RA positions for 2019-2020 for Weekly Newsletter
RA POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR FALL AND SPRING 2019-2020
2 positions are available with Prof. Sumita Chakravarty for graduate students in Media Studies. Details are below.
Position # 1: RA (4.5 hrs/wk @ $ 20.81 an hr for 29 weeks)
Duties: overall maintenance of migration project websites: http://m2lab.net and http://migrationmapping.org; updating of the news archive on a weekly basis; updating of other datasets on a regular basis; creation, design, and mailing of monthly Newsletter related to media-and-migration project.
Skills sought: strong familiarity with WordPress; web design or content management experience; digital media production skills.
Position # 2: RA (4 hrs/wk @ $ 20.81 an hr for 29 weeks)
Duties: Data collection; annotation of research materials; performance of original research tasks; library searches; flexibility to attend to other book project-related deadlines as needed.
Skills sought: Strong research and writing skills; familiarity with WordPress; ability to sift through research methods; some media production skills preferred.
Qualifications for all the positions:
Applicants must have a GPA of 3.8 or higher, strong research, writing and technical skills, familiarity with online and social media platforms, strong work ethic, ability to work independently and conscientiously; respect for deadlines.
Applicants must be students at the New School through 2019-20 and preferably past their first semester in the program. Once hired, the student is expected to set aside a specific day or times of the week for the project.
Please send an email indicating interest along with CV and portfolio samples (if relevant) to Sumita Chakravarty, Associate Professor, School of Media Studies: chakravs@newschool.edu