Intercultural Programming Inclusive History Project Research Assistant; TEMP​/STUDY

Intercultural Center Research Assistant

The University of Michigan-Flint's Intercultural Center (ICC) is a welcoming space for all students that centers on the needs and experiences of people of color and other marginalized people within its walls and throughout campus. The University of Michigan-Flint's Alvin

D. Loving Cultural Center Lounge is a culturally significant space rooted in Black student activism that fosters belonging, student leadership, and community engagement. The Research Assistant will support the revitalization initiative focused on restoring the space and documenting its history through archival research, oral histories, and digital storytelling. Working collaboratively with project lead LaQwana (Q) Dockery, the Intercultural Center, the Black Student Union, and campus partners, the Research Assistant will help preserve the stories of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members who shaped the Lounge.

Responsibilities include coordinating and documenting oral history interviews, organizing and digitizing historical materials, developing a historical timeline and photographic exhibit, supporting project communications, and assisting with campus programming and project evaluation. Applicants should have strong organizational and communication skills, experience or interest in historical and community-engaged research, and a commitment to honoring student activism and the experiences of Black students and the African diaspora.

Work will take place primarily on the UM-Flint campus, with some remote flexibility.

• Assisting with the development, scheduling, and coordination of oral history interviews with former SBA and BSU members, alumni, faculty, staff, and other individuals connected to the history of the Loving Lounge.
• Supporting interview preparation, recording, transcription, organization, and qualitative coding of oral history materials.
• Conducting archival research and collecting, organizing, digitizing, and preparing historical photographs, flyers, correspondence, documents, and other materials for preservation.
• Assisting with the development of the Loving Lounge historical timeline and photographic exhibit.
• Researching and documenting the history of student activism, campus organizing, and institutional support connected to the establishment and development of the Loving Lounge.
• Assisting with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis related to student engagement, belonging, space usage, programming, and project evaluation.
• Coordinating communication and participation with students, alumni, faculty, staff, student organizations, and community partners.
• Working with Marketing and Communications (MAC) to develop social media content, written materials, photographs, video content, and other communications to share project findings and stories with broader campus and community audiences.
• Supporting the development of digital storytelling initiatives, including content for UM-Flint News, Intercultural Center social media, podcasts, short-form video, and other digital platforms.
• Assisting with planning, coordinating, and implementing campus and community engagement activities, including the Loving Lounge Rededication Ceremony, teach-ins, Black History Month programming, and other events.
• Supporting student-led engagement and programming in collaboration with BSU, the Intercultural Center, and other campus and community organizations and departments.
• Assisting with surveys, focus groups, attendance tracking, reservation tracking, program evaluations, and other methods used to assess project impact.
• Maintaining organized research files, interview records, project documentation, and digital materials.
• Assisting with the preparation of research findings, presentations, reports, and other materials for dissemination.
• Supporting the preservation and archiving of project materials through the UM-Flint Library Archives and the Inclusive History Project.
• Performing other research, administrative, communications, and project-related duties as assigned.

• Currently enrolled as a full-time University of Michigan-Flint undergraduate student in good academic standing. This position is open to undergraduate students only.
• Interest or experience in historical research, oral history, qualitative research, archival research, or community-engaged research.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills to support research activities, interviews, historical…