Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows Training Program
The Center for the Study of Social Change (CSSC) and the Center on Culture, Immigration and Youth Violence Prevention are pleased to announce the Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows Training Program. In its nearly thirty years of existence, the related Graduate Fellows Training Program at CSSC has provided an interdisciplinary research and training environment as a complement to, and resource for, graduate programs in the social sciences and professional schools. The Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows Training Program will build on these traditions but with a specific focus on community-based research related to culture, immigration, and youth violence prevention.
We are accepting applications(PDF or DOC) for the 2010-2011 academic year from UC Berkeley graduate students in the social sciences and professional schools, who have completed a Masters degree or at least two years of doctoral studies and have an interest in substantive issues related to areas such as immigration, race/ethnicity, class, and youth culture and youth development. Applicants should be familiar with quantitative and qualitative research methods and have experience in urban settings, youth subcultures, crime and delinquency, or violence prevention.
The Center is jointly run by the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, UC Berkeley's School of Law (Boalt Hall), and the University of California at San Francisco. Frank Zimring, who is the William G. Simon Professor of Law at Boalt Hall, oversees the Center’s operations.
The Center’s mission is twofold: (1) to research the causes and prevention of youth violence, especially among Asian Pacific Islander and Latino immigrant populations in Oakland; and (2) to convert this research into an effective reform agenda. The Center serves as a gathering place for community members, policy makers and researchers who identify shared priorities, develop innovative strategies for studying these pressing concerns, and translate and disseminate information and knowledge into health and community practice.
Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows will receive training in theories of culture, immigration, and youth violence; research design and methodology; and the preparation of research results for conference presentations, academic articles, and policy papers. Some Fellows will also assist with community-based research and development activities directed by researchers and community partners affiliated with the Center.
A yearly stipend of $14,000 divided into nine equal payments will be provided to each of the Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows in the program. In addition, Fellows receive shared office space with a computer. . Please note that funding has not been secured for the 2010-11 Fellowships, so Fellows will be selected provisionally and then a formal offer will be given if the funding is secured.
Application Workshop: We are conducting a workshop for all graduate students interested in applying for the Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows Training Program. Attending the workshop is not required.
Wednesday, February 17th, 12:00-1:00pm
Troy Duster Conference Room, Center for the Study of Social Change,
2420 Bowditch Street
Phone: 642-0813
For questions or additional information please call Dr. Deborah Lustig, Director of the Youth Violence Prevention Graduate Fellows Training Program, at (510) 643-7238 or e-mail inquiries to: dlustig@berkeley.edu
Download an application in PDF or DOC