Dayton, OH

Position Title: Graduate Fellows

Organization: Hanley Sustainability Institute at the University of Dayton

Location: Dayton, OH

Organization Overview: Established in 2014 by a transformational gift from George and Amanda Hanley. The Hanley Sustainability Institute’s (HSI) shared vision builds on decades of environmental and sustainability education, research, and community outreach. HSI positions UD students, staff and faculty as leaders in the emerging and transdisciplinary field of sustainability. Through deepening existing partnerships and developing many new partnerships on and off campus, HSI is working with the University and Dayton community to make progress toward our goal of a more sustainable campus and community and becoming a leader in sustainability education and research. HSI’s 2021 strategic plan describes that work as connecting to four emphasis areas.

Position Overview: The Hanley Sustainability Institute coordinates a graduate fellowship program to encourage and support faculty scholarship in sustainability and to attract high-quality students with sustainability interests to UD.

In the Fall of each year, faculty submit proposals for projects that would benefit from graduate student research assistance. The institute prioritizes projects that advance our wider mission, for instance by partnering with conservation organizations and other community partners, or by collaborating with staff on campus to support more sustainable operations at the university.

In the Spring of each year, students apply to work on the selected research projects and support HSI’s wider sustainability programming. Fellows receive a competitive stipend, tuition, travel support and additional benefits.

Fellowships are awarded on a one-year basis but can be renewed for one additional year provided that the student is succeeding across their various responsibilities.

The Hanley Sustainability Institute at the University of Dayton is looking to recruit nine graduate fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Fellows typically provide research assistance on interdisciplinary sustainability projects for two years on either 9-month ($18,500) or 12-month ($24,655) contracts, and also receive tuition assistance, travel support, and other benefits. This cycle’s projects are in communications, ecology, environmental geosciences, geography, renewable and clean energy, public administration, and supply chain management:

• Benchmarking Sustainable Procurement for Higher Education: Procurement for the Common Good
• Experimental Validation of Temperature and Performance of Optimized Photovoltaic Tilt Angles
• Exploring the Environmental Justice Implications by Assessing Flood Vulnerability in Southwestern Ohio
• Green Energy, Wild Neighbors: Mammal Responses to Solar Energy Developments
• Groundwater discharge dynamics regulated by the hydrostratigraphic architecture of lithium-rich brine aquifers
• Justice in the Gem City: Communicating environmental messages in Dayton
• Monitoring the Effects of Land Development on Stream Dynamics Across the Greater Dayton Area
• Species resilience in the Dayton metropolitan area: investigating how a once widespread amphibian has endured with rapid urbanization
• Zoning for Sustainability: Advancing Sustainability of the FEW (Food-Energy-Water) Nexus

Salary/Pay: 9-month ($18,500) or 12-month ($24,655) contracts

Application Deadline: January 31, 2024

How to Apply: Please use the online application to view the full job description as well as how to apply.