The Digital Studies Institute (DSI) is seeking to hire a graduate student to serve as a DEI Strategic Plan Assistant. In this position, the assistant will collaborate with the DSI Director, Program Manager, and Leadership team to draft and develop our unit-level 3-year DEI Strategic Plan. This will include the following:

• Assist with DEI strategic goal assessment including drafting objectives, action items, and short-term and long-term metrics;

• Develop new assessment tools for DEI initiatives;

• Assist with gathering, analyzing, and managing data;

• Write and or/edit reports and toolkits;

• Attend internal DEI-related meetings to develop and strengthen our DEI efforts that impact DSI students, faculty, and staff.

Deadline: Please upload one PDF that contains a short statement of interest and CV by Friday, Nov. 8 at 11:59 pm ET to this Google form. Include a description of relevant experience and skills related to DEI initiatives, writing, and/or developing assessment tools.

The educational value of this job:

The DEI Strategic Plan Assistant is expected to learn and assist with tasks related to the development of our DEI Strategic Plan. This will include gaining skills in project management, assessment, evaluation, documentation, and communication. The assistant will also gain knowledge of topics related to student, faculty, and leadership development, as well as diversity issues in higher education.

Preference will be given to qualified applicants who meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be currently registered in a University of Michigan graduate program;

• Interested in the academic mission and research of the DSI, which focuses on the intersection of technology, digital culture, and social justice;

• Interested in curriculum development regarding themes of disability and technology;

• The work described above for this position must be considered academically relevant by the department or degree program in which the student is enrolled; 

• Demonstrated commitment to DEI through scholarship, teaching, service, and community involvement;

• Interested in issues of student development, faculty development, leadership development, and diversity issues in higher education;

• Excellent writing skills;

• Demonstrated competency with modern computer productivity tools including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and other presentation programs