American Literary Studies (ALS) announces
the 2015-16 Elizabeth and George Arms Fund for American Literature
Research Assistantship to assist and facilitate research and writing toward the
completion of a doctoral dissertation in American Literary Studies.
The assistantship pays $16,500.00,
depending on budget, over one academic year to support the completion of
the dissertation. UNM Graduate Studies will provide dissertation hour tuition
remission and heath care coverage for the ALS-Arms RA. The research
assistantship must be held in lieu of a teaching assistantship granted in
English or other UNM departments.
Duties for the ALS-Arms RA include:
conduct research related to the dissertation; write dissertation chapters;
submit written chapters to dissertation director and committee for review;
revise research and writing; and submit final dissertation for review by the
end of the assistantship year.
Qualified applicants must be ALS doctoral
students completing a dissertation in American Literary Studies. At least two
dissertation chapters must be completed and vetted by the dissertation
director. Send hardcopy or electronic letter of application, CV, proof of
completed chapters, proposed research and writing schedule, and two letters of
recommendation, one of which must be by the dissertation director, to Dr. Jesse
Alemán (jman@unm.edu). Deadline to submit
materials: April 1, 2015.
Letters of
application should describe the dissertation project, its significance, and
detail the plan for the project’s completion. The dissertation director’s
letter must address the student’s ability to complete the dissertation by the
end of the assistantship.
The Elizabeth
and George Arms Fund for American Literature is an endowed graduate award fund
with the UNM Foundation in recognition of research in American Literature
within the College of Arts and Sciences Department of English.
Send inquires to
Dr. Jesse Alemán.
