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Resident Scholar Application Information
Overview of Theme and Activities
Eligibility and Stipend
Duties and Conditions
Application Process
Each year the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics hosts two UO faculty members as Resident Scholars, one from the School of Law and one from another UO department, to support research related to the 2009-2011 Wayne Morse Center theme, Climate Ethics and Climate Equity, OR its program in Politics and Public Policy.
Applications for the academic year 2010-2011 are due by noon on Friday, January 8, 2010.
Resident Scholars receive a stipend to conduct research for one term or semester. The scholar from the School of Law will receive a stipend of $10,000 plus up to 30% for other personnel expenses (OPE); the scholar from any UO department other than law will receive $8,000 plus OPE up to 30%. Resident Scholars work collaboratively with the Wayne Morse Center director and senior faculty fellow to conduct research or undertake other professional activities that contribute to the scholar’s own work and the Wayne Morse Center’s programs.
Objectives: The objectives of the Resident Scholar program are to stimulate and support research and programming related to public affairs and the Wayne Morse Center theme of inquiry, enhance UO faculty participation in Wayne Morse Center activities, and deepen the intellectual and academic environment of the Wayne Morse Center.
Overview of Theme and Activities for 2009-2011:
Theme of Inquiry. The Wayne Morse Center theme for the two academic years 2009-2011 is Climate Ethics and Climate Equity. The themes are selected to advance interdisciplinary research and teaching at the UO and engage the broader public on critical issues. An interdisciplinary faculty committee provides guidance on the theme. The inquiry into Climate Ethics and Climate Equity is intended to build on the broad discussion underway on climate change by focusing on its ethical dimensions and the myriad equity issues that local, regional, national and international communities will face. During the two-year inquiry, we aim to discuss the overarching ethical issues involved with climate change as well as solutions that focus on equity, both domestically and internationally.
Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. Each year one or more scholars and activists will occupy the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics. Dale Jamieson, a philosopher and Director of Environmental Studies at New York University, was in residence at the UO during fall term 2009. There will be two occupants of the Wayne Morse Chair in 2010-2011. Law scholar Maxine Burkett will visit the School of Law during Fall 2010. She is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law and the inaugural director of the Island Climate Center: Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy. International activist and physicist Dr. Vandana Shiva will be in residence at the UO for three weeks during winter term 2011.
Focus topics. The Wayne Morse Center will convene events on key topics within the broad theme and invites proposals for research, new classes and projects through the Resident Scholar, Dissertation Fellowship and Project Grant programs. Our priority focus topics within the broad theme include:
• Sustainable agriculture, food equity and climate change;
• Understanding the implications of climate change for social equity, particularly around race issues;
• Connecting local action to global issues;
• Obligations of higher education institutions in climate change;
• Bridging physical and social sciences and law in climate change research, policy and action;
• International perspectives on equity issues, particularly related to youth;
• Legal forums and policies that will be needed to deal with ethical and equity issues of climate change and its impacts;
• Traditional knowledge, preserving cultures, indigenous approaches to environmental stewardship, and issues of land equity;
• Developing and communicating a public philosophy of climate change, including moral and religious sources.
Politics and Public Policy Program. Interested faculty can submit a Resident Scholar application for research related to the Center’s programs on public affairs and public policy. The Politics and Public Policy Program, coordinated by Senior Faculty Fellow Dan Tichenor, encourages research and discussion addressing significant political and policy issues in the United States at the national, state, or local levels. A broad range of proposals engaging subjects of importance to American governance are welcome, including analysis of political processes and institutions, specific policy problems, or studies of U.S. political culture and behavior. The program currently is giving special attention to immigration reform, presidential power and leadership, and the politics of race, ethnicity and gender, but proposals are in no way limited to these topics. The core objective is to research, reflect, and report on important issues of U.S. politics and policy.
Eligibility and Stipend
The Resident Scholar program is open to tenured and tenure-track faculty at the UO. Faculty must be employed by the UO during the term of the scholarship. Faculty members on sabbatical leave are eligible, but they must be in Eugene and interact with the Wayne Morse Center. The stipend is for the fiscal year 2010-11. The stipend will be paid directly to the Resident Scholar’s department and can be used to buy out teaching, for summer support, or as a salary stipend, depending on the desires of the Resident Scholar and his or her department or school.
Duties and Conditions
1. Resident Scholars will undertake research or other professional activities such as completing a paper suitable for publication, editing papers for a book, and/or organizing a public symposium under the auspices of the Wayne Morse Center.
2. The project must be related to public affairs or the relevant Wayne Morse Center theme, and interdisciplinary in nature and interest.
3. Resident Scholars will participate in the intellectual life of the Wayne Morse Center, including assisting with the theme of inquiry or the Politics and Public Policy Program, interacting with Wayne Morse Chairholders, selecting future Resident Scholars, and advising the center on symposia and events.
4. Wayne Morse Fellows (law students) may be assigned to assist Resident Scholars with research and other activities on a minimal basis. For non-law scholars, the Wayne Morse Center may be able to provide office space and other support.
5. Resident Scholars will present at least one public lecture or seminar during the 2010-11 academic year.
6. Resident Scholars will represent the Wayne Morse Center at university and public events as appropriate and feasible.
7. Resident Scholars will acknowledge the Wayne Morse Center in all publications and events related to the research and activity supported by the Center and will collaborate with the Center to publish and disseminate their work.
Application Process
Applications must be written in language accessible to readers from several disciplines. The complete application should include the following parts:
- Completed application cover sheet including abstract
- Narrative Description (not to exceed 1500 words)
The Narrative Description should include the following points:
• Conception and Definition of the Project: An explanation of the basic ideas, problems or questions to be addressed, and the form of the project (such as book, article, or symposium).
• Significance of the Project: Relationship to your previous and future research, and the relationship of the project to work of other scholars.
• Plan of work and expected results: Candidates should be as precise as possible about the plan of work and objectives for the term of the Scholarship year. Is the work already in progress? What specifically will be accomplished? How will the results be disseminated?
• Contribution to the Wayne Morse Center: How your work relates to other Center activities and how you propose to interact with the Wayne Morse Center. The Wayne Morse Center will make available funds for a small symposium or workshop if desired by the Resident Scholar.
- Bibliography or Citation List, as appropriate (one-page limit)
- Curriculum Vita, two-page limit
To submit an application: Mail or deliver the original plus five (5) collated and stapled copies of the complete application packet to:
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
220 Knight Law Center
1221 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Double-sided copies are encouraged.
Deadline: Applications are due by Noon on Friday, January 8, 2010.
Awards will be announced by January 30, 2010.
Selection Process
The Selection Committee will be interdisciplinary and drawn from the following positions and committees: the Wayne Morse Center Director and Senior Faculty Fellow, Dean of the School of Law or designee, Director of the Labor Education and Research Center or designee, the Wayne Morse Center Advisory Board, the Climate Ethics and Climate Equity Planning Committee, and current Resident Scholars.
Please direct questions to Margaret Hallock, Wayne Morse Center Director, (541) 346-3699 or hallock@uoregon.edu.
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