From ffqiu@utdallas.edu Thu Aug 6 17:31:52 2009 From: ffqiu@utdallas.edu (Qiu, Fang) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:31:52 -0500 Subject: [SAM] Call for input to SAM newsletter! Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA16B3.685A5693 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Spatial Analysts and Modelers, I hope that you all have a great summer. It is time again for us to compile our new issue of the SAM Specialty Group newsletter. We are soliciting your contribution and input to the group newsletter. The summer issue will be published by the end of August 2009.=20 The deadline for submissions is August 20, 2009. =20 The newsletter reaches about eight hundred readers and is therefore an excellent venue for getting the word out on community news, departmental happenings, research findings, media appearances, book publications, and the like. We also invite you to submit commentaries or features of broad interest to specialty group members. The newsletter is a good place to post calls for papers, proposals, awards, grants, fellowships, and jobs. You can also make early announcements of special sessions or other activities for next year's AAG meeting in Washington. =20 The newsletter relies on you to submit news, so please take a moment to send along relevant items. Please send your submission by email to Fang Qiu (ffqiu@utdallas.edu) in text or rich text format. Photos or other images, with captions, are also welcome (GIF, JPG, or PNG). Thank you, The SAM Specialty Group =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA16B3.685A5693 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Spatial Analysts and Modelers,

I hope that you all have a great summer. It is time again for us to = compile our new issue of the SAM Specialty Group newsletter. We are soliciting your contribution and input to the group newsletter. The summer issue will be published by the end of August 2009.

The deadline for submissions is August 20, 2009.

The newsletter reaches about eight hundred readers and is therefore an excellent venue for getting the word out on community news, departmental happenings, research findings, media appearances, book publications, and = the like. We also invite you to submit commentaries or features of broad = interest to specialty group members. The newsletter is a good place to post calls = for papers, proposals, awards, grants, fellowships, and jobs. You can also = make early announcements of special sessions or other activities for next year’s AAG meeting in Washington.

The newsletter relies on you to submit news, so = please take a moment to send along relevant items.

Please send your submission by email to Fang Qiu (ffqiu@utdallas.edu) in = text or rich text format. Photos or other images, with captions, are also = welcome (GIF, JPG, or PNG).

Thank you,

The SAM Specialty Group

------_=_NextPart_001_01CA16B3.685A5693-- From ffqiu@utdallas.edu Wed Aug 19 21:12:23 2009 From: ffqiu@utdallas.edu (Qiu, Fang) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:12:23 -0500 Subject: [SAM] Second Call for Input to the SAM Newsletter! Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA2109.5DB2C231 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Apology for cross posting =20 Dear Spatial Analysts and Modelers, I hope that you all have a great summer. It is time again for us to compile a new issue of the SAM Specialty Group newsletter. We are soliciting your contribution and input to the group newsletter. The summer issue will be published by the end of August 2009.=20 The deadline for submissions is August 22, 2009 (Extended). =20 The newsletter reaches about eight hundred readers and is therefore an excellent venue for getting the word out on community news, departmental happenings, research findings, media appearances, book publications, and the like. We also invite you to submit commentaries or features of broad interest to specialty group members. The newsletter is a good place to post calls for papers, proposals, awards, grants, fellowships, and jobs. You can also make early announcements of special sessions or other activities for next year's AAG meeting in Washington. =20 The newsletter relies on you to submit news, so please take a moment to send along relevant items. Please send your submission by email to Fang Qiu (ffqiu@utdallas.edu) in text or rich text format. Photos or other images, with captions, are also welcome (GIF, JPG, or PNG). Thank you, The SAM Specialty Group =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CA2109.5DB2C231 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Dear Spatial Analysts and Modelers,

I hope that you all have a great summer. It is time again for us to = compile a new issue of the SAM Specialty Group = newsletter. We are soliciting your contribution and input to the group newsletter. = The summer issue will be published by the end of August 2009.

The deadline for submissions is August 22, 2009 (Extended).

The newsletter reaches about eight hundred readers and is therefore an excellent venue for getting the word out on community news, departmental happenings, research findings, media appearances, book publications, and = the like. We also invite you to submit commentaries or features of broad = interest to specialty group members. The newsletter is a good place to post calls = for papers, proposals, awards, grants, fellowships, and jobs. You can also = make early announcements of special sessions or other activities for next = year’s AAG meeting in Washington.

The newsletter relies on you to submit news, so = please take a moment to send along relevant items.

Please send your submission by email to Fang Qiu (ffqiu@utdallas.edu) in = text or rich text format. Photos or other images, with captions, are also = welcome (GIF, JPG, or PNG).

Thank you,

The SAM Specialty Group

------_=_NextPart_001_01CA2109.5DB2C231-- From kwan.8@osu.edu Tue Aug 25 16:27:25 2009 From: kwan.8@osu.edu (Mei-Po Kwan) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:27:25 -0400 Subject: [SAM] Position of Senior Research Associate at OSU Message-ID: <200908251527.n7PFRK4i016877@defang9.it.ohio-state.edu> The Criminal Justice Research Center at Ohio State University announces an opening for a Senior Research Associate with substantive interests in neighborhood effects and problem behaviors (e.g., adolescent drug use, delinquency, and other risk behaviors). The Research Associate will work on a National Institutes of Health funded project examining neighborhood and activity space effects on health and risk behaviors as part of an interdisciplinary team including sociologists, geographers, and statisticians. The Research Associate will be responsible for daily management and supervision of graduate research associates and will have an integral role in the conceptualization and organization of data analysis, formulation and preparation of papers for publication, report writing, and overall data management and documentation. Eligibility: Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant social science or related discipline, experience using advanced statistical methods and working with large-scale survey data, and excellent writing skills. Experience with the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey or Geographic Information Systems software and spatial analysis are desirable. Appointment: The start date is as soon as can be arranged. The appointment is for two years. Salary will depend on the experience/credentials of the appointee. Application Process: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt until the position is filled. Applications should include: (1) a cover letter describing expertise related to the position; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) relevant manuscripts (up to three); and (4) names and addresses of three references that can be asked to write on behalf of the applicant. These application materials should be sent to: Dr. Ruth Peterson, Director Criminal Justice Research Center The Ohio State University 231 Journalism Building 242 W. 18th Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210 Peterson.5@sociology.osu.edu Inquiries may also be sent to Co-Principal Investigators Christopher Browning (Sociology), Catherine Calder (Statistics), Lauren Krivo (Sociology), and Mei-Po Kwan (Geography). "To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. Ohio State is an EEO/AA Employer." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mei-Po Kwan Belle van Zuylen Chair Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Martha L. Corry Faculty Fellow Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, USA Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, USA Editor, Annals of the Association of American Geographers Associate Editor, Geographical Analysis http://www.geography.osu.edu/faculty/mkwan/WebCV/KwanWebCV.html