Job Opportunity for Summer 2012--May 24 Deadline

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Summer Graduate Research Assistant

(This is an unclassified – student hourly help position)

The Department of Africology is seeking an individual grounded in the field of Africology with research experience and working knowledge of 20^th C. African American history to document the history of the Program for Black Studies (now Department of Africology) at UWM from the mid-1960s to the present.

SUPERVISING FACULTY: Professor D. McClure & Professor J. Kirk

SALARY: Commensurate with graduate level and experience (This is an unclassified, student hourly help position)

APPOINTMENT PERIOD: June 1 2012 to August 31, 2012

PERCENT OF TIME: Approximately 10-15 hours per week

JOB SUMMARY: The research assistant will review sources, conduct a literature review and collect documents related to the institutionalization of Africology (Black Studies) nationwide. With the assistance of supervisors, he/she will identify relevant persons, schedule and conduct interviews.  Interviewees will include former students, faculty members, administrators and community activists.  The study will compile relevant documents, a literature review, an annotated bibliography and oral histories of those involved in the development of the Program of Black Studies (now Department of Africology) at UWM.

OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS: Must be a graduate student with at BA or MA, or relevant experience in History, Africology (Black Studies) or related discipline. Preferred: Interviewing skills, research experience, multimedia -expertise – i.e. knowledge of video, audio, editing and/or transcription.

Interested applicants should email a letter of interest (addressing grounding in Africology, African American history and/or related area) and c.v. to Eve Hubbart at hubbart@uwm.edu by Thursday, May 24, 2012.