled on an ongoing employment basis or as a two-year temporary position.
• Ph.D. in sociology or closely related discipline. • At least five years of relevant professional experience or equivalent. • Familiarity with current discussions regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and other professional contexts relevant for sociologists. • Project management experience; a good ability to choose among alternatives and identify key priorities for work; ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once. • Strong work ethic; ability to work independently and in collaboration with teams; excellent interpersonal skills; excellent communication skills.
Compensation
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. A full benefits package is provided.
To apply
Please submit a substantive cover letter and resume to Nancy Kidd, Executive Director, at nkidd@asanet.org. Your letter should indicate if you are applying for an ongoing position or a two-year temporary post. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until someone has been hired.
Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion is a priority for ASA. We are committed to recruiting a diverse applicant pool from underrepresented groups. ASA is an equal opportunity employer.
We had a wonderful, thought provoking, event revolving around broadening the conversation about race in research on OOW, with Victor Ray (University of Iowa U.S.A) interviewing Stella Nkomo (The University of Pretoria in South Africa) and Bobby Banerjee (Cass Business School, UK) on the foundational nature of race in organizations, and a paper presentation panel, with cutting-edge research from LaTonya Trotter (on Racialized Exclusion in the Health Care Profession), James Jones (on Racism in the Halls of Power) and Oneya Okuwobi (on The Hidden Costs of Diversity Initiatives).
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Symposium on Corruption, the Rise of Populism, and the Future of Democracy The University of Iowa April 1-2, 2022
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 15, 2021
We invite submissions from graduate students who are interested in presenting their research at a two-day symposium on corruption and the rise of populism, organized by the International Programs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa.
This event will convene a number of senior and early-career scholars from across the United States and Canada in an effort to foster an open dialogue about the challenges that corruption and populism pose to good governance and democracy globally.
Graduate student invitees will benefit from participating in the panels, networking, and attending a workshop dedicated specifically to the graduate-level study of corruption. It is also our hope that this event will lead to a collaborative publication following the meeting in Iowa.
Please note that we are specifically looking for submissions that address the following topics in East/South East Asia, East Central Europe, North America, and Latin America.
Corruption and democratic consolidation, stability, and erosion
Corruption, informal networks, and civil society
Corruption, patronage, and electoral processes
Corruption, misinformation, and the spread of extremist ideologies
Corruption, anti-corruptionism, and human rights abuses
The University of Iowa will cover the transportation and accommodation costs for the graduate students who are selected to participate in the symposium.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please send an extended abstract of the paper you intend to write (approximately 500 words) and your CV to Marina Zaloznaya at marina-zaloznaya@uiowa.edu by May 15, 2021. Selected participants will be notified by June 15, 2021. The deadline for submitting full papers is March 1, 2022.
