Opportunities
Work Opportunities:
Research Associate, Institute of Women's Policy Research
The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity.
Director of Reproductive Health and Rights, National Partnership for Women & Families
The Director of Reproductive Health and Rights manages the National Partnership’s policy and programmatic work on reproductive health, rights, and justice to advance a healthcare system that works for women and their families and achieves gender and racial health equity.
Senior Director of Maternal Health, National Partnership for Women & Families
The Senior Director of Maternal Health manages the National Partnership’s policy and programmatic work on maternal health to advance a healthcare system that works for women and their families and achieves gender and racial health equity.
Fellowship Opportunities:
Reproductive Health Workforce Doctoral Fellowship, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
The Reproductive Health Workforce fellowship will be awarded to one current doctoral student currently working on their dissertation. The reproductive health workforce can be the primary focus or part of a single aim of the dissertation topic. One $7,000 stipend will be available to support dissertation research or dissemination and the fellow will be matched with a senior mentor at the Institute.
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Research Opportunities:
At UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, Professor Anu Manchikanti Gómez and Ariana Bennett are conducting a study on people’s decisions and experiences with contraception, including IUDs and implants. They are currently inviting individuals to complete a short 5-minute screening survey to see if they may be eligible for the main study. Eligible participants may be contacted for an interview, which comes with a $75 gift card.
Stony Brook University is looking for volunteers for a research study assessing patient experiences and perspectives regarding permanent contraception. Participants who are over the age of 18, can read and write in English, live in the U.S, and have had a contraceptive counseling appointment with a healthcare provider, will be offered compensation for completing this 15 minute questionnaire.
Publication Opportunities:
Addressing Critical Gaps in HIV Prevention and Care Through Interventions and Approaches Developed by Underrepresented, New Investigators, Critical Public Health
This special issue seeks submissions from underrepresented investigators advancing innovative HIV prevention and care strategies for marginalized populations disproportionately impacted by the epidemic.
Deadline: November 30, 2025
Presentation Opportunities:
Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint, hosted by the Eastern Sociological Society | Washington, D.C., March 5-8, 2026
ESS committees (including the Committee on Gender Equity) are accepting panel submissions and paper abstracts for 11 mini-conferences to be held at their annual meeting in March. Mini-conference topics include: the Sociology of Reproduction, Decolonial Sociology in Times of Resistance, Transforming and Repairing Health Professions Education,
Black Placemaking and Worldmaking: Space, Power, and Possibility, and more!
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Call for Nominations:
Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship, American Sociological Assoc.
This award recognizes an early career sociologist for outstanding community-engaged scholarship conducted through partnership with community-based organizations or community members for the purpose of advancing knowledge that supports efforts at community development and/or social justice broadly defined. Reach out to Greg Squires (squires@gwu.edu) with any questions.
Deadline: January 1, 2026
