Campus Violence Prevention Project
Women’s and Gender Studies
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Violence Prevention and Intervention Curriculum Institute
2010 Call for Proposals
The Campus Violence Prevention Project in collaboration with Women’s and Gender Studies and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciencesannounces the availability of funding for $1,000 awards to tenured and probationary faculty to participate in a Violence Prevention and Intervention Curriculum Institute held in conjunction with the Dalai Lama May, 2010 visit. The purpose of the institute is to provide probationary and tenured faculty from across the UNI campus with a faculty development opportunity to learn techniques and develop course materials supporting the infusion of violence prevention and intervention units into existing courses. The institute will also serve to create a network of faculty who are interested in violence prevention and intervention to support the launch of UNI’s Center for Violence Prevention and Intervention in January 2011. Included in the institute will be a workshop on educating students to be leaders in violence prevention facilitated by Jackson Katz (founder and developer of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Project) and Alan Heisterkamp (Waitt Foundation for Violence Prevention). The institute will be led by Annette Lynch (Professor and Director of Campus Violence Prevention Project) and Phyllis Baker (Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies).
Criteria for Application
-Must be tenured or tenure-track UNI faculty
-Provide a proposal of no more than 2 pages outlining your proposal for violence intervention and prevention course material
-Be willing to make a presentation of newly developed materials to the institute
-Must be willing to commit to full attendance, May 19-22, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
-Provide an up-to-date abbreviated CV of no more than 2 pages
-Deadline for applications is Friday, February 19 at noon.
Selection Process
The process of selection will be competitive and be done by a committee to include the directors of the institute, the CSBS dean, and a representative of the Provost’s Office.
Application Cover Page
Violence Prevention and Intervention Curriculum Institute
May 19-22, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Application Deadline: February 19, 2010, noon
All applications must be typed
Applicant Name______
Department______
PROJECT TITLE:
PROJECT ABSTRACT:
Signature of Applicant:______Date:______
Signature of Department Head: ______Date:______
-Attach a proposal of no more than 2 pages outlining your proposal for violence intervention and prevention course materials
-Attach an up-to-date CV of no more than 2 pages and that includes relevant violence prevention and intervention projects and manuscripts
-Send two copies of the completed application materials to the CSBS Dean’s Office by noon on February 19, 2010.
The Violence Prevention and Intervention Curriculum Institute is in part sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. This institute is also partially supported by Grant No. 2007-WA-AX-0015 awarded to the University of Northern Iowa by the Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions and findings presented at this conference are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the US Department of Justice. It is also supported in part by the UNI Provost’s Office and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.