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AFSNews December 1997 (Part Seven) |
Jobs The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship beginning in fall 1998, with half-time teaching duties in the graduate Curriculum in Folklore and half-time in one of the following departments, in which the appointment will be based: Anthropology, Communication Studies, English, History or Religious Studies. Persons applying should be able to contribute to the long- standing, ethnographically based Southern studies tradition of the Curriculum and to offer courses in contemporary folklore theory (particularly feminist perspectives) and traditional music. Ideally, applicants should also be able to teach courses in the history of folklore studies and occupational folklife. Applicants should have a secondary strength in the area of one of the home departments. They should hold a doctorate in folklore or in one of the other subject departments, with a strong concentration and research commitment in folklore. The salary will range from $35,000 to $40,000, depending upon qualifications. Interested persons are invited to send a narrative statement of research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae and the names of 4 referees by January 5, 1998, to Charles G. Zug, Chair, Curriculum in Folklore, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520. The University of North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to identify themselves.
The Department of English and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Utah seek to make a joint appointment for Fall '98 of an assistant professor, tenure-track, specializing in folklore. Applicants should have an active research agenda in any field of folklore, a strong background in feminist theories, and a commitment to excellence in teaching. Teaching duties will include a range of folklore courses in the English Department and core courses in Women's studies. Ph.D. required. Send letter of application, c.v., dissertation abstract or research prospectus, and writing sample by November 15, 1997, to Stephen Tatum, Chair, Department of English, 3500 LNCO, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. The University of Utah is an AA/EOE employer and encourages nominations and applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.
ACADEMIC NEWS
Over the last two issues, AFS News has published information about the spring 1997 meeting of the AFS Executive Board and representatives from graduate folklore programs. The following minutes of the meeting are reprinted from the Folklife Center News (19:3, 4) with the hopes that readers of AFS News will find them helpful. Special thanks to David Taylor for his work recording and to Taylor and James Hardin for editing the minutes.]
On April 3 and 4, the heads of graduate academic programs in folklore and the members of the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society (AFS), along with Folklife Center staff, met at the Library of Congress. Participants included AFS Executive Board members Regina Bendix, Erika Brady, Olivia Cadaval, Joe Goodwin, Tim Lloyd, Rita Moonsammy, Jo Radner, John Roberts, Nick Spitzer and AFS Executive Secretary-Treasurer Shalom Staub; AFC staff Peter Bartis, Alan Jabbour and David Taylor; and the following graduate program representatives: Deborah Kapchan (Univ. of Texas), Marcia Gaudet (Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana), Elaine Lawless (Univ. of Missouri), Margaret Mills (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Sharon Sherman (Univ. of Oregon), Amy Shuman (Ohio State Univ.), Steve Siporin (Utah State Univ.), Paul Smith (Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland), Ruth Stone (Indiana Univ.), Peter Tokofsky (UCLA), John Vlach (George Washington Univ.), Michael Ann Williams (Western Kentucky Univ.) and Charles Zug (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
John Roberts, who acted as chair, noted that the meeting provided "an opportunity to face important issues, such as the place and position of folklore in the academy." He said the AFS Executive Board has talked about convening a meeting between department heads and members of the Board for some time. He stressed the need for department heads to meet regularly.