CURI Academic Year Student Researcher - with Professor Coughlin
Job Title: CURI Academic Year Researcher
Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)
Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057
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Department Name: CURI
Unit Number (5 digits): 16118
Length of Position: See Employment Authorization
Contact Person/Supervisor: Faculty advisor listed in CURI Elevator database
Wage Range: $14.50/hr
Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects.
Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.
Duties and Responsibilities: Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks), as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See the CURI Digital Olaf database for individual project descriptions and details.
Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program, but a student’s academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.
If you don’t have a work award and select, No, to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.
Requirements: Applicants will have ideally completed NORW 232 and taken courses in Environmental Studies as well as history and/or literary studies. The selected researcher will work approximately 5 hours/week in source collection, analysis, and documentation. Experience with using a citation manager such as Zotero preferred.
This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.