iSchool Graduate Assistant Positions
When assistantships are available they will be posted on the campus Student Jobs site Student Jobs – UW–Madison (wisc.edu) and on the iSchool Daily Digest website.https://uwslisdailydigest.wordpress.com/ Follow the application instructions in the job post.
All Teaching Assistant (TA) hires are semester-by-semester and there is no presumption of reappointment. An exception to this is appointments with a funding guarantee, as with iSchool PhD students.
iSchool courses that typically employ TAs are:
- LIS 201: The Information Society
- LIS 202: Information Divides & Differences in a Multicultural Society
- LIS 351: Introduction to Digital Information
- LIS 461: Data and Algorithms: Ethics and Policy
- LIS 500: Code & Power
Hiring criteria will generally be as follows but may differ in certain circumstances
- Seniority and experience
- Subject matter expertise
- Academic Standing
- Performance in prior TAships and Lecturer-Student Assistant appointments
If you have questions about iSchool assistantships, contact either:
- Steve Sylte, iSchool HR Coordinator, ssylte@wisc.edu
- Lori Ushman, iSchool Department Administrator, ushman@wisc.edu