2008-2009 Merwin Graduate Assistantship

Professor Jack Merwin, former dean of the College of Education and chair of Educational Psychology, has established a special endowment to support graduate students in educational measurement and evaluation. This year there will be an opportunity for a student in PsyF/QME to be designated as the Jack Merwin Graduate Assistant. This assistantship is awarded biennially.

The Merwin Graduate Assistantship consists of 50% support (25% teaching assistant and 25% research assistant) for Fall Semester 2008 and Spring Semester 2009.

The research responsibilities will be defined at a later time with the recipient’s advisor. The teaching assistant portion of the award will be based on the award recipient's interests and background. Applicants should indicate in their letter of application the courses in which they are interested in assisting (as listed in the GA Academic Year job posting).

Applicants for the Jack Merwin Graduate Assistantship must be students in the Psychological Foundations or Quantitative Methods track with preference given to applicants with an emphasis in measurement and evaluation.

Please send a letter of application by March 17, 2008, specifying your qualifications (including coursework completed), a short narrative on how this position will relate to your academic and professional interests, courses in which you are interested in assisting, and plans for other work during the 2008 2009 academic year. For more information, please contact Professor Mark Davison, MLD@umn.edu.

Send application letter with a current vita to:

Jack C. Merwin Graduate Assistantship
Attention: Lori Boucher
Department of Educational Psychology
206 Burton Hall, 178 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
FAX: 612 624 8241
bouch004@umn.edu

Applications must be received by March 17, 2008.
 

March 2008