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GENDER STUDIES IN 
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS

(No Applicatioins Are Being Considered For 2005-06)

Background:
The Gender Studies in Global Perspective Graduate Training Project at the University at Albany, SUNY, co-sponsored by the Center for Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies (CELAC) and the Institute for Research on Women (IROW), sponsors  assistantships for M.A. degree students who will specialize, through course work or thesis research, in gender issues or women’s studies in global perspective. In order to be considered for a Master’s assistantship, a student must apply and be admitted to a University at Albany M.A. degree program that will provide the student with the opportunity to undertake course work or conduct research with an emphasis on gender/women’s studies in global perspective. Assistantship awards include a $8,000 academic year stipend and tuition. Each award will be for a maximum of two years, renewable upon review of first year work. The Awards Selection Committee will be reviewing applications beginning on March 15 of each academic year. Further information about this project, funded by the Ford Foundation, is available at the web site of either center: (CELAC) www.albany.edu/celac or (IROW) www.albany.edu/irow 

Graduate students receiving these assistantships will be expected to meet with the Award Selection Committee at the beginning of the frist semester to be assigned a mentor and to agree upon a program of study. You will be expected to take one core course on global gender issues and to meet regularly in a graduate student research group. Graduate assistants will be assigned to work for faculty on relevant tasks for up to twenty hours per week. 

Application Guidelines:

    1. Name

      2. Address
      Phone
      E-mail
      Social Security Number
      University at Albany, M.A. degree program:
      Signature (dated)
    2. Application Statement (approximately two pages) including the following information: 

      3. a. How has your background prepared you for your graduate studies? Briefly describe your undergraduate work in women’s/gender studies as well as in international or area studies related courses. Describe any relevant skills or work experience with women’s issues or organizations and in international concerns. 

      b. How do you plan to organize your MA work to combine women’s/gender and international studies? 

      c. How does this assistantship program relate to your career plans or other long-range goals?

    3. Three letters of reference
    4. A copy of your college transcript(s)
By mailing us your application, you are acknowledging that we can access your University at Albany graduate folder which contains transcripts and letters of reference. 

For further information on this program contact: 
Dr. Christine E. Bose, Ford Project Co-Director, Department of Sociology, Social Science 340, University at Albany, SUNY; Albany, New York 12222.
(Phone) 518-442-4670 or (E-mail) c.bose@ albany.edu

Web links:
CELAC web page
IROW web page