Re: WorldWID Fellows Program (1997)

[STEFANIE S. RIXECKER]

Dear All:

I've been asked to forward this announcement to all of you.  Please 
respond directly to those listed in the message.  I do not hjave any 
further information.

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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 96 10:13:40 EST
From: Della McMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:  WorldWID Fellows Program
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Academic and Professional Development Opportunities
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The WorldWId fellows program provides a unique opportunity
for US citizens who are technical experts in areas related to
USAID's (United States Agency for International Development)
strategic concerns with: (1) democracy, governance, legal and
human rights; (2) economic growth; (3) girls primary education;
(4) environment; or (5)  health, population and nutrition to
increase their understanding of Women in Development (WID) issues
and gender analysis and to apply this knowledge to the
performance of WID-related tasks during a 3-10 month assignment
in a USAID office or field mission in Africa, Asia, the Near
East, Latin America, the Caribbean, or the Newly Independent
States of the former Soviet Union.  Each fellowship includes a
stipend of $2500 per month as well as domestic and international
travel connected with the grant and some additional support for
overseas expenses.  Normal appointment is for 6-12 months
although shorter periods may be considered.  Both men and women
who are US citizens are encouraged to apply; no previous WID
training is needed.  Candidates are required to demonstrate
strong institutional support, such as a guaranteed job to return
to after completion of the Fellowship.  High priority placed on
minority participation.   1997/98 and 1998/99 deadlines: March 1.
Contact: WorldWID, Office of International Studies and Programs,
PO Box 113225, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL  32611;
Tel:  (352) 392-7074; Fax: (352) 392-8379.  E-mail:
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 09:51:55 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 08:51:08 -0800
From: Jan Mejer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Position Announcement

Here's an announcement for a one year academic position in environmental
studies and sociology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington State,
USA.  The deadline for applications is January 7, 1997.  Women and minority
members are especially encouraged to apply.

Whitman College.  The Department of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Program invite applications for a one-year sabbatical replacement position
at the rank of visiting assistant professor beginning Fall 1997.  Whitman
has a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching, research,
and student advising.   We seek an environmental sociologist with teaching
experience and knowledge of the natural sciences.  The successful candidate
would team teach the introductory environmental studies courses (Human
Ecology, and Resources and Pollution); participate in senior seminars and
senior thesis programs offered by both sociology and environmental studies;
and teach either a course on population or the sociology of disaster and
hazards, and an additional course to be decided.  Ph.D. desired; although
ABD's will be considered.  Submit a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, transcripts, and three reference letters to:  Jan Mejer, Chair,
Department of Sociology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362.  Complete
applications must be received by January 3, 1997.  Whitman College, a
small, selective liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest, is an Equal
Opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.  Further
information about Whitman College can be found at http://www.whitman.edu.

Re: UND's 28th Annual Writer's Conference

[William C Archibald]

Hi, I'm brand new to the list. I'd like to tell everyone about the 
University of North Dakota Writer's Conference this coming spring: March 
18-22 1997. We're situated in Grand Forks, ND, ninety miles from the 
Canadian Border. 

The Title of the conference is: Writing Nature/The Nature of Writing.

The participants so far are: Susan Griffin, Bill McKibben, Linda Hogan, 
Annick Smith, David Treuer, Bill Morrissey and Garrett Hongo.

We have set up a web site for the conference:

   http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/events/writers.htm

It's in the early stages of construction, so any suggestions for links 
either to the conference authors or their work or to eco-feminist, nature 
writing, environmental issue sites, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Any questions or comments about the writers or the conference are also 
welcomed.

 Thanks 
Bill Archibald
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 11:42:53 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 10:45:33 -0800
From: Jennifer Gilden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Oregon State University
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ecofeminists and forests (fwd)
References: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Niamh and Sadeka--

I am also working with women and the timber industry.  For my MA thesis 
project I interviewed women and men in several timber communities in Oregon. 
 My focus is on how gender roles are changing as the economy changes.  Among 
other things, I found that women in these communities are becoming more 
involved in politics and *pro* timber-industry activism.  
It would be interesting to compare the reasons for women's 
involvement in pro and anti-logging efforts.  I think these two groups have 
more in common than is usually thought.  The women I interviewed felt they 
were fighting for the existence of their families, communities, and 
marriages.  They felt they had a strong tie to the environment and that 
"outsiders" (urbanites and "preservationists") didn't understand what was 
really going on with the timber industry.
The timber industry is extremely patriarchal (part of my thesis is on 
symbolism of gender roles...in some of the Paul Bunyan stories, women cause 
the destruction of the timber culture when they lure the loggers away to 
start families).  I found it interesting that the women I interviewed showed 
such strong support for a culture that neglects their many contributions, and 
relegates them to a supporting role that is often very difficult to maintain. 
 But *do* support it, very strongly.  
I'd be interested in hearing more about the women you interviewed.

Jennifer Gilden



Niamh Moore wrote:
 
 ..I'm back too, having spent three and a half months in British
 Columbia, Canada, mostly Vancouver and Vancouver Island, recording
 life stories of women involved in a campaign against clear-cut
 logging in Clayoquot Sound, an area of ancient temperate rainforest
 on the west coast of Vancouver island .. so am very pleased to read
 recent postings on forestry in various parts of the world ... while
 my focus is on Clayoquot Sound, I am hoping to be able to provide
 some account of how what is happening there has a bearing on the
 rest of the world, and vice versa.  Would love to hear more from
 Moonshadow and from Sadek  and would love to know if anyone
 has done, or knows of any work involving life stories of
 ecofeminists (or is that too much to hope for!), or environmental
 activists?  This is all part of my PhD research which is looking at
 the relationship (or lack of one) between feminism and ecofeminism,
 focusing in particular on debates about theory and activism, so I
 have been talking to women activists, many who call themselves
 ecofeminists, about what they are doing and why they are doing it,
 and what life events and experiences have contributed to their
 involvement in this campaign  I had an amazing, enchanted summer
 talking with lots of truly wonderful women.
 Niamh Moore,
 Research Centre in Women's Studies,
 University Of Sussex,
 Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN.
 England.
 Phone: 44-1273-606755 x4281
 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 26 13:04:37 1996
 27 Nov 1996 09:04 +1300 (NZD)
 27 Nov 1996 09:06:20 +1300
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:06:00 +1300
From: "STEFANIE S. RIXECKER" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Environmental Studies Position at Western Mich. Univ./fwd
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Lincoln University

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Environmental Studies:  Western Michigan University seeks applications for
a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in environmental studies for
Fall 1997, pending budgetary approval.  The Environmental Studies Program
is a thriving, broadly interdisciplinary, undergraduate