Graduate Assistant - Teaching Assistant, Honors College

Nevada System of Higher Education • Reno, NV

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About The Position

The University of Nevada, Reno Honors College is seeking to hire two Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) to teach introductory honors seminars under the supervision of a lead honors faculty member and the Honors College Associate Dean. The Honors College is the fastest growing college at the University of Nevada, Reno, and expects to welcome 325 first-year students in fall 2026. All first-year students are required to complete HON 109, a one-credit first-year experience discussion-based seminar that emphasizes critical thinking, engagement with diverse primary source texts, community-building, and personal and professional development. As the Honors College is an umbrella college that serves high-performing undergraduate students with any major, all HON prefix courses are interdisciplinary; thus, GTAs may have any disciplinary background. The Honors College recognizes that GTAs are, above all else, students. To that end, GTAs have access to a faculty mentoring program that includes regular meetings, teaching observations, and incentives and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Candidate must be enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno.
• Candidate must be active in a degree-seeking program.

Nice To Haves

• PhD students preferred, including incoming PhD students.
• Experience as an instructor, teaching assistant, discussion leader, or academic mentor.
• Experience and/or knowledge of honors education or other special educational programs for high-performing students.

Responsibilities

• GTAs, along with a lead honors faculty and the Honors College Associate Dean, will teach HON 109 in fall and spring semesters.
• GTAs may have the opportunity to teach an upper division honors seminar of their own design in the spring.
• GTAs will join a teaching team that includes other faculty, GTAs, and undergraduate TAs.
• GTAs will hold weekly office hours in a shared GTA office space in the Honors College.
• GTAs will attend regular faculty check ins, monthly All-College meetings, HonorsFit (a one-day honors orientation for incoming students), and the Honors Faculty Retreat (a two-day introduction to the Honors College for all faculty).
• Opportunities for summer teaching are possible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees