African Dissertation Workshop on Population & Health, May '96

Thousands of doctoral students with African interests are currently studying in universities across the United States and Canada. A significant number of them -- working on a variety of African development related subjects for their dissertations -- need to attune their skills to the social, economic and political realities in Africa under hard deadlines. The Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania and the Johns Hopkins University International Health Program -- with the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation -- are jointly organizing a training workshop to address the challenges of dissertation writing on Africa. The workshop will be held in May 1996. The closing date for receipt of applications is April 30, 1996.

Objective:

To help doctoral students design conceptually cogent and methodologically rigorous research projects that relate to Africa.

Distance Education Workshop Format:

The training workshop will employ videos and the internet (world wide web, e-mail, usenet, listservs, etc) Therefore, access to video machines and the internet, are required for participation in this workshop. The training workshop will be conducted entirely by "distance learning" and has the following characteristics.

Enhancement of research skills: the workshop will help the participants achieve the following:

1.Identify compelling research questions in developing country settings.

2.Formulate research hypothesis that are likely to illuminate and contribute to the literature.

3.Develop rigorous, systematic methodological frameworks from both an empirical and an analytical prospective.

4.Organize research proposals to reflect the cogency of selected issues, their priority and, perhaps, urgency.

Use of Internet: direct connection to the internet and ablity to run graphically-enhanced web browser, e-mail and other services will be used in addition to a series of instructional video tapes and a number of teleconferences.

1.Participants will receive all training material -- free of charge -- upon acceptance into the program.

2. Selected Fellows will also receive a directory of all involved faculty members summarizing their specific fields of expertise. This will allow both students and program staff to interact in ways that encourage future professional collaboration and research networking.

Funding: a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation will cover the expenses incurred by selected students for participating in the program.

Application Procedure: prospective participants should submit a brief description of their area of research interest, a copy of a current unofficial transcript, a letter of recommendation from a faculty who knows their work. All application material should be sent -- by April 30, 1996 -- to:

Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar

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