Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity Visiting Dissertation Scholar
The goal of the Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity is to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties. The Consortium’s three objectives are to maximize the educational benefits of diversity; to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students; and to enhance opportunities for academic careers to persons underrepresented in the professoriate and persons who have demonstrated a commitment to the elimination of racial disparities in the academy.
In 2010-2011, the University of Rochester will provide one or more dissertation-level fellowships, in order for students to devote substantial attention to the completion of their dissertations and become acquainted with their host department and our campus.
Terms: $26,000 for each Visiting Dissertation Scholar-in-Residence for September 2010 - May 2011. The University of Rochester will also provide: computer and library privileges, office space, and a cordial faculty liaison from the appropriate department. The Visiting Scholar will be expected to present his/her work-in-progress at one or more campus or department-wide forums during the year and make substantial progress on completing the dissertation.
Applicants for these 2010-2011 fellowships must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation before the end of the current academic year and must provide convincing evidence that they can complete the dissertation during the fellowship year. Applicants must also demonstrate the ways in which working in a specific department at the University of Rochester will enable completion of the dissertation.
Rochester’s Visiting Dissertation Scholars will be encouraged to build community with Dissertation Scholars housed at other campuses, through the Northeast Consortium for Faculty Diversity. The Consortium’s Director, Dr. JoAnn Moody, will provide coaching related to dissertation completion, the job search, and preparation for succeeding in the professoriate.