RJI Research Fellow – Black Folkways (Historical and Geographical)
Job Overview
The Research Assistant role is a part-time, temporary position. The assistant will be working primarily on “Black Folkways” An oral history research project that spans 3 locations and explores how themes of community building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies weave through the stories and shared histories of communities in the Bahamas, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Potomac shores of Washington D.C. The Undergraduate Research Assistant will focus on data entry of historical information, creating narrative statement summaries of the history of the region based on historical resources, and sorting information and data from our current Google Drive into a spreadsheet to assist with web design. Generally synthesizing data and creating narrative responses to historical contexts. The research assistant will focus on locations important to the
research sites like churches on the Eastern Shore and D.C., the Bay Hundred region, Talbot County, Cat Island Bahamas, etc. The Research Assistant will develop weekly reports about their findings and progress. The Student Research Assistant will work closely with the Director of Creative Projects at the Woodshed for Art, Thought, and Culture, and Dr. Anita Gonzalez, the
research lead and Director of the Woodshed Center for Art, Thought, and Culture, and work closely with selected collaborating members of the Oxford Museum, members of the Bozman community, and the other student research assistant.
Black Folkways Project Description
An oral history research project that spans 3 locations and explores how themes of community building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies weave through the stories and shared histories of communities in the Bahamas, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Potomac shores of Washington D.C.
Black Folkways Medical Humanities and Health Justice Project Proposal
Key Research Aim:
Document Washington D.C. Black resident use of food lore for 1) Community building, 2) Healing the sick, 3) Sharing rumors and recipes, 4) Maintaining family and community legacies.
Primary Outcomes Measures:
● Collection of data derived from archival research, interviews, and focus groups about Black resident’s engagement with food lore and food activism.
● Correlation and publication of data based upon the themes of community
building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies.
● A selected descriptive listing of local food activism in the Washington DC area with activated web links.
● Publication of data outcomes on a public-facing website.
Dr. Anita Gonzalez specializes in eliciting stories from communities and documenting storytelling processes in public ways.
RJI Research Fellow–Black Folkways (Personal Histories)
Job Overview
The Research Assistant role is a part-time, temporary position. The assistant will be working primarily on “Black Folkways” An oral history research project that spans 3 locations and explores how themes of community building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies weave through the stories and shared histories of communities in the Bahamas, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Potomac shores of Washington D.C. The Undergraduate Research Assistant will focus on data entry of historical information specifically about the participants of the oral history project, gathering information to fill in the holes in our research (dates of birth, addresses, etc.). Proficiency with ancestry.com is a plus. They will also be sorting information and data from our current Google Drive into a spreadsheet to assist with web design. The Research Assistant will develop weekly reports about their findings and progress. The Student Research Assistant will work closely with the Director of Creative Projects at the Woodshed for Art, Thought, and Culture, and Dr. Anita Gonzalez, the research lead and Director of the Woodshed Center for Art, Thought, and Culture, and work closely with selected collaborating members of the Oxford Museum, members of the Bozman community, and the other student research assistant.
Black Folkways Project Description
An oral history research project that spans 3 locations and explores how themes of community building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies weave through the stories and shared histories of communities in the Bahamas, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Potomac shores of Washington D.C.
Black Folkways Medical Humanities and Health Justice Project Proposal
Key Research Aim:
Document Washington D.C. Black resident use of food lore for 1) Community building, 2) Healing the sick, 3) Sharing rumors and recipes, 4) Maintaining family and community legacies.
Primary Outcomes Measures:
● Collection of data derived from archival research, interviews, and focus groups about Black resident’s engagement with food lore and food activism.
● Correlation and publication of data based upon the themes of community
building, healing the sick, shared rumors and recipes, and maintenance of family and community legacies.
● A selected descriptive listing of local food activism in the Washington DC area with activated web links.
● Publication of data outcomes on a public-facing website.
Anita Gonzalez specializes in eliciting stories from communities and documenting storytelling processes in public ways.
Executive Program Manager – Racial Justice Institute
Job Overview
The Executive Program Manager manages complex projects, coordinates stakeholder management, implements communications plans for the Racial Justice Institute, and manages the RJI budget. They implement the combined core initiatives of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, the Woodshed: A Center for Art Thought & Culture, the Georgetown Center on Race, Law, and Justice and future Centers that comprise the Racial Justice Institute’s multi-disciplinary approach to its mission.
Projects include developing and managing events and overseeing grant submission and the subsequent management of funded projects. Work includes developing timelines, assigning tasks, development and management of RJI budgets, budget, overseeing grants and contracts, and implementing operating policies and procedures. Stakeholder management will include facilitating the work of internal and external advisors and partners and communicating with faculty, institute fellows and other external partners.
Communication responsibilities include maintaining an RJI website, implementing a social media plan for individual projects, newsletter publication and dissemination and grants as well as the overarching Institute. The Executive Program Manager independently takes rough documents to craft finished projects with little direction, using their ability to translate content into multiple forms and formats, while ensuring coherence and continuity throughout all documents and media, is important given the breadth of communications required.
They apply independent judgment to explain facts, policies, and practices related to additional management responsibilities, include planning, organizing, and controlling resources and procedures. They also coordinate the Founding Directors and Executive Director’s schedules for RJI meetings and manage meeting agendas.
The Executive Program Manager role is a wonderful opportunity for someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong organizational and administrative skills, and events planning and coordination experience. While the duties are mainly administrative, the position provides great exposure to the substantive work and professional expanding network of racial justice scholars, activists, and artists institutes across the country and the world.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Men’s Health Equity
Position Description
The postdoctoral fellow will have a primary research focus on men’s health equity: research at the nexus of men’s health and health equity in an effort to achieve optimal well-being and social justice for men.
The aim of this fellowship is to train a scholar to further develop and strengthen research competencies in men’s health, men’s health equity, health equity/ health justice, and population health and well-being including: the values and mission of health equity and health justice; the importance of focusing on well-being in addition to health; engaging literature and expertise from across the globe; the implications of intersectionality for men’s health equity; multilevel intervention strategies; the value of historical context and humanities expertise; definitions of expertise and who we have as partners in research; the value of disseminating research through academic and non-academic outlets; policy education and advocacy; and the ability to work effectively in, with, and across communities.
Position Summary
The Postdoctoral Fellow in Men’s Health Equity will conduct and disseminate research that aligns with the goals and values of the Center for Men’s Health Equity (https://cmhe.georgetown.edu/). The fellow will focus on publishing their dissertation findings, collaborating on manuscripts and projects of the Director of the Center, and developing new research projects.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Justice Research
Position Description
The postdoctoral fellow will have a primary research focus on applying anti-racism principles to health justice and well-being research.
The aim of this fellowship is to train a scholar to further develop and strengthen research competencies in applying anti-racism principles to research on health equity and health justice including: the implications of anti-racism for what and how we study; the importance of focusing on well-being in addition to health; where and how to intervene; the value of historical context and humanities expertise; definitions of expertise and who we have as partners in research; the value of disseminating research through academic and non-academic outlets; engaging literature and expertise from across the globe; policy education and advocacy; and the ability to work effectively in, with, and across communities.
Position Summary
The Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Justice Research will conduct and disseminate research that aligns with the goals and values of the Center for Men’s Health Equity (https://cmhe.georgetown.edu/). The fellow will focus on publishing their dissertation findings, collaborating on manuscripts and projects of the Director of the Center, and developing new research projects.