How to Apply
Applicants MUST combine all required application materials into a single PDF document that they submit/upload in the Resume section of the application. Documents not submitted in the Resume section will not be reviewed. If your PDF file is larger than can be uploaded, please compress it and/or additionally email it to [email protected].
Job Summary
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods is hiring temporary teaching assistants to support instructors for courses in its 2026 General Sessions. The General Sessions are a comprehensive methods training program with a broad curriculum ranging from introductory to advanced courses in a variety of statistical and other quantitative methods and social research techniques. All 2026 General Session courses will be offered in a dual-mode/hybrid format, with both in-person and online participants. Each of the two General Sessions are attended by a diverse, multidisciplinary, and international body of participants including hundreds of students, faculty, and practitioners. More information about the General Sessions is available here: https://myumi.ch/EkJbp
As a perk of the job, teaching assistants will also be able to enroll in up to three General Session methods Courses, intended for asynchronous review after the General Session and their job responsibilities have ended.
We are currently unable to consider candidates who are not authorized to work in the United States. Additionally, we are not offering visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have appropriate work authorization at the time of application.
Responsibilities*
Teaching assistants will be assigned to assist with one or two Methods Course(s) and possibly one math/computing Lecture per General Session. A list of eligible Courses and Lectures, dates, and class descriptions are available here: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/general-sessions-class-list
Teaching assistants will be expected to work 40 hours per week while their class is in session. All teaching assistants will be expected to work in-person in Ann Arbor, Michigan and will need to have their own laptop computer. No remote positions are available.
Responsibilities will include one or more of the following:
- Assist course instructors with preparation and presentation of class materials and lectures
- Meet with course instructors
- Attend daily lectures and answer participant questions
- Hold office hours for participants
- Hold lab sessions and supplemental learning sessions
- Evaluate work and grade assignments
- Provide additional teaching support
Required Qualifications*
- Current enrollment in a Ph.D. program, or equivalent academic status or background
- Master's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with quantitative research skills in the social sciences or closely related field
- Experience with statistical computing software
- Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, in the English language
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Past experience, within the last 2 years, as a teaching assistant in a statistics or relevant methodology course at the college level, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and command of specific topics that would be required for the relevant courses, such as probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, tests of significance and inference; contingency tables, Chi-square, and ANOVA; multiple regression and extensions, including interactions, time-series or panel-data analysis; maximum likelihood; causal inference; Nash, subgame-perfect, and perfect-Bayesian equilibrium; computational modeling.
Desired Qualifications*
- Past teaching experience with a graduate-level statistics/methodology course
- Experience teaching statistics/methodology in a multicultural environment
- Past successful experience with the ICPSR Summer Program
- Knowledge and experience with R, Zoom, and other technology used in modern methods instruction
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.
Additional Information
Applicants MUST combine all required application materials into a single PDF document that they submit/upload in the Resume section of the application. Documents not submitted in the Resume section will not be reviewed. If your PDF file is larger than can be uploaded, please compress it and/or additionally email it to [email protected].
Required application materials:
- A one or two-page cover letter addressing the following:
- Your specific interest in this position
- Your training, skills, and experience that directly relate to your qualifications for this position
- The General Session(s) and methods Course(s) and/or math and computing Lecture(s) for which you are interested in serving as a teaching assistant
- Past ICPSR Summer Program experience as a participant or teaching assistant (if applicable)
- Current curriculum vitae
- Two brief recommendation letters from faculty, preferably at least one from a faculty member with whom you've taught. Your letter writers can also submit their letters confidentially and directly to the Summer Program at [email protected]
- Teaching evaluations or other evidence or teaching effectiveness
- Course transcripts
The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan seeks to create a community of respect and authentic collaboration by recruiting and retaining individuals that represent a variety of voices as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
Background Screening
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Application Deadline
Institute for Social Research job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.