GA Research: COMSK- Assistant at The Texas A&M… · Commerce

Job Title GA Research: COMSK- Assistant

Agency East Texas A&M University

Department Literature & Languages

Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate

Job Location Commerce, Texas

Job Type Graduate Assistant

Job Description

WANTED: Graduate Assistant - Research

THE WRITING CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE & LANGUAGES

The Writing Center has an opening for a MA or PhD GAR for Fall 2026. We will be hiring for one position, Writing Center Graduate Consultant. GARs will work twenty hours a week at the Writing Center.

Writing Center Graduate Consultant (GAR) Salary $8K

Writing Center Graduate Consultant duties include:

• Training to be a Writing Center Consultant through:
  • Readings in literacy studies and writing center studies
  • Performing original qualitative research on our writing center
  • Composing a chapter in our Handbook that explores issue in writing center studies that is relevant to our writing center
• Presenting original research on writing centers at the Annual Research Symposium and, time and funding permitting, applying to present at other conferences, like the South Central Writing Center Association Conference
• Supporting writers in 45min, one-on-one consultation sessions (once training is complete)
• Assisting with the day-to-day running of the Writing Center (greeting and checking in writers; answering the phone, responding to email inquiries, changing and canceling appointments, and other associated duties as required)
• Drafting, revising, and/or editing Writing Center projects
• Organizing a database for Writing Center resources
• Producing a Writing Center introduction video
• Preparing marketing and social media content
• Representing the Writing Center at campus events
• Creating a Writing Center historical archive

Job Requirements:

• Must be a Masters or PhD student at East Texas A&M University, and preference will be given to those in the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts
• Must not hold any other graduate assistantship
• Must be able to work in-person from the East Texas A&M University main campus

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.