Preceptorship at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, which coordinates the major/minor in African and African American Studies and the new major in Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, invites applicants for a two-quarter preceptorship position in the Winter and Spring of 2010. The preceptor will work closely with about 6 to 8 fourth-year students enrolled in the Center’s majors. The preceptor will be responsible for guiding students in preparation of a Bachelor’s Thesis. In addition, preceptors will assist undergraduates earlier in their program, providing thesis advice and program support.


Qualifications

• Interest in and ability to advise in an interdisciplinary program devoted to the comparative study of race and ethnicity
• Excellent writing and editorial skills
• Teaching experience and a wide acquaintance with the University of Chicago
• Advanced graduate student in Humanities or Social Sciences
  

Primary Responsibilities

• Reading, editing and supervising the writing of students’ B.A. essays
• Leading a two-quarter sequence of courses helping students to find research materials and guiding them in academic writing skills
• Holding weekly office hours
  

Salary
Current salary is $5000 for two quarters.

Application Process
Submit a resume, cover letter discussing your interest in and qualifications for the position, one letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor, and copies of teaching evaluations if the applicant has teaching experience and/or the name of the faculty member with whom the applicant has teaching assistantship experience. Send the materials by November 16, 2009 to: Nancy de la Rosa, Student Affairs Administrator, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, 5733 South University Ave, Chicago, Ill. 60637 or electronically at nancyd@uchicago.edu. For more information on the post, please feel free to contact Ms. De la Rosa at 773-834-8732.