Graduate Student Service Appointments
Service appointees contribute to the University's teaching and research
effort and, at the same time, gain valuable academic work experience. Service
Appointments are awarded to graduate students only. With the exception
of Readers and Writing Tutors, students who are on-leave
are not eligible for service appointments. The Graduate
School requires that all appointees make satisfactory progress in
the graduate program and, with the exception of Readers
and the Writing Tutors, register each
quarter for ten credit hours or more, applicable to the degree. Students
holding appointments that carry a tuition waiver are expected to apply
for Washington
state residency as soon as they are eligible. Competence in speaking
English is required for teaching appointments.
Teaching Assistants
The Department currently has permanent funding to support approximately 60 TA quarters
each academic year. In addition, temporary funds are often obtained to
support up to 10 additional quarters. Teaching Assistants in the History
Department hold half-time appointments (20 hours per week) which provide
a monthly stipend, health insurance, a waiver of the operating fee portion
of tuition (i.e., tuition minus student fees), and a waiver of the technology
fee. Recipients are required to pay student fees of approximately $250
per quarter. All Teaching Assistants are considered Academic Student Employees
and, as such, are represented by UW/UAW.
The Department’s criteria for the appointment of its Teaching Assistants are based on the University of Washington’s Executive Order 28 on graduate student appointments. Generally, the University requires that applicants demonstrate high achievement in their fields of graduate study and the potential for excellence in teaching, research, or other activities related to the appointment.
To fund as many graduate students as possible and
to ensure that appointees proceed expeditiously toward the completion
of their degrees, the Department of History normally does not allow Teaching
Assistant Appointees to hold concurrently any other graduate student service appointments (TA/RA/SA) or comparable fellowships during the tenure of their awards.
Detailed information on the appointment process
and administrative matters related to the appointment are available
online and through the History Graduate Office.
Research Assistants
Research Assistantships are normally awarded to incoming graduate students as part of the recruitment process, or are assigned to current graduate students by faculty mentors who have obtained research assistantships for their students through grant funding or by other means associated with their UW appointments. Additionally, the Department currently employs one graduate student as an RA tasked with creating content for our website and newsletter.
The Department currently appoints between 5-10 Research Assistants each
academic year. Research Assistants in the History Department hold half-time
appointments (20 hours per week) which provide a monthly stipend, health
insurance, a waiver of the operating fee portion of tuition (i.e., tuition
minus student fees), and a waiver of the technology fee. Recipients are
required to pay student fees of approximately $250 per quarter. All Research
Assistants are considered Academic Student Employees and, as such, are
represented by UW/UAW.
The Department’s criteria for the appointment of its Research Assistants are based on the University of Washington’s Executive Order 28 on graduate student appointments. Generally, the University requires that applicants demonstrate high achievement in their fields of graduate study and the potential for excellence in teaching, research, or other activities related to the appointment.
To fund as many graduate students as possible and to ensure that appointees proceed expeditiously toward the completion of their degrees, the Department of History normally does not allow Research Assistant Appointees to hold concurrently any other graduate student service appointments (TA/RA/SA) or comparable fellowships during the tenure of their awards.
Detailed information on the appointment process
and administrative matters related to the appointment are available
online and through the History Graduate Office.
Writing Link
Each year the Department is asked to appoint a graduate student to serve
as the History Writing Link for the Interdisciplinary
Writing Program. This is a Teaching Assistant appointment.
Students who have served at least 3 quarters as a Teaching Assistant in the History Department and have completed the M.A. degree are eligible for appointment as Writing
Link.
The Writing Link teaches an English 197, 198, or 199 (Interdisciplinary Writing for Humanities, Social
Science, or Natural Science, respectively) class that is linked to one of our large undergraduate sectioned
courses. The students in the English 197-8-9 class are required to enroll
concurrently in the specified History course. The Writing Link teaches
expository writing based on material presented in the History class. Assignments
include drafts of papers to be submitted in the History class, and other
pieces of analytic prose. The Interdisciplinary Writing Program runs orientation
and training sessions for the Writing Links from the various departments
which participate in this program.
Writing Link Instructors hold half-time appointments (20 hours per week)
which provide a monthly stipend, health insurance, a waiver of the operating
fee portion of tuition (i.e., tuition minus student fees), and a waiver
of the technology fee. Recipients are required to pay student fees of
approximately $250 per quarter. This appointment is conducted through the English department. All Writing Link Instructors are considered
Academic Student Employees and, as such, are represented by UW/UAW.
The Department’s criteria for the appointment of its Teaching Assistants are based on the University of Washington’s Executive Order 28 on graduate student appointments. Generally, the University requires that applicants demonstrate high achievement in their fields of graduate study and the potential for excellence in teaching, research, or other activities related to the appointment.
To fund as many graduate students as possible and to ensure that appointees proceed expeditiously toward the completion of their degrees, the Department of History normally does not allow Teaching Assistant Appointees to hold concurrently any other graduate student service appointments (TA/RA/SA) or comparable fellowships during the tenure of their awards.
Detailed
information on the appointment process and administrative matters
related to the appointment are available
online and through the History Graduate Office.
Pre-doctoral Instructors
The Department also appoints graduate students as pre-doctoral instructors.
These appointees teach their own classes. To be eligible, students must
have passed the doctoral General
Exam. The number of pre-doctoral instructors varies from quarter to
quarter according to the teaching needs of the Department and the availability
of departmental funds. Since these appointments are driven by the needs
of the curriculum, there is not always an even distribution of positions
among those students who request the opportunity to teach their own course.
Pre-doctoral Instructors hold half-time appointments (20 hours per week)
which provide a monthly stipend, health insurance, a waiver of the operating
fee portion of tuition (i.e., tuition minus student fees), and a waiver
of the technology fee. Recipients are required to pay student fees of
approximately $250 per quarter. All Pre-doctoral Lecturers are considered
Academic Student Employees and, as such, are represented by UW/UAW.
The Department’s criteria for the appointment of its Teaching Assistants are based on the University of Washington’s Executive Order 28 on graduate student appointments. Generally, the University requires that applicants demonstrate high achievement in their fields of graduate study and the potential for excellence in teaching, research, or other activities related to the appointment.
To fund as many graduate students as possible and to ensure that appointees proceed expeditiously toward the completion of their degrees, the Department of History normally does not allow Teaching Assistant Appointees to hold concurrently any other graduate student service appointments (TA/RA/SA) or comparable fellowships during the tenure of their awards.
Detailed
information on the appointment process and administrative matters
related to the appointment are available
online and through the History Graduate Office.
Readers
Each quarter the Department hires graduate students as Readers for large,
unsectioned undergraduate lecture courses that have a fifth-day enrollment
of at least 50 students.
Detailed
information on the appointment process and administrative matters
related to the appointment are available
online and through the Undergraduate
Advising Office.