How to Apply
Please upload ONE document, as a PDF, that includes: (1) a 1-page cover letter describing how this role aligns with your career development goals and highlighting any experience that makes you a good fit for this role, and (2) your CV/resume, with focus on past teaching experience and your performance in any writing-intensive courses.
Responsibilities*
This course meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement for undergraduate scholars at U-M. As such, this course engages students in multiple writing assignments through which students will build toward a well-reasoned and substantive policy proposal. The course GSI will play a pivotal role in supporting the student writing process, including the assessment of student writing quality in line with each assignment's rubric and provision of qualitative, constructive feedback at regular intervals throughout the semester. The GSI will work in partnership with the course instructor to help facilitate a dynamic course experience in which students receive timely feedback, in writing and verbally, to advance their proposal and improve their writing and communication skills globally. The GSI will be expected to hold office hours weekly, virtually or in-person, to support student success, and to meet with the instructor at least biweekly to coordinate on course grading timelines and review upcoming assignments and rubrics.
***All first time GSIs (those who have not previously taught at the University of Michigan) will be required to attend CRLT's Teaching Orientation as a term of their employment. ***
***First-time GSIs in ULWR courses must also enroll in the Sweetland Center for Writing's WRITING 993: Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, a one credit seminar, for fall. ***
The GSI for this course is expected to be on campus and available to work no later than Monday, August 24, 2026, the first day of classes.
Required Qualifications*
Applicant must be currently enrolled as a graduate student in good standing at the University of Michigan. Ability to effectively teach and evaluate undergraduate students.
Desired Qualifications*
The successful applicant will have ideally taken this course as an undergraduate and/or engaged in substantively similar coursework such that they would have some level of topical knowledge related to the course's main topic. Top candidates will also possess a clear commitment to fostering inclusivity in the classroom, including ideas for how to make the course content and activities accessible and engaging, and will have had previous GSI experience with favorable student evaluations.
Course Description
Some see addressing food insecurity as a moral imperative, with food representing a fundamental and basic need. Others see it as a strategic investment; food insecurity has notable links with the health and educational outcomes of children and adolescents (with implications for population well-being, global competitiveness, and military readiness), with the health of childbearing women (with intergenerational health consequences), and with costly chronic disease outcomes among middle age and older adults (with implications for healthcare costs). Yet others view food access as a personal responsibility and are cautious to support federal food security investment, due to limited resources and concerns about unintended consequences. Regardless of one's philosophy on this topic, it is a poignant issue of national debate with real-world consequences for the day-to-day realities across millions of households. While levels of food insecurity reached a 10-year low in 2018, the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic and food supply disruptions since then have halted and reversed that trend. More recently, the federal administration has opted to stop monitoring food security at a national level while also elevating food-as-medicine programming and efforts to reduce the nation's burden of chronic disease. Altogether, the time is ripe for the next generation of public health leaders to understand and address this issue. Students in this course grapple with the complex etiology and consequences of food insecurity in the U.S., including the historical roots of current programming; interrogate current approaches to addressing it at the local, state, and federal levels; and synthesize the state of the science toward policy proposals for strategic programmatic and policy refinements.
A full course description for PUBHLTH 323, including learning objectives, can be found at the hyperlink and here: https://sph.umich.edu/research-education/courses/course.php?courseID=PUBHLTH323
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
Please reach out to Melinda LaRocca, [email protected], if you have any questions about this position.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of fourteen calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the fifteenth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
Decision Making Process
The course instructor will review all candidates and make the decision on who the final candidate will be.
Selection Process
The course instructor will review all applications received August 7th. Top candidates may be asked for a brief Zoom interview. All applicants will be notified of their hiring status by August 14th.
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.
Information for the Office for Institutional Equity may be found at https://oie.umich.edu/ and for the University Ombuds at https://ombuds.umich.edu/
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.
Standard Practice Guide 601.38, Required Disclosure of Felony Charges and/or Felony Convictions applies to all Graduate Student Assistants (GSAs). SPG 601.38 may be accessed online at https://spg.umich.edu/policy/601.38 , and its relation to your employment can be found in MOU 10 of your employment contract.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.