{"id":1473,"date":"2013-06-13T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T18:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2013-06-13T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T18:33:18","slug":"endowed-chair-in-the-study-of-nonviolent-direct-action-and-civil-resistance-umass-amherst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2013\/06\/13\/endowed-chair-in-the-study-of-nonviolent-direct-action-and-civil-resistance-umass-amherst\/","title":{"rendered":"Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance (UMass Amherst)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ENDOWED CHAIR IN THE STUDY OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION AND CIVIL RESISTANCE<\/p>\n<p>The University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications and nominations for a visionary scholar of distinction to serve as the inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance, a new faculty position focused on the scientific study of nonviolent direct action and civil resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nonviolent direct action refers to strategies and activities designed to achieve social and political change without the use of violence.\u00c2\u00a0 Examples of nonviolent direct action include collective organizing, social movements, protests, sit-ins, vigils, consciousness raising, and other forms of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance.\u00c2\u00a0 Proponents of nonviolent direct action recognize the need for active struggle to foster social and political change and use nonviolent approaches as alternatives to passive acceptance of oppression and inequality, or the use of violent confrontation, to achieve social and political goals.\u00c2\u00a0 The activities of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (and others like them) provide good examples of the kinds of nonviolent direct action on which the chairholder should focus his\/her scientific work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The chairholder will provide national\/international leadership to the study of this critical topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The chairholder may be from any discipline, but her\/his research methodology must be scientific and focused on large-scale social phenomena<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The appointment will be at the full or associate professor level.\u00c2\u00a0 The departmental home(s) of the appointee will be determined based on the successful candidate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s scholarly expertise.\u00c2\u00a0 The position will begin as soon as a qualified candidate has been found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The candidate is expected to become an integral member of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and should be interested in interdisciplinary collaboration, scholarship, and training of graduate students on issues involving peace, conflicts of interest, nonviolent direct action, and civil resistance.\u00c2\u00a0 The Psychology of Peace and Violence Program adds to scientific knowledge of how to resolve conflict between<br \/>\ngroups, promotes reconciliation, and builds peace through cooperation (<a href=\"www.umass.edu\/peacepsychology\" target=\"_blank\">www.umass.edu\/peacepsychology<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her\/his primary affiliation with the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, the chairholder will find many other supportive colleagues here at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) and within the wider region.\u00c2\u00a0 For example, at UMass Amherst, the chairholder may affiliate with the Development and Peacebuilding Program of the Political Economy Research Institute, the Social Inequality and Justice Initiative of the Center for Public<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Policy and Administration, the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, the Feinberg Papers Project, and\/or the W.E.B. Du Bois Center (It is a university-wide research center that is administratively housed in the Du Bois Library and organized around our holding the Du Bois Papers).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>QUALIFICATIONS: a Ph.D. and a proven record as a scholar of the scientific study of peace, non-violent direct action, and civil resistance as well as exceptional promise to serve as a national\/international leader in advancing this study at UMass Amherst and beyond are required; a proven record of inclusive and multi-cultural skills in teaching, research, and\/or service is strongly preferred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RANK AND SALARY: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS: Review of applications will begin on September 17, 2013 but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position has been\u00c2\u00a0 filled.\u00c2\u00a0 Applications comprising a cover letter expressing interest and describing research program, a vitae and a list of at least three references should be sent to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Smiaroski at <span style=\"display:inline;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl;\" class=\"\">ude.ssamu.tsovorp<span style=\"display:none;\">obfsctd-49e8b8<\/span>&#64;iksoraimsk<\/span> or<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Smiaroski, Office of the Provost, 373 Whitmore<br \/>\nAdministration Building, University of Massachusetts, 181 President\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Avenue, Amherst, MA\u00c2\u00a0 01003-9313.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Electronic submissions strongly preferred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action\/Equal Opportunity employer.\u00c2\u00a0 It is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of faculty, students, and curriculum, and particularly encourages applications from women and minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENDOWED CHAIR IN THE STUDY OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION AND CIVIL RESISTANCE The University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications and nominations for a visionary scholar of distinction to serve as the inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance, a new faculty position focused on the scientific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jobs-and-fellowships","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":800,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2011\/10\/05\/job-transnational-spanish-speaking-history-university-of-massachusetts-amherst\/","url_meta":{"origin":1473,"position":0},"title":"JOB: Transnational Spanish-Speaking History, University of Massachusetts Amherst","author":"Theresa Delgadillo","date":"October 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Assistant Professor Transnational Spanish-Speaking History University of Massachusetts Amherst The History Department and the Commonwealth Honors College (CHC) of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Transnational Spanish-Speaking History beginning 1 September 2012.\u00c2\u00a0 Duties include teaching in both the History Department and the CHC,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General News","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/category\/general-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1358,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/10\/25\/tiffany-ana-lopez-named-to-endowed-chair-ucr\/","url_meta":{"origin":1473,"position":1},"title":"Tiffany Ana L\u00c3\u00b3pez named to Endowed Chair @UCR","author":"kmd","date":"October 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, October 25, Dr. Tiffany Ana L\u00c3\u00b3pez was appointed to the Tom\u00c3\u00a1s Rivera Endowed Chair in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Riverside campus of the University of California. 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