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| Jobs | WashU School of Public Health Call for Leadership and Faculty Positions | Submitted by: SPH Faculty Affairs <SPHFacultyAffairs@wustl.edu> Description: Washington University’s School of Public Health is recruiting for multiple leadership and faculty roles, including an Associate Dean for Practice who will guide public health practice initiatives, strengthen community partnerships, and help translate research into policy and real‑world impact. The school is also hiring faculty across several disciplines—epidemiology, biostatistics, behavioral/mental health, health policy, environmental/planetary health, food and nutrition, rural health, and diabetes translational science. These positions emphasize interdisciplinary, grant‑driven research, teaching, and community‑engaged scholarship within a collaborative, research‑intensive environment. Details: https://apply.interfolio.com/173629 |
| Call for Submissions | Call for Papers: Special Issue on Women in Agriculture (Journal of Agromedicine) | Submitted by: Florence Becot <ffb5072@psu.edu> Description: The Journal of Agromedicine is organizing a special issue focusing on the safety, health, and well-being of women in agriculture. Abstracts are due by April 15th. For more information, please visit https://redcap.link/JAM_Special_Issue_WomeninAg or email Florence Becot at florence.becot@psu.edu. |
| Other | 2026-2029 RURAL STUDIES SERIES CO-EDITOR CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Submitted by: Angie Carter, RSS Publications Committee Chair <ancarter@mtu.edu> Description: The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) Publications Committee requests proposals from experienced book authors or editors who are current members of RSS to serve as Co-Editor of the Rural Studies Series with current series Co-Editor Kai Schafft. The three-year appointment begins August 2026 and ends July 2029, with a one-year overlap with current Co-Editor, Kai Schafft. The Series is sponsored by the RSS to promote scholarly analysis of rural social science issues through the publication of high-quality books and research monographs. Applications due April 30, 2026. See attached PDF for further instructions. |
| Call for Submissions | Call for Abstracts – Special Issue of Rural Sociology on Policies, Politics, and the Wellbeing of Rural People and Places | Submitted by: Shannon Monnat <smmonnat@syr.edu> Description: Rural Sociology will publish a special issue focused on policies, politics, and the wellbeing of rural people and places. We invite submissions that examine how policies and politics shape rural wellbeing—whether in the United States or in other national and cross-national contexts—and how rural communities respond to, resist, and reshape the political forces acting upon them. We welcome contributions that focus solely on rural areas or that explicitly compare outcomes across rural-urban continuums. We conceive of wellbeing broadly and welcome empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions that address multiple dimensions of wellbeing, including but not limited to economic wellbeing, livelihoods, education, families, health and longevity, housing, food security, social belonging and relationships, crime, civic engagement, environmental quality and sustainability, and community cohesion. We also welcome papers that consider how policies and politics intersect with demographic trends to influence wellbeing. Prospective contributors should submit an abstract (up to two pages, single spaced) describing their study along with up to two pages of supporting material (e.g., tables, figures, etc.) no later than 5 PM ET on May 1, 2026 via the RSS website portal at: https://ruralsociology.org/rural-sociology-special-issue-abstract-submission/. Only abstracts submitted through this portal will be considered. The special issue editors (Shannon Monnat and Tim Slack) will review abstracts and extend invitations for full paper submissions, which will be due by November 1, 2026. For more information, visit the link. Details: https://ruralsociology.org/rural-sociology-special-issue-abstract-submission/ |