Fellowships & Scholarships

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship

The Women's Studies Program and the Women's Archive and Research Center at
the University of Houston invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship
in Women's Studies, to begin in the Fall Semester 2008. Applicants may be
working in any discipline, on a topic concerning women and/or gender. The
recipient will devote half time to teaching and program development and half
time to research. The initial appointment will be for one year, with the
possibility of renewal for a second year. Salary is $40,000 plus benefits.

The applicant must hold a Ph.D. degree at appointment. A letter of
application, project description, CV, writing sample and 3 letters of
reference should be submitted by May 16, 2008, to the WARC Search Committee,
Women's Studies Program, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3005.

The University of Houston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are
encouraged to apply.

 

Faculty

$4000 Faculty Summer Fellowships (Summer 2008)

• In support of summer work on a research project having to do with women and/or gender.
• Must be UH faculty member. Preference may be given to those who have taught a course or courses cross-listed in Women's Studies or to those who are members of the Women’s Studies Faculty Affiliates.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  • 1. A description (3 pages maximum) of summer project - Please include in your description a sense of the length of the project (article, book, part thereof, etc.) as well as of your anticipated date of completion. Please note if you would use this money to support travel to an archive or other research site, though travel is not required.
  • 2. c.v.,
  • 3. Two (2) letters of reference
  • 4. a list of any women's studies courses you have taught.

$500 Women's Studies Faculty Travel Grant

• For travel to a professional meeting/conference relevant to the recipient's research or teaching in women's studies. Payable as reimbursement of receipts for expenses or for purchase of a ticket before travel.
• Open to full time UH faculty, who have taught a course cross listed under Women's Studies.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  1. memo stating the name, date and location of the meeting and the role you will be playing there (paper presenter, panel chair, etc.,
  2. outline of a simple budget,
  3. a description of how participation in this meeting will enhance your work in Women's Studies.

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Students

2008-2009 Dissertation Fellowship $20,000 award

• The fellowship is open to UH graduate students (female or male) in any discipline.
• Must be completing dissertation on a topic focused on women and/or gender.
• Selection based on the merit of the student's project and the student's academic record.
• The recipient must devote full time to completion of her/his project during Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  1. GRE scores and transcripts of all graduate course work
  2. Summary of your project and its current status
  3. Writing sample-not more than 10 pages
  4. Three recommendations from people familiar with you and your work.

The Shuart Scholarships: Blanche Espy Chenoweth Graduate Fellowship - $2500

• For a student doing work on a thesis or dissertation on a women's studies topic or a Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate student who has completed at least two Women’s Studies courses.
• Selection based on the merit of the student's project and the student's academic record.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0; Full-time student in Fall 2008/Spring 2009.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  1. GRE scores and transcripts of all graduate coursework
  2. Summary of your project and its current status
  3. Three recommendations from people familiar with you and your work.

Elizabeth Smith Chenoweth Undergraduate Scholarship - $2500

• For a student or students (junior or senior) not necessarily women's studies minors, who have taken at least two women's studies courses.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0; Full-time or part-time student (award may be split between two part-time students).
• Both merit and financial need will be considered. • Nontraditional students are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  1. Transcript
  2. Biographical essay (200 words), including a description of your career plans
  3. Three recommendations from people familiar with you and your work
  4. Financial Aid Statement form
  5. Obtain form from Women's Studies Office, 624 Agnes Arnold Hall

Maud Smith Paddock Grad/Undergrad Scholarship - $2500

• Criteria for undergraduates: A declared women's studies minor (junior or senior) with a least two courses completed in the minor. Minimum GPA of 3.0; Full-time student taking 12 hours in the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.
• Criteria for graduate applicants: the same as for the Blanche Espy Chenoweth Fellowship (see above).
• Both merit and financial need will be considered.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
1. Transcript
2. Biographical essay (200 words), including a description of your career plans
3. Three recommendations from people familiar with you and your work
4. Financial Aid Statement form (undergraduates only).
• Undergraduates: Obtain financial aid form from Women's Studies Office, 624 Agnes Arnold Hall.

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The Patricia A. Eichhorn Endowed Scholarship for Returning Students - $500 award

The scholarship is in support of non-traditional, returning students who are furthering their education. After raising five children, Patricia Eichhorn returned to school and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction. In recognition of her leadership in providing financial assistance to students in transition seeking a second chance to have a productive and rewarding career, her family established the scholarship through an endowed gift to the University of Houston.

• The scholarship is open to non-traditional students who are furthering their education.
• Applicants must be certified degree-seeking students at UH. Candidates may be entering or re-entering a program.
• Recipients must enroll for a minimum of six credit hours of undergraduate or graduate studies in Fall 2008 and a minimum of six credit hours in Spring 2009.
• Recipients must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better to receive the second payment.
• Preference is given to students who demonstrate financial need.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Submit:
  1. Typed biographical essay of no more than 250 words that includes the applicant's educational goals and ways the scholarship would assist the applicant in attaining them
  2. Two letters of recommendation from educational or professional sources.
  3. Application form

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Friends of Women’s Studies: $250 Student Essay Prize

The Women's Studies Program is pleased to announce an award of $250, to be made in Spring 2008 to the best undergraduate or graduate essays on women's studies topics. The prize is funded by the Friends of Women's Studies. (You do not have to be a woman or in the Women's Studies Program to enter.)

• Entrants must be students at UH (male or female, graduate or undergraduate).
• Essays must be the student's own original work, written for a UH class in the 2005-2006 school year. Course name, semester and professor's name must be indicated on essay.
• Maximum length: 20 pages (undergraduate); 30 pages (graduate).
• Three typewritten/printed copies must be submitted to the Women's Studies office (624 AH), along with student's name, year, major/minor (if applicable), address, email and phone number.
• Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008, noon. No late submissions.
• Essays will be judged by a three-person committee appointed by the Director of Women's Studies. The committee will include two faculty members and a member of the Friends of Women's Studies Board. The Women's Studies Program retains the right to not make an award.

$250 Carol Williams Undergraduate Women's History Essay Prize

The Women's Studies Program is pleased to announce an award of $250, to be made in Spring 2008 to the best undergraduate essay on a women's history topic. The prize is funded by Professor Carol Williams of the University of Lethbridge. You do not have to be a woman or in the Women's Studies Program to enter.)

• Entrants must be students at UH (male or female, undergraduate).
• Essays must be the student's own original work, written for a UH Women's History class in the 2008-2009 school year. Student's name, year, major/minor, address, email and phone number as well as course name, semester, and professor's name must be indicated on cover page.
• Student's name should not be on the paper itself.
• Maximum length: 20 pages
• Three typewritten/printed copies must be submitted to the Women's Studies office (624 Agnes Arnold Hall).
• Essays will be judged by a three-person committee appointed by the Director of Women's Studies. The Women's Studies Program retains the right not to make an award.

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Deadlines

The deadline for all 2008-9 fellowships, grants, and scholarships will be May 16, 2008. No late submissions.

All application material or essays should be turned into the Women’s Studies Office, 624 Agnes Arnold Hall.

Please contact the Women’s Studies Office for additional information.

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Forms

• Financial Aid Statement Form
• Eichorn Application Form

2008-2009 Recipients

Faculty

Two $4000 Faculty Summer Fellowships (Summer 2008)

Lynn Voskuil (English) "Horticulture and Imperialism: The Garden Spaces of Vistorian England"

Samantha Kwan (Sociology) "Contested Meanings about Body, Health, and Weight: Fram Resonance, Strategies of Action, adn the Uses of Culture"  

$500 Women's Studies Faculty Travel Grant

Guillermo de los Reyes (Hispanic Studies) For travel to a conference to give a paper entitled "Gender, Performance and Nationalism: A Ritualistic Approach to Beauty Pageants in Mexico"

Students

Women's Studies Program 2008-2009 Dissertation Fellowship - $20,000

Erin Graham (History) "Bordering Chaos: Mothers, Daughters and Neoliberalism"

The Shuart Scholarships: Blanche Espy Chenoweth Graduate Fellowship - $2500

Natalie Garza (History)

Elizabeth Smith Chenoweth Undergraduate Scholarship - $2500

Yi Rong Waters (Sociology)

Maud Smith Paddock Grad/Undergrad Scholarship - $2500

Lauran Kerr (History)

The Patricia A. Eichhorn Endowed Scholarship for Returning Students - $500 award

Nadia Kalinchuk

Karen Glover

William's History Essay Prize ($250)

Kristen Contos (History) "No Longer Entitled: Adolescent Pregnancy in Public Schools Before and After Title IX"

Friends of Women’s Studies: $250 Student Essay Prizes (2)

Nisha Campbell (English) "Aphra Behn"

Eric Heraly (English) "'I Could Not Contain My Contradictions': Deconstructionist Strategies in Emily Fox Gordon's Mockingbird Years"

 

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