Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - 2025 Student A/V Editor
The Center for Public History seeks a student assitant for an oral history project, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
This position is designed for an undergraduate student who is passionate about audio-video editing projects. The position is also open to CLASS graduate students who are interested in audio-video editing and in integrating oral history practices into their research.
The position requires a familiarity with Microsoft TEAMS and managing digital files.
The successful applicant, per the values of the Sloan Foundation, will also share a strong interest in the history, culture, and development of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics.
The student would begin in Spring 2025.
*The position is limited to students of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the UH-Main campus.
*While the position will have flexibility for working online and off-campus, the position DOES require the student to be regularly on-campus and in-person for the work. This is NOT an online/remote-work position.
The position lasts from the Spring 2025, through the summer.
The position will be hourly with a pay rate as follows:
- $15 / hour for undergrads, working 20 hours a week or less during the Spring. In the summer, the student will work at LEAST 20 hours a week (with flexibility for more hours worked during certain peak periods and travel)
- $20 / hour for grad students, working 20 hours a week or less during the Spring. In the summer, the student will work at LEAST 20 hours a week (with flexibility for more hours worked during certain peak periods and travel)
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, February 28th.
The project will involve the collection of oral histories related to the historical development of the United States’ power grid and focuses on how power-grid experts developed particular algorithms that became system standards for controlling and optimizing the grid.
The student researcher will participate in:
- Preparing audio and video interview files for deposit into archives at MD Anderson Special Collections (UH) and the IEEE History Center.
- Interacting with the digital filing system (primarily using Microsoft TEAMS) for all materials associated with the oral histories.
- Possible text editing of transcriptions of the oral histories.
- Conducting additional research reading and writing assignments as needed for the project.
- The successful student candidate will work closely with Dr. Julie Cohn and Dr. Mark Goldberg and receive orientation, including background on project activities to date and discussion of oral history methodology and best practices.
Application Requirements:
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, February 28th, 2025
- Applicants must be current UH, main-campus students in CLASS with access to UH Sharepoint and Microsoft 365.
- Student must demonstrate strong skills in English language listening, reading, and editing, and ability to engage in a team setting.
- Students must have experience with audio and video recording and editing software. Ideally the student will be comfortable using Adobe Premiere editing tools.
- Must be able to attend regular training meetings.
- Students must not be engaged in any other competing university position.
Start date: March 2025
Application materials include:
- Online Form
- Letter of Interest
- CV
- List of faculty references
Please direct questions to Dr. Mark Goldberg (magoldbe@Central.UH.EDU) and Dr. Julie Cohn(cohnconnor@gmail.com).