STEP Positions

**New**

Student research and project assistant 

In observance of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the History Department and University Archives are collaborating on the creation of an informational webpage that will tell the story of Earth Day 1970 at UWO.

We are hiring a student research and project assistant for this job. The pay is $7.25/hour for approximately 40-50 hours of labor. Earth Day is April 22, so we need to initiate work on this project very soon.

To apply, contact Professor Stephen Kercher (kercher@uwosh.edu) as soon as possible. Please list one or two professors as references.

If you are thinking of applying to graduate school, are looking for experience with research, and think that the prospect of researching Earth Day 1970 sounds fun and engaging, please apply soon.

Research Assistant:

Professor Kapelusz-Poppi seeks a student able to organize a collection of primary sources from Argentina.  These include digital pictures that need to be labeled and indexed as well as photocopies that need to be scanned and classified.  Intermediate or advanced knowledge of Spanish is a must.

Pay is $7.25/hour for 5-6 hrs/wk. between February 20 and May 7.  To apply, please email Professor Kapelusz-Poppi at kapelusz@uwosh.edu

Research Assistant:

Professor Rivers would like a student assistant to help collect sources and compile a bibliography about aspects of religious reform and meditation in fifteenth-century Europe, particularly about the Devotio moderna, the Carthusian order, and the Benedictine reform movement. The assistant should have strong research skills and a background in history (preferably European medieval). Language skills in French, German, or Latin a plus. [This position has been filled].

Pay is $7.25/hour for 5-6 hours/week February through early May or 3-4 hours/week  January through early May (55 hours total). To apply, please email Professor Rivers at rivers@uwosh.edu.

Research Assistant: 

Professors James Frey and Jim Feldman seek a student with advanced research skills to find, collect, and annotate primary source readings [in English or English translation] dealing with environmental perceptions and environmental change in various parts of the world over the broad sweep of world history.

Pay is $7.25/hour for 5 hours/week from October through February (possibly over winter interim), with strong possibility of extended hours.  To apply, please email Professors Frey freyj@uwosh.edu or Feldman feldmanj@uwosh.edu

Information about the STEP program:

The STEP [Student Titans Employment Program] was developed to help address some of our affordability, quality and workload issues.  The program offers students educationally related opportunities while providing faculty and staff members with need assistance in areas such as media services, student-faculty research, supplemental instruction, library assistance, instructional technology and computing support, and web page development and maintenance.  (Taken from Chancellor Well's announcement of the UWO-STEP program)