GSRA Available Positions
The Office of Graduate Programs posts available Graduate Student Research Assistantship positions for upcoming semesters on this page. We are now accepting applications for positions available in the 2013-2014 academic year. Click the link below to open a document with the available positions and full descriptions. Contact the faculty chairing the projects if you have questions about a particular GSRA position. (Related: Graduate Student Instructor positions.)
2013-2014 GSRA Positions
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Open positions
The following table lists the positions that are open to UM-Flint graduate students in 2013-14. Additional positions with candidates in mind are not listed here. Details for every position (including those that are already filled) are available in the document above. The deadline to apply is June 1.
| Job ID | Title of Project | Online* students? | Appropriate for students in: |
| 80566 | Investigating the performance of pheromone-baited trapping techniques using a management strategy evaluation model | No | Biology (MS); Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80568 | Effectiveness of Trail Cameras for Wildlife Species Detection Under Various Conditions | No | Biology (MS) |
| 80571 | Art History Exhibition | No | |
| 80572 | Training of Intelligent Denial of Service System using Neuro-Fuzzy Approach | Yes | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80573 | Group Security in V2V using Processing Power of Cloud Computing | Yes | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80574 | Application of Kalman Filtering to Modeling Evidence Accumulation in the Iowa Gambling Task | Yes | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80578 | Event Stream Processing | No | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80579 | Secure Database Processing in the Cloud | No | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80580 | Quality in Higher Education | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80581 | Quality Improvement using Outcome Based Assessment | No | ANY Graduate Student; Business Administration (MBA/Certificate); Computer Science and Information Systems (MS); Education (Ed.D./Ed.S.); Education (MAC Program); Educational Technology (MA); English Language and Literature (MA); Liberal Studies (MLS); Literacy Education (MA); Special Education (MA) |
| 80582 | Promoting community gardens: What do garden groups need and what can local governments do? | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80583 | Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinances | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80584 | Institute for Innovation in Education | Yes | Educational Technology (MA) |
| 80585 | Passion, Power, Participation: Doing English Studies in the 21st Century | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80586 | Vehicle City Voices Database | No | Early Childhood Education (MA); Education (Ed.D./Ed.S.); Education (MAC Program); Educational Technology (MA); English Language and Literature (MA); Liberal Studies (MLS); Literacy Education (MA); Social Sciences (MA); Special Education (MA) |
| 80588 | Bibliography of works in teaching linguistics | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80589 | Reading Films/Reading Poetry | Yes | English Language and Literature (MA); Liberal Studies (MLS) |
| 80590 | Medieval Literature's Seventeenth-Century Readers | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80592 | Spatial Learning and other Sickness Responses Following an Immune Challenge | Yes | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80594 | Topics in Graduate Nursing and Advanced Practice | Yes | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80595 | Special Topics in Graduate Nursing and Advanced Practice | Yes | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80596 | Barriers and Facilitators to Accelerated MSN education | Yes | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80598 | Special Topics in Graduate Nursing and Advanced Practice | Yes | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80599 | Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care | No | Health Education (MS); Nursing (MSN/DNP); Public Health (MPH) |
| 80601 | Initiatives for Nursing Workforce Diversity (UM-FIND) | No | Nursing (MSN/DNP); Public Health (MPH) |
| 80602 | Assets of Pregnant Teens | No | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80604 | Lapeer County Community Mental Health InSHAPE program evaluation | Yes | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80605 | Examining Men's Experience in Nursing School for Perceived Learning Disparities and Gender Bias | Yes | Nursing (MSN/DNP) |
| 80609 | The Use of Biomechanical Orthotic Devices in the Control of Anterior Instability of the Lumbar Spine | No | Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate) |
| 80610 | Relationship of Cognition and Balance Outcomes in Physical Therapy Practice | No | Nursing (MSN/DNP); Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate); Public Health (MPH) |
| 80612 | Normative values of the Functional Measures Screen (FMS), Star Excursion Balance Test, strength, power, flexibility, and agility in high school athletes. | No | Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate) |
| 80613 | Effect of Cadence Manipulation on Foot Strike Characteristics in Barefoot Running | No | Biology (MS); Health Education (MS); Nursing (MSN/DNP); Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate); Public Health (MPH) |
| 80614 | Effect of High Velocity Upper Extremity Facilitated Squats on Selected Balance Measures in Adults at Risk for Falls | No | Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate) |
| 80616 | Does Masculinity Affect Help-Seeking Behaviors in African American Men? | No | Anesthesia (MS/DrAP); Business Administration (MBA/Certificate); Education (Ed.D./Ed.S.); Education (MAC Program); Educational Technology (MA); Health Education (MS); Public Administration (MPA); Public Health (MPH); Social Sciences (MA) |
| 80617 | Neighborhood, economic, geographic, and demographic health determinants | No | Accounting (MSA); Anesthesia (MS/DrAP); Business Administration (MBA/Certificate); Early Childhood Education (MA); Education (Ed.D./Ed.S.); Education (MAC Program); Educational Technology (MA); English Language and Literature (MA); Health Education (MS); Nursing (MSN/DNP); Physical Therapy (DPT/Certificate); Public Administration (MPA); Public Health (MPH); Social Sciences (MA); Special Education (MA) |
| 80618 | Assessment of Lifestyle Choices and Sexual Health Intervention of At -Risk Young Adult Women over the age of 18 who live in Genesee County. | No | Health Education (MS); Public Health (MPH); Social Sciences (MA) |
| 80619 | Analyzing Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic trajectories, depression, and chronic conditions over the life course in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics | No | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS); Health Education (MS); Nursing (MSN/DNP); Public Health (MPH); Social Sciences (MA) |
| 80620 | Online Learning in Accounting Courses | No | Accounting (MSA); Business Administration (MBA/Certificate) |
| 80621 | Business Processes Analysis and Accounting Systems Design Using Web 2.0 Virtual Market Simulation | No | ANY Graduate Student; Accounting (MSA); Business Administration (MBA/Certificate) |
| 80622 | An Investigation into Effects of Perceived Fairness of Course Policies | No | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80623 | Dissemination of Price Innovations between the Nordic-Baltic and Advanced Stock Markets | No | Accounting (MSA); Business Administration (MBA/Certificate) |
| 80625 | An Investigation into Effects of Perceived Fairness of Course Policies | Yes | ANY Graduate Student |
| 80626 | Analyzing Tweets from USA's Largest Malls | Yes | Business Administration (MBA/Certificate); Computer Science and Information Systems (MS) |
| 80627 | Public Security, Fear of Crime and Access to Justice in a Caribbean Community | No | Computer Science and Information Systems (MS); Mathematics (MA); Public Administration (MPA); Social Sciences (MA) |
| 80628 | Women in Higher Education: Students and Professors | Yes | Education (Ed.D./Ed.S.); Education (MAC Program); English Language and Literature (MA); Liberal Studies (MLS); Literacy Education (MA); Public Administration (MPA); Social Sciences (MA) |
| 80630 | Costume Stock Graduate Assistant | No | ANY Graduate Student |
*Meaning that a student would not have to come to the campus to meet the requirements for this position.
How to Apply
Please review the available positions above. Students must apply through the Careers at the U website. Because these positions are not posted to the public for general application, you must know the Job ID number of the position(s) to enter on your application(s). Follow these steps to apply for a position:
- Go to http://www.umjobs.org.
- Click on Login here (upper right corner).
- Click the last link option for U-M Graduate Students on the Flint or Dearborn campus.
- Click Search for Jobs.
- In the Job Opening ID field, type the Job Opening ID number, then click Search.
- Click Apply Now.
- You must now log in or register to continue. If you have not had a UM-Jobs account before, you will likely need to register.
- After registering/logging in, answer all questions and proceed through the application process as prompted.
- Click Submit when you are through.
Contact the Office of University Human Resources at (810) 762-3150 if you have questions about the application process.
Faculty chairing the projects will be presented with possible candidates and an appropriate candidate will be selected for the position.
GSI Positions
In addition to GSRA positions, some units at the University of Michigan-Flint also have Graduate Student Instructor positions available. Please contact the individual units for more information on GSI positions. Current openings:
School of Management BUS 211
School of Management BUS 201/202
School of Management BUS 115/381