"ARPC Writer (Student)"

Job Details

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Department:

College of Arts & Sciences

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

The Antiracist Research & Policy Center (ARPC) is looking for two (2) student workers to search AU's databases for recent antiracist scholarship and to write or revise the encyclopedic entries that constitute the university's Antiracist Praxis Subject Guide. We seek two strong readers and writers who will work for approximately 25 hours total (3 - 5 hours per week) throughout the remainder of the Spring semester. Applicants may be asked to submit a writing sample. Once hired, the Student Writers will report directly to the ARPC's Postdoctoral Fellow of Writing and Research Translation. Scheduling is flexible and, after an initial meeting with the Fellow, can be done in or outside of the Center as decided.

Essential Functions:

• Search AU's databases for recent antiracist scholarship.
• Write or revise the encyclopedic entries that constitute the university's Antiracist Praxis Subject Guide.
• Other duties assigned.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• Part-time.
• 3 - 5 hours per week.

Salary Range:

• $17.95 per hour.

Other Details

• This position is available only to enrolled American University students.