FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT: $4,000
The funding will be administered as a stipend. Applicant should be aware that receipt of a fellowship may affect financial aid packages. If you have a question about impact on financial aid, please discuss with your financial aid officer.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 5pm Pacific Time
Applicant must be a graduate student at UC Berkeley. To apply, submit the following items as a single pdf to rzfanshel@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Equity and Inclusion Policy Fellow.”
- Cover letter stating your reasons for application to this fellowship and a summary of most relevant experiences, skills, and/or education.
- Resume (limit 2 pages).
- Contact information for 2 references. One should be a professor or major advisor.
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP:
Since 2015, the Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley project has brought together active collaborators from across campus to help bridge the gaps between food and justice for our on-campus community. Toward this end, we are creating a dynamic “Foodscape Map” that aims to both reveal barriers to the full participation of historically marginalized members of the UC Berkeley community in food-related learning and practice, and highlight opportunities and successes in overcoming such obstacles. See the map in progress here: https://food.berkeley.edu/foodscape/map/
After two years of data collection, we now aim to create a set of policy recommendations based on map findings, and share this platform with campus leadership. The role of the Policy Fellow will be to analyze the findings, draft concise policy recommendations, disseminate recommendations to campus leadership, and organize a public town hall.
The fellow reports to Rosalie Z. Fanshel, Program Manager at the Berkeley Food Institute (BFI). Alastair Iles, BFI Founding Faculty Co-director, and Nina F. Ichikawa, BFI Policy Director, will also provide input on the fellow’s work.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy Platform Development
- Working closely with project leadership, analyze Foodscape Map background data and findings and develop a set of policy recommendations based on findings.
- Draft a policy brief aimed a multiple levels of campus leadership, ranging from student government to college deans to Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, to Berkeley’s Chancellor.
Dissemination
- Schedule and attend (together with project leadership) at least 6 meetings with different campus leaders to share policy recommendations.
- Take lead in organizing an April 2018 town hall for public discussion of policy recommendations. Town hall speakers will include students who have worked on mapping data, project leadership, and others TBD.
Implementation
- Develop strategies and guide implementation of recommendations to the extent possible.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate student at UC Berkeley
- Experience with equity, inclusion, diversity, anti-oppression and anti-racism theory and applications to education programs and policies (either higher education, K-12, adult learning, or other).
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to interpersonal communications across diverse groups.
- At least one year of experience in researching and/or organizing complex information and working on interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving; experience with data analysis.
- Experience in policy analysis; experience with writing policy briefs preferred but not required.
- At least one year of work experience and/or public service related to food and/or agriculture, with specific familiarity with structural analysis of food systems and structural barriers to inclusion.
- Experience with facilitation and relationship-building among diverse people and programs.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a group setting; ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated creativity, innovation, and commitment.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT: $4,000
The funding will be administered as a stipend. Applicant should be aware that receipt of a fellowship may affect financial aid packages. If you have a question about impact on financial aid, please discuss with your financial aid officer.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 5pm Pacific Time
Applicant must be a graduate student at UC Berkeley. To apply, submit the following items as a single pdf to rzfanshel@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Equity and Inclusion Policy Fellow.”
- Cover letter stating your reasons for application to this fellowship and a summary of most relevant experiences, skills, and/or education.
- Resume (limit 2 pages).
- Contact information for 2 references. One should be a professor or major advisor.
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP:
Since 2015, the Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley project has brought together active collaborators from across campus to help bridge the gaps between food and justice for our on-campus community. Toward this end, we are creating a dynamic “Foodscape Map” that aims to both reveal barriers to the full participation of historically marginalized members of the UC Berkeley community in food-related learning and practice, and highlight opportunities and successes in overcoming such obstacles. See the map in progress here: https://food.berkeley.edu/foodscape/map/
After two years of data collection, we now aim to create a set of policy recommendations based on map findings, and share this platform with campus leadership. The role of the Policy Fellow will be to analyze the findings, draft concise policy recommendations, disseminate recommendations to campus leadership, and organize a public town hall.
The fellow reports to Rosalie Z. Fanshel, Program Manager at the Berkeley Food Institute (BFI). Alastair Iles, BFI Founding Faculty Co-director, and Nina F. Ichikawa, BFI Policy Director, will also provide input on the fellow’s work.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Policy Platform Development
- Working closely with project leadership, analyze Foodscape Map background data and findings and develop a set of policy recommendations based on findings.
- Draft a policy brief aimed a multiple levels of campus leadership, ranging from student government to college deans to Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, to Berkeley’s Chancellor.
Dissemination
- Schedule and attend (together with project leadership) at least 6 meetings with different campus leaders to share policy recommendations.
- Take lead in organizing an April 2018 town hall for public discussion of policy recommendations. Town hall speakers will include students who have worked on mapping data, project leadership, and others TBD.
Implementation
- Develop strategies and guide implementation of recommendations to the extent possible.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate student at UC Berkeley
- Experience with equity, inclusion, diversity, anti-oppression and anti-racism theory and applications to education programs and policies (either higher education, K-12, adult learning, or other).
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to interpersonal communications across diverse groups.
- At least one year of experience in researching and/or organizing complex information and working on interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving; experience with data analysis.
- Experience in policy analysis; experience with writing policy briefs preferred but not required.
- At least one year of work experience and/or public service related to food and/or agriculture, with specific familiarity with structural analysis of food systems and structural barriers to inclusion.
- Experience with facilitation and relationship-building among diverse people and programs.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a group setting; ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Demonstrated creativity, innovation, and commitment.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
