Apply through umjobs.org. Job ID: 262036

Please upload the following documents as one PDF document with your application: (1) a cover letter, and (2) CV (including names of two faculty references).

The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experiences that directly relate to this position. If you have held a GSI position at U-M, as part of your cover letter please provide the course title, number, term, and faculty instructor for each course taught. Please also attach E&E summary sheets for the U-M courses where you have been a GSI. Questions can be directed to Kari Conley, kalybeal@umich.edu. Applicants may request status of his or her application at any time.

Appointment period:  Fall Term, 2025

Course name:  Introduction to International Studies (INTLSTD 101/GEOG 145)

Lecture meets M/W 10:00-11:00 AM. See the LSA course guide schedule for details.

This is the introductory core course for the International Studies concentration at the University of Michigan. The course explores some of the many ways that people, ideas, capital, and technology flow across political and cultural borders, and the consequences of those flows. Designed for freshmen and sophomores, but open to any undergraduate, the course is intended to stimulate interest in further course work in International Studies. The course also meets the geography requirement for students in the School of Education.

The modules in this course are designed to introduce you to the broad and ever-growing topic of globalization. At its core, globalization refers to increasing connectedness and interaction and border-crossing between individuals, organizations, and governments across national boundaries. The goal of course is to learn to identify who has precisely what at stake in a globalizing world. Who benefits from what particular definitions or projects of globalization? And who loses from the same? We will consider viewpoints from the following set of lenses: political economy, politics, culture, global governance and civic society, social inequalities and human development, and the environment. As a result of this course, students will have a broader perspective on an increasingly complex world and new conceptual tools for analyzing events of international scope and importance.

The four GSIs selected for this course will have the following responsibilities:

• Leading three discussion sections
• Course logistics, including maintenance of the course web site (Canvas);
• Test preparation;
• Grading, including written assignments and exams;
• Attending lectures;
• Student advising, with regular office hours, especially before and after assignments and exams

FTE:  Four (4) positions at 0.50 FTE (GSI leads three discussion sections) 

Graduate students in any social science or humanities discipline or professional school are invited to apply. 

• Familiarity with course content pertaining to globalization, international relations, human rights and human development preferred. 
• LSA student enrolled in a graduate program

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.

Questions can be directed to Kari Conley, kalybeal@umich.edu. Applicants may request status of his or her application at any time.

Final applicant selection will be made by the faculty member.

We will choose applicants with the strongest and most relevant teaching experience, work experience, and academic training.  

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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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