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Teaching Assistant AY 17-18 (Anticipated) - School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (includes Summer 2017)

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Position description

The University of California, Merced is a dynamic new university campus in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university in the 21st century. In keeping with the mission of the University to provide teaching, research and public service of the highest quality, UC Merced offers research-centered and student-oriented educational opportunities at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels through three academic schools: Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences/Humanities/Arts.

The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts anticipates hiring Teaching Assistants for lower- and upper-division courses for Academic Year 2017-2018, including Summer Session 2017, in the following disciplines:
Cognitive Science, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Public Health, Philosophy, Anthropology, Arts, Global Arts Studies Program, History, English, and Spanish. The Teaching Assistant will be responsible for grading, attending lectures, leading discussion sections when appropriate and holding office hours.

The University of California Teaching Assistants are represented by the UAW-AFL-CIO.

Qualifications (must meet all listed qualifications):
-Bachelor's degree in the subject area or a related field
-Maintenance of a qualifying grade point average
-Academically eligible to hold the appointment (per UC Merced's Graduate Advisor Handbook)
-Must be a registered UC Merced graduate student in full-time residence (registered for 12 units per term appointed; for summer appointment registered in 12 units in previous term; incoming students for summer appointment have submitted the Statement of Intent to Register).

Salary is based on an annual full-time salary of $40,102.00. TAs will not be appointed for more than 50% time during the Fall & Spring semesters.

Recruitment will remain open until filled.

The University of California, Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.

Interested applicants are required to submit a curriculum vitae.

Please do not submit individual letters of recommendation.

Applications must be submitted via this website.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Job location

Merced, CA