On February 22nd, 2008, University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) issued a negative tenure recommendation for Assistant Professor Andrea Lee Smith. Jointly appointed in the Program in American Culture and the Department of Women’s Studies, Dr. Smith’s body of scholarship exemplifies scholarly excellence with widely circulated articles in peer-reviewed journals and numerous books in both university and independent presses including Native Americans and the Christian Right published this year by Duke University Press.

Dr. Smith is one of the greatest indigenous feminist intellectuals of our time. A nominee for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Smith has an outstanding academic and community record of service that is internationally and nationally recognized. She is a dedicated professor and mentor and she is an integral member of the University of Michigan (UM) intellectual community. Her reputation and pedagogical practices draw undergraduate and graduate students from all over campus and the nation. [Read more…] about Indig.Stu Prof. Andrea Smith denied tenure at U Michigan

From Dolores Delgado Bernal:

Mujeres–the Utah coordinating committee has been working very hard and is getting ready for next August. Please pass this announcement to mujeres in your networks, and save the date. A call for papers will be coming very soon. In the meantime, you should know that a number of mujeres have confirmed their participation including Alma Lopez, Cecilia Burciaga, Cindy Cruz, Mary Ann Villarreal, Margaret Montoya, Christina Zuni, Debrah Vasquez and many others. We hope to see you in salt lake city.

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The Fourth Annual Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Summer Institute
July 28 – August 8, 2008
Seminar: THINKING TRANSNATIONALLY: FEMINIST VISIONS

Seminar Leaders: Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Spelman College) & Chandra Talpade Mohanty (Syracuse University)
Seminar Description:  Over the past several decades, feminists around the world have variously and successfully transformed lives, communities, and institutions. Nevertheless, questions of social and economic justice, identity and self-determination, psychic and social decolonization, and solidarity and alliance-building across class, race, sexual and national borders, remain at the heart of feminist work. This seminar explores interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks for addressing the above issues, focusing directly on the challenge academic researchers face to “think transnationally” without losing sight of localcontexts and issues. [Read more…] about Cornell Minority Studies summer seminar deadline 1/15

MALCSistas, if you have advice or referrals for this teacher, please add a comment below or drop me a note (susana@malcs.net).  Thanks!

hello
my name is leah and i’m a 1st year teacher in NY. I’ll be starting (soon) a unit on HOUSE ON MANGO STREET and was wondering if you had any ideas for background information to handout to my middle schoolers. i’m defintely planning on making the unit strongly based on a creative writing ‘autobiography’ unit but was wondering if you have any resources for 7th graders. (poems, definitions, etc…)

Thanks,

Leah

Two positions to begin July 1, 2008

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM DISSERTATION SCHOLARS TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS 2008-2009

The Women’s Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for two fellowships for the academic year 2008-2009. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy and expect completion of the dissertation during the term of residence. Women’s Studies Dissertation Scholars will teach one undergraduate course and present one colloquium. [Read more…] about Diss fellowships: WomStu at UCSB