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From: Patrick Baur <pbaur at uri.edu>
Date: February 15, 2023 at 15:00:34 MST
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Subject: [dfs] Fwd: PhD student position with urban food networks research project at URI

I want to share an exciting open (and funded!) PhD student position at University of Rhode Island to start Fall 2023 for a project mapping alternative urban food provisioning networks. Full details below.

Patrick

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Patrick Baur, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Program

Dept. of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences

Dept. of Marine Affairs (Limited Joint Appointment)

Office: 481 CBLS | Phone: (401) 874-7083

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From: John Taylor <jr_taylor at uri.edu<mailto:jr_taylor at uri.edu>>
Date: Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Subject: PhD student position with urban food networks research project at URI
To: Melva Treviño Peña <trevino at uri.edu<mailto:trevino at uri.edu>>, Patrick Baur <pbaur at uri.edu<mailto:pbaur at uri.edu>>, Julie Keller <jckeller at uri.edu<mailto:jckeller at uri.edu>>

Dear Colleague,

I would appreciate your disseminating the attached announcement for a PhD student position in an exciting new multidisciplinary project at URI that will be mapping alternative urban food provisioning networks. Per the announcement, candidates should contact me at jr_taylor at uri.edu<mailto:jr_taylor at uri.edu> and include a CV and brief expression of interest by March 31, 2023.

Thank you.

John
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John R. Taylor, MLA, PhD (he/him)
Associate Professor of Agroecology
Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology
234 Woodward Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

Mobile: 401.207.0720

Personal Zoom meeting room<https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/8288083888?pwd=NnBIV2NqQVZyV1BTS0M3Nmx1Um1UUT09>

The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Rhode Island is hiring a PhD student with multi-year funding from Fall 2023 for a project on alternative urban food provisioning networks

Project PI and  PhD Advisor: John Taylor

URI CO-PIs: Patrick Baur, Julie Keller, Melva Treviño Peña

Funding: This appointment includes a tuition waiver and research stipend of up to $26,000/year for up to three years with summer funding for three years.

Study purpose: Immigrant communities and communities of color are more likely to have limited food access and to experience food insecurity. These communities are also more likely to engage in self-provisioning through growing, fishing, and foraging for cultural reasons or to address gaps in conventional food systems. In this multi-institution, multidisciplinary project, we seek to address this gap by mapping the alternative food provisioning networks of immigrant communities and communities of color in three U.S. East Coast cities—Providence, RI; Baltimore, MD; and Washington, DC—to better understand the dynamics of these networks, to measure their contributions to urban social-ecological systems, and to identify the factors contributing to or impeding their success in ecosystem services provisioning, with a focus on food production.

The successful candidate will receive training in multidisciplinary methods in the social and natural sciences and will supervise data collection and analysis activities, which will include conducting and analyzing data from qualitative interviews with urban farmers and gardeners  and ethnobotanical surveys of their sites.

Project Period: 8/2023 - 8/2026

Project Sites/Collaborations: University of Rhode Island, University of Maryland College Park, University of the District of Columbia

Preferred qualifications:

  *   Background in the social, natural, or agricultural sciences

  *
Interest in multidisciplinary methods including qualitative social science methods
  *
Interest in urban agriculture and urban food systems
  *
Strong communication skills (in written and spoken English)
  *   Native fluency in Spanish or another non-English language spoken by urban agriculturalists in the study areas

PhD dissertation topic: We anticipate that the project will generate a wealth of data and that the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop a unique dissertation topic congruent with the study purpose in collaboration with the co-PIs.

Application Process and Deadline: Interested students should contact Dr. John Taylor at jr_taylor at uri.edu<mailto:jr_taylor at uri.edu> and include a CV and brief expression of interest by March 31, 2023.

Equal Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of the University of Rhode Island not to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, genetic information, marital status, aids/hiv and domestic abuse victim, homelessness or discriminate against disabled and Vietnam era veterans in the recruitment, admission or treatment of students, the recruitment, hiring or treatment of faculty and staff, and in the operation of its activities and programs, as specified by State and Federal Laws, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#equalpay>, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#civilrights1964>, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#agediscrim>, Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments to the Higher Education Act<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#titleIX>, Executive Order 11246<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#executiveorder>, as amended, New Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended, <http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/section503.htm>  Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,<https://web.uri.edu/affirmativeaction/laws_regulations#ada> and all other laws which pertain to access and equity.

The University of Rhode Island is committed to the principles of Affirmative Action and the attainment of Equal Employment and Equal Educational opportunities for all qualified individuals. The Director of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity has been designated by the President as the person who shall have overall responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of such programs. For further information, please contact the Affirmative Action Office at (401) 874-2442.

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John R. Taylor, MLA, PhD (he/him)
Associate Professor of Agroecology
Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology
234 Woodward Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881

Office: 401.874.9027  Mobile: 401.207.0720

Personal Zoom meeting room<https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/8288083888?pwd=NnBIV2NqQVZyV1BTS0M3Nmx1Um1UUT09>

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