How to Apply

This is a limited availability position.

Please submit a single file attachment (PDF) with the following materials:

• Cover letter addressing your interest in this position and your skills and experiences that directly relate to the responsibilities and qualifications described above.
• Current resume or CV, including your teaching history.
• Teaching evaluations: Applicants who have held a GSI or other teaching appointment at U-M or other institutions should attach instructor evaluations from courses previously taught.
• The name and contact information of at least one reference who can comment on your qualifications for this position, including classroom performance and your ability to cultivate an inclusive learning community.

Course Description

In this writing-intensive course, performances in music, theater, film, dance, and related arts will offer us not just entertainment but also provocations to feeling and thought. We will respond to those provocations by shaping thought and feeling into carefully crafted writing that communicates our thoughts to others. We will attend a series of events presented by local performing arts organizations. We will think about differences between mediated and ?live? performances and attend to practices of attentive listening, looking, and participation as audience members. Details about featured performances will be announced in August.

Class Schedule
141-001                  Tuesday  lectures 1-3pm (GSI attendance required)
                                                 
Discussion Section    
141- 008                 Wednesday & Friday    11am-12pm

Responsibilities*

Attend required performances (usually weekend evenings); lead one discussion section (meeting from 11am-12pm each Wednesday and Friday); attend Tuesday lectures (1-3 PM), hold weekly office hours for individual consultation with students; evaluate student writing; meet once a week with professor and GSI team for course planning (time to be arranged). Attend GSI training, scheduled for Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Required Qualifications*

• To be appointed as a GSI or GSSA, a graduate student must be in good standing in their degree program and be registered for at least six (6) credit hours for the fall term. With written approval of the student's faculty advisor, five (5) credit hours may be acceptable.

Desired Qualifications*

• Experience with first-year writing instruction and requirements
• General interest in performance
• LSA student enrolled in a graduate program

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Contact Information

For additional information, please contact the Comparative Literature office by email [email protected].

Decision Making Process

All applications will be forwarded to the Comparative Literature Department Chair and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for final selection and approval. Once final candidate(s) are selected, offer letter(s) will be authorized. We hope to extend offer(s) by 07/15/2025. You may request the status of your application by contacting Julie Burnett at [email protected].  For Fall 2024 term GSI appointments for this course, we received 26 applications for 1 position.

Selection Process

1) Enrollment demand, 2) Faculty preference, 3) Relevant experience, 4) External applicants only if unfilled by Comparative Literature GSI.

GEO Contract Information

The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, familial status, parental status or pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression (whether actual or perceived), sexual orientation, age, height, weight, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, HIV antibody status, political belief, membership in any social or political organization, participation in a grievance or complaint whether formal or informal, medical conditions including those related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, arrest record, or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified. The University of Michigan agrees to abide by the protections afforded employees with disabilities as outlined in the rules and regulations which implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions. In the event that an employee does not receive their preferred assignment, they can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agents(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.

This position, as posted, is subject to a collective bargaining agreement between the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Graduate Employees' Organization, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO 3550.

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The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.