[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:12:43 -0500 (EST) From: SWIP-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Monority Post-Doc Send reply to: Society for Women in Philosophy Information and Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Joan Callahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LYMAN T. JOHNSON MINORITY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY In 1991 the Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies in honor of the University of Kentucky's first African-American student. The objective of the program is the enhancement of African American contributions to the Academy. The program supports postdoctoral candidates in underrepresented graduate and professional areas. The University of Kentucky Office of Research and Graduate Studies is now accepting applications for the Lyman T. Johnson Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for the 1996-97 academic year. Awardees are expected to pursue an individualized program of advanced training in research under the mentorship of one or more UK professors and to participate in research, teaching, and service to the University and to their professions. Specifically, fellows should take a lead role in designing, developing, and implementing research programs that contribute to their departments' overall graduate education and research mandates. ELIGIBILITY: African American students and other traditionally underrepresented minorities as defined by federal guidelines who are American citizens or permanent U.S. residents and who will have completed the doctoral degree within the past two years are eligible to apply. SELECTION CRITERIA include evidence of scholarship potentially competitive for tenure-track faculty appointment in research universities and compatibility of specific research interests with those present in doctorate-granting units on campus. SUPPORT: Fellowships will provide a $25,000 stipend plus $5,000 awarded for research support. PERIOD OF FELLOWSHIPS are for up to 2 years beginning with the Fall Semester 1996. APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE a curriculum vitae; sample publications or dissertation chapters; a research proposal (1,500 words or less, in addition to figures, schemes and references); three letters of recommendation, and a letter from the potential UK mentor indicating an outline of the general research program. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS should be sent to the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies; University of Kentucky; 207 Administration Building;Lexington, KY 40506-0032 by March 22, 1996. QUESTIONS about the program should be directed to Ms. Kris Hobson at 606-257-1663. JOAN C. CALLAHAN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY 606-257-1861 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FAX: 606-257-3286 LEXINGTON, KY 40506-0027 "... PUTTING YOURSELF ON THE LINE IS LIKE KILLING A PIECE OF YOURSELF, IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO END, KILL, DESTROY SOMETHING FAMILIAR AND DEPENDABLE, SO THAT SOMETHING NEW CAN COME, IN OURSELVES, IN OUR WORLD." AUDRE LORDE ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Centre for Resource Management/ Department of Resource Management Lincoln University Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377 Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841 ************************************