[Jobs] yahoo fellow

[jeremy hunsinger]

Call For Applications. Yahoo! Fellow in Residence, International Values, Communications Technology & the Global Internet, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is pleased to invite applications for the position of Yahoo! Fellow in Residence for the academic year 2009-2010. This one academic year position is funded by the Yahoo! Fund on International Values, Communications Technology & the Global Internet, which was established at Georgetown University by a gift from Yahoo! Inc. The Yahoo! Fellow pursues educational and research activities that explore the evolution of new communication technologies in varying national and international contexts. These projects are expected to be multidisciplinary, and pay attention, at least in part, to large and changing economies and polities, including Brazil, Russia, India and China. The Yahoo! Fellow can explore how the use of new communications technologies, like internet and mobile, is shaped by national and socio-cultural context, and how such technologies, in turn, often change that context itself. Examples of potential research topics might include how international values could guide the operation and regulation of the global internet on issues such as personal privacy, freedom of expression, education, socio-cultural change, and cross-national contacts among civil society groups. The Yahoo! Fellow may also wish to explore how new communications technologies are, or are not, enabling the formation of virtual public spheres to support principles and values like democracy, citizenship, freedom of expression and empowerment of disadvantaged communities, while raising serious questions related to issues such as personal privacy. Yahoo! Fellows are expected to post their research results on the Web site of Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD), produce a publishable paper at the end of the residency, and organize at least one conference or workshop each semester. The Yahoo! Fellow also teaches a course in the School of Foreign Service, and supervises the work of one or two Yahoo! junior fellows who are graduate students supported by the same grant. The Yahoo! Fellow in Residence is chosen by Georgetown University from applicants drawn from government, corporate, non-profit, journalistic, and academic sectors. Applications should be imaginative, analytical, and capable of being completed during the fellowship year; each application should include both research and teaching proposals. The Yahoo! Fellow in Residence receives a stipend of $50,000 to support housing and living expenses for the academic year and $5,000 to cover travel associated with the appointment. The appointment will cover the period of August 15, 2010 - May 15, 2011. The Fellow is part of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. The Institute provides office space, computer equipment, supplies, and administrative support during the academic year. The Yahoo! Fellow joins a group of roughly a dozen ISD Associates and Fellows drawn from the United States and abroad. Within the School of Foreign Service, the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) Program supports research and curricular activities associated with the Yahoo! Fellows. The Program's multi-disciplinary faculty, including experienced public and private sector practitioners, comprises a broad resource base for research and collaboration on global issues. Applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae, along with a statement describing a proposed research topic(s) and methodology (not to exceed 2,500 words) to: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Attn: Yahoo! Fellow Search, 1316 36th Street, North West, Washington, D.C. 20007. Materials will be reviewed beginning on March 15, 2010 and will be considered until a final applicant has been selected and accepted.
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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