Fall 2026 LSA Psychology GSIs

Graduate Student Instructor Positions

The University of Michigan is offering Graduate Student Instructor positions for Fall 2026. These positions are on-site and require in-person teaching throughout the entire term.

Applications and materials requested below are all due by August 21, 2026.

To apply:

• Cover Letter. This should include the following: indicate the courses you feel you could teach and your qualifications for each course you list. If interested in multiple positions, please indicate your order of preference. Include if you are available to attend the required lecture times listed in the descriptions in this posting. Include your teaching history, if available.
• A Resume/CV
• Unofficial transcript (if you are just starting your graduate program in fall, include your unofficial transcript from your previous institution).
• Past Teaching evaluations (if available)

Contingent offers will be extended by August 28, 2026.

Additional GSI job responsibilities are included in, but not limited to, the items listed for each specific position in the GSI course descriptions. Hired GSIs are required to attend their course's weekly lectures in person unless noted otherwise.

The GSI employment appointment period for Fall 2026 Term runs 8/25/26-12/31/26. Hired GSIs are expected to be available for any listed training, orientations, or GSI course responsibilities prior to the appointment period as noted in the Fraction Calculation Form and job description, and to be available to work in person throughout the appointment period and term.

REQUIRED GSI TRAININGS: TRAININGS ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF YOUR GSI OFFER. It is your responsibility to plan your travel, etc., around these training sessions.

FIRST TIME GSIs for the Psychology Department are required to attend all of the following trainings:

• Psychology Department New GSI Orientation:
  Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 9am-1pm in EHB
  247. Note - Psych Ph.D/Joint Psych Ph.D students who have taken Psych 609 Teaching Academy do NOT attend this orientation.
• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching GSI Orientation (CRLT GSITO):
  Canvas course with required asynchronous session (available starting August 4, 2026), AND required synchronous components (only offered Aug 20-28, 2026). Both components are required. All due by 9/2/26.
  
  NOTE:
  
  If you have already attended the CRLT GSITO, you do not have to attend again.

ALL RETURNING GSIs, who have taught for the Psych Dept. in a PRIOR Term:

• It is recommended returning Psych GSIs attend a CRLT Seminar during the Fall 2026 term. Seminars will be listed on the CRLT website closer to the start of the term - http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

In addition, ALL students hired as Psychology GSIs are required to take U of M's Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Online Training Module, RO 100: FERPA, through My Linc. This only needs to be taken once.

Applicant must be a graduate student in good standing at the University of Michigan. Applicant must not have exceeded the College's Ten Term Rule. Additional qualifications are listed for each specific position in the GSI course descriptions.

Graduate students hired as GSIs (0.5 or higher appointment) for a Psychology course should not hold another 0.5 appointment (GSI/GSRA/Staff) during the same term.

Students who did not attend an English-speaking undergraduate institution must be evaluated by the English Language Institute (ELI) for English proficiency and either pass the GSI-OET, or have this test waived by the ELI before they can be eligible for a GSI Appointment in LSA.

ALL GSIs who are teaching courses for the first time which include a Sweetland Writing Center percentage (ULWR courses) are required to attend the Writing 993 (1 credit) training course in the Fall 2026 term.

Current course days and times for the courses below can also be viewed in the LSA Course Guide and Wolverine Access Class Search.

• LECTURES:
  Lecture attendance is required. To avoid scheduling conflicts, compare your own course schedule against the schedule for the courses to which you are applying as a GSI.
• SECTIONS:
  Discussion sections and lab sections days and times are all listed in the LSA Course Guide. If a course has sections and more than one GSI, hired GSIs will work together to divide up sections assignments after GSIs are hired.
• Course GSI allocations and FTEs are subject to change based on enrollment.

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Section 100 on development offers labs at community preschool sites;
Section 200 on mental wellness holds a lab on campus to learn about clinical skills with peers; and, Section 500 on biopsychosocial health offers labs in…