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Responsibilities*

GSI Positions for Sectioned Courses
GSIs selected for the classes are expected to provide general pedagogical support for the course, which may include, but is not limited to: attending lecture, teaching discussion sections, grading and commenting on papers and exams, and meeting with enrolled students during office hours. The number of sections a GSI with a full appointment (a 0.5 position) will be asked to teach depends on the structure of a course.

Most appointments for undergraduate courses include two hour or hour and a half long sections of up to 70 students per week in a full 0.5 appointment.

Additional Requirements
First-time GSIs teaching an LSA course are required to attend CRLT GSI Teaching Orientation and and a separate GSI orientation held by the department of Economics during the last week of August.

All applicants must be graduate students enrolled at the University of Michigan in good academic standing.

GSIs interested in teaching in Economics should have an undergraduate degree in Economics or a related field.

Econ course descriptions and schedules for the Fall 2026 semester (including sections) can be found on the LSA Course Guide .

GSI positions are open in:

Econ 101 (2 available positions)

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

All employment decisions will be made by the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Economics. Doctoral students in Economics within their funding commitment will be given first priority for available positions. In the event that positions remain open after all eligible and qualified Economics doctoral students have been hired, the Department will move to any existing pool of external applicants.

GSIs from outside the department will be selected based on the quality of their past teaching experience, transcripts, the strength of their references, and also on how well their past coursework and teaching experiences have prepared them to teach the course topic of the open positions.

External applicants can expect to hear about initial decisions on or around August 25, 2026. While we do our best to maintain original placements, sometimes the need arises to move GSIs from one assigned course to another. Assignments may change up to the first day of classes. Review of applications will begin three to five days following posting begin date.

The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, familial status, parental status or pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression (whether actual or perceived), sexual orientation, age, height, weight, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, HIV antibody status, political belief, membership in any social or political organization, participation in a grievance or complaint whether formal or informal, medical conditions including those related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, arrest record, or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified.

The University of Michigan agrees to abide by the protections afforded employees with disabilities as outlined in the rules and regulations which implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings for available positions. In the event that an employee does not receive their preferred assignment, they can request a written explanation or an in-person interview with the hiring agents(s) to be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon time.

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