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Fall 2023 Graduate Teaching Assistantships


Overview

We are accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semester. We will continue accepting applications until all positions are filled.

If you have any questions about TA and grader applications, please contact Lora McDonald

Open the tabs below to see the description for each teaching position.

All applicants to TA QTM 100: Intro to Statistical Inference should apply here.

For all other positions:

PhD students should apply at https://forms.office.com/r/WSGCuzKggp

Master’s students should apply at

https://collegeconnect.emory.edu/register/ecas_service_portal_login

Fall 2023 Openings

Responsibilities

  • Instruct one weekly lab section of approximately 40 students
  • Attend weekly meetings with other QTM 100 TAs and QTM 100 course instructor(s)
  • Supervise an undergraduate teaching assistant (whose role is to take attendance, hand out/collect documents, facilitate group activities, answer student questions, etc.)
  • Provide other course-related support such as grading, grade entry, development of assignments or exams/exam questions, and holding weekly office hours
  • New QTM 100 TAs are expected to attend the QTM 100 lecture

Expected Hours

  • 10-15 hours per week

Compensation

  • $2625 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g., $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of introductory statistics is required (e.g., basic probability, t-tests, chi-squared tests, ANOVA, linear regression)
  • Must be willing to work as a team! QTM 100 serves 450+ students a semester. The course instructors, graduate TAs, undergraduate learning assistants and undergraduate TAs all work together to serve students and ensure uniform teaching practices across sections
  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Knowledge of R is preferred, but not required; if you are unfamiliar with R, training can be provided
  • Teaching experience is preferred, but not required

# of Available Positions

  • 8

Responsibilities

  • Attend two 50-minute meetings of QTM 150 each week
  • Hold one office hour per week to assist students 
  • Provide prompt and timely grading support on lab assignments, problem sets, etc. based on directions provided by the course instructor

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week, with the specifics to be negotiated between the grader and the course instructor

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Must have experience with R or other statistical computing software

# of Available Positions

  • 1

Responsibilities

  • Attend two 50-minute class meetings of QTM 151 each week
  • Hold one office hour per week to assist students 
  • Provide prompt and timely grading support on lab assignments, problem sets, etc. based on directions provided by the course instructor

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week, with the specifics to be negotiated between the grader and the course instructor

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g. $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Must have experience with R or Python 

# of Available Positions

  • Position Filled 

Responsibilities

  • Instruct one weekly lab section of approximately 45 students
  • Provide course-related support such as grading, grade entry, development of assignments or exams/exam questions, and holding weekly office hours

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week; must be able to attend the Friday lab session time

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Must have experience in probability and statistics
  • Experience with R and/or Python is preferred

# of Available Positions

  • 1

Responsibilities

  • Instruct one weekly lab section of approximately 45 students
  • Provide course-related support such as grading, grade entry, development of assignments or exams/exam questions, and holding weekly office hours

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week; must be able to attend the Friday lab session time

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g., $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Must have experience with general linear models, econometrics, or regression analysis
  • Experience with R and/or Python is preferred

# of Available Positions

  • 2

Responsibilities

  • Grade all assignments.
  • This will be exercises provided in the textbook or by the instructor. There will also be coding assignments.
  • Instructor will provide an answer key

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g., $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Must have experience with probability and statistics, including general linear models, econometrics, and/or regression analysis
  • Experience with R and/or Python is required

# of Available Positions

  • 1

Tentative Textbooks

  •  Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, 3rd edition, John A. Rice, Duxbury Advanced Series
  • Statistical Inference, 2nd edition, George Casella and Roger L. Berger, Cengage

Responsibilities

  • Grade assignments and exams.
  • Provide feedback for the course project.
  • Hold office hours on request.

Expected Hours

  • 10 hours per week

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g., $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Any graduate student who has taken machine learning and earned a score of A is welcome to apply. 

# of Available Positions

  • 1

Responsibilities

  • Grade assignments and exams.
  • Provide feedback for the course project.
  • Lead lab sessions to troubleshoot student code
  • Hold office hours on request.

Expected Hours

  • 6-10 hours per week

Compensation

  • $2000 per semester, paid in monthly installments (e.g., $656.25 per month)

Qualifications

  • Must be a current graduate student at Emory University (no specific field preferred or required)
  • Ability to instruct courses that apply linear and non-parametric regression techniques, incl. in R
  • Experience in data visualization/communication/storytelling
  • Demonstrated enthusiasm in business applications of data science - this enthusiasm is important because this course gets students jobs, due to the care taken in the feedback we give them

# of Available Positions

  • Position Filled