POSITION: Teaching Fellow 1 (pay code GSU003)

Course Listing: WOMGEN 98S

Course Title: Junior Tutorial

   Course Instructor: Durba Mitra

Course Schedule: SPRING 2025, Mondays, 9:00-11:45am

Course description:

In Junior Tutorial, students develop key research and writing skills necessary to write a junior research paper. We will read a range of texts that engage diverse methods in the fields of women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Together, we will learn about methods and questions that form feminist engagements with archival research, literary and cultural studies, ethnography, quantitative and survey-based social science, and the sciences. Students will learn and engage with key methods across the humanities and social sciences through readings and engage practice in the classroom. Students will meet in small groups with their designated tutor who will guide them through research and writing on the particular topic of their interest. Over the course the semester, students will develop a research project in a focused area based in a clear and concise research question. Students will develop research projects, produce an annotated bibliography with primary and secondary sources, and will produce a final polished research paper by the end of the semester. This course is required of all Honors concentrators in WGS in their junior year. In addition to satisfying the WGS Secondary Field teaching requirement, working as a tutor provides experienced graduate students an ‏opportunity to gain teaching and course design experience and familiarity with a range of interdisciplinary research methods.

REQUIRED DUTIES: To be determined & discussed with Professor Mitra

            Work Schedule: Exact hours to be determined with Supervisor

PREFERRED SKILLS: Experience with research methods, research writing and citing sources; familiarity with feminism and teaching controversial topics, including gender/sexuality and race/ethnicity
TO APPLY: please send your CV and teaching evaluations (if available) to wgs@fas.harvard.edu.

            APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open until filled

            Start Date: January 2025 (Exact date to be confirmed)

            End Date: May 2025 (Exact date to be confirmed)

            Work location: Cambridge Campus

Pay Rate: In line with HGSU-UAW contract (Junior Rate $5,860)  & (Senior Rate $6,575)

            Pay Frequency: Bi-weekly

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT: Harvard University prohibits discrimination in the employment or treatment of qualified individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is covered by THE HGSU-UAW collective bargaining agreement if filled by a Harvard student.