Graduate Research Assistant, 19th-Century British Sources

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Job Site; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seeks a Graduate Research Assistant to support a multivolume collection of nineteenth-century British primary sources on Latin America. Responsibilities include formatting checks, citation verification, database research, and editing PDFs under supervision.

Ideal candidates are admitted to a graduate program, in good academic standing, and registered full-time for the term. Appointment is 0.25 FTE in Edinburg, TX.

Qualifications

• Must be admitted to a graduate degree program.
• Must be in good academic standing.
• Be registered full-time for the respective semester – nine (9) credits in fall, nine (9) in spring, or three (3) in summer, or be researching with a UTRGV faculty member.

Responsibilities

• Assist with research for a multivolume collection of nineteenth-century British sources about Latin America.
• Check and correct formatting and documentation style.
• Look up and obtain articles from databases, download and edit PDFs, and verify historical information.

Skills

Attention to detail

Citation skills

Word processing

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe Acrobat

Google Books

British Periodicals

Job description

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seeks a Graduate Research Assistant to support a multivolume collection of nineteenth-century British primary sources on Latin America. Responsibilities include formatting checks, citation verification, database research, and editing PDFs under supervision.

Ideal candidates are admitted to a graduate program, in good academic standing, and registered full-time for the term. Appointment is 0.25 FTE in Edinburg, TX.