Graduate Research Assistant- Literatures & Cultural Studies
Full Time
Edinburg, TX
Posted
Job description
Location
Edinburg, Texas
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department
College of Liberal Arts / Literatures and Cultural Studies
Division
Provost - Academic Affairs
FTE
.250
Scope of Job
Assisting with research for a multivolume collection of nineteenth-century British primary sources about Latin America: checking and correcting formatting and documentation style, looking up and obtaining articles from databases, downloading and editing pdfs, potentially researching sources to double-check historical information.
Discipline Specific Required Qualifications
Meticulous eye for detail and organization, experience with citing sources, familiarity with UTRGV library website search and databases such as British Periodicals; Microsoft Word; Adobe Acrobat. Will also be required to use GoogleBooks.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be admitted to a graduate degree program
- Must be in good academic standing
- Be registered full-time for the respective semester—nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session—or be performing supervised research with a UTRGV faculty member (Summer only) – or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements of the degree plan.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience reading, researching and using primary sources, especially before the twentieth century. Also, Spanish reading fluency and ability to translate would be helpful.
Salary
Number of Vacancies
1
Desired Start Date
09/01/2023
Posting Detail Information
EEO Statement
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.
Open Date
05/09/2023
Special Instructions to Applicants
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Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.
Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:
Date of Birth
Social Security Number
Gender
Ethnicity/Race
Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.
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