The Teaching Fellow program is designed to provide teaching and research experience to “gap year” students who are in between graduating with a B.A. and B.S. and applying for graduate study in psychology. Teaching Fellows are expected serve as teaching assistants at the equivalent of up to a 75% graduate student load, and to work on research under the mentorship of a faculty member and nominator. Given present needs of TAs outside of the department, we estimate we could handle up to 5 Teaching Fellows any given year. The term of employment will be one-year, with the possibility of an extension to two years.
This is an open call for nominations of possible Teaching Fellows by June 1. Candidates can be recent UIC graduates, or recent graduates from other universities.
The nomination should be sent to Linda Skitka at lskitka@uic.edu and should include the following information:
Three letters of recommendation, one of which may be from the faculty nominateA cover letter from the nominee that includes a statement of qualifications, experience (if any), research interests, long term career plans, and courses that the student feels most prepared to TAA copy of transcripts
Final decisions on hiring will be made by a committee appointed by the department head.
