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Professor Marrow is  seeking a Grader for Sociology 72: “Sociology of Latinxs”, an undergraduate course that will be offered this Spring 2025 semester at Tufts University, beginning on January 15, 2025 and ending on April 28, 2025.  Current enrollment is estimated to be ~45 undergraduate students.

Course Overview:

The three main goals of this course are to: (1) introduce students to the great diversity that exists within this growing U.S. minority group – diversity evident by social class, language and accent, gender and sexuality, geographic location, religion, political ideology, race/ethnicity, skin color, ancestry, citizenship and legal status, national origin, and immigrant generation and cohort, among other variables; (2) understand how the “Hispanic” panethnic category developed and consolidated between 1960 and 1990, so that students can better wrestle with the central question of how and why Latinxs are often thought of and treated as one single racial/ethnic group, despite having so much internal diversity and a range of lived experiences; and (3) examine Latinxs’ experiences across several key social institutions – particularly schools, neighborhoods, the labor market, media, the immigration and criminal justice systems, and the American racial hierarchy – using key sociological works to do so.

Position Expectations: 

This course will meet twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30-2:45pm.  Grader is welcome to attend any or all classes of their choosing, but does not necessarily have to be present during class time, as approximately 1/2 to 2/3 of the grading can easily be completed virtually within Canvas. 

Expectations are that the grader will individually grade: 

• 10 personal reading logs (i.e., responses to the assigned readings) from each student. These will be submitted on an ongoing basis throughout the semester, by 5pm on the evening before each class (i.e., Sundays and Tuesdays at 5pm).  A rubric for grading these logs on a 0-10 point scale will be provided, for a total of 100 points by the end of the course.
• 1 6-page essay based on an original interview that each student will conduct with someone who identifies as either Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e in some way. This will include grading the final 6-page paper and making sure each student has linked their empirical qualitative findings to selected course concepts and assigned readings, plus that each student has submitted an original interview guide, interview transcription, and coding guide of their creation. This assignment will be due on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. All grading on this assignment will be expected to be finalized prior to Wednesday, May 7, 2025. 

The following grading, however, can be shared with the Professor (Helen Marrow) if needed:

• To the extent that the grader can be present in-person on any class dates, they can also help with keeping a rolling tally of student attendance and participation, plus with grading approximately 10-12 student groups’ “media portrayal” assignments. The latter is an informal assignment where each student will be placed in a group of ~4-6 people, and tasked with giving a short presentation of ~10-15 minutes at the start of class to spark discussion about some way that some (sub)group of Latinos have been portrayed or presented within contemporary media or culture. Rubrics will be provided. (But, Prof. Marrow can also help collaborate on these two elements of the grading as needed, as she will certainly be in class.)

Position Compensation:  $3,500.00 

Instructions for Applying: 

Please send a brief letter of interest to Prof. Helen Marrow at Helen.Marrow@tufts.edu.  In it, please explain your graduate-level background in Sociology, and if applicable, highlight any relevant graduate coursework, training, or research in the subfields of Latino sociology, migration, or race/ethnicity.  (A graduate background in Sociology is preferred, but training in related social science disciplines can also be considered.)  Please also highlight any prior teaching, course assistant, grading, or other training in teaching undergraduate-level courses.  Finally, please provide a short CV or resume, plus the name and contact information of someone who can submit a very brief recommendation for you in the event that your application moves into consideration for hire. 

Note:  The Sociology Department at Tufts has a practice of not hiring current undergraduate students to serve as graders or course assistants for their peers. Therefore, only applicants who have some graduate training will be considered. 

Review of applications will begin immediately, and continue until the position is filled. 

Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.