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Department of Women's Studies
Teaching Assistant
Position
The Department of
Women's Studies
Fall Semester, 50% Teaching
Assistant (possible spring appointment depending on available funding)
Women's
Studies offers
a single fall-semester, 50% time (20 hours per week), teaching assistant
position (Introduction to Women's
Studies) beginning August 20, 2008 and running
until December 19, 2008. Possibly renewable for spring semester.
The TA will be responsible for assisting in these duties as well as others as needed:
- Attend 1 faculty-led weekly lecture and lead 2 small group discussion sections per week within guidelines provided by faculty
- meet with faculty supervisor for course planning and discussion
- assist faculty supervisor in selection and preparation of course materials and exams
- grade students’ written and oral work
Must be enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Iowa. Preference to applicants with:
- training or experience in women's or gender studies
- interdisciplinary teaching experience
To apply for the position please email your cover letter and resume to women-studies@uiowa.edu attention Laura Kastens.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.
The terms and
conditions of employment, including but not limited to wages and
benefits, in this position are governed by a collective bargaining
agreement between the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, and UE Local
896/COGS, the union representing graduate teaching and research
assistants at the University of Iowa. Copies of this collective
bargaining agreement are available from the Union and may be viewed
either from the University web site:
http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/relations/Cogs/cogs.pdf
or from the Union web site:
http://www.cogs.org