<p>UVU's Center for Constitutional Studies (CCS) is seeking exceptional students for an extraordinary, engaged learning experience in the Eric Zachary Wood Teaching & Research Assistantship program.</p> <p>If hired, you will play a key role in the CCS's partnership with the University of Oxford on the Quill Project, a cutting-edge software platform that generates interactive digital models of constitutional conventions and other formal negotiations.</p> <p>Wood Student Research Assistants perform groundbreaking historical research using original source material and innovative digital technology - work that will certainly stand out on graduate school applications. Ambitious students will have opportunities to present their findings under the guidance of a world-class historian at the University of Oxford.</p> <p>In addition to working on the Quill Project, Wood Student Research Assistants will:</p> <ul> <li>Assist with CCS events, projects, and programs, including conferences, symposia, lectures, Foundations, and Constitution Week. </li><li>Act as a CCS liaison to internal and external constituencies, including government officials, academics, donors, board members, the local community, the UVU student body, and future UVU students. </li><li>Increase student and community participation in CCS events and activities. </li><li>Represent CCS in a respectable, professional manner. </li></ul> <p>Wood Student Research Assistants will also have the opportunity to network with renowned scholars through the many CCS-hosted conferences and at lunch discussions with visiting scholars organized by CCS for student employees.</p> <p>Wood Student Research Assistants have gone on to attend prestigious graduate programs and law schools around the U.S. and England.</p> <ul> <li>Must be a current UVU student </li><li>Must have attended college for at least 2 semesters </li><li>Must be able to work 16-18 hours each week, including 10 hours each week in person in the Center. </li><li>Must be able to occasionally work late evenings, early mornings and weekends, as certain projects and university-wide CCS events require. </li></ul> <p>Preferred Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>Previously been associated with or volunteered with CCS or a similar center. </li><li>Experience as a teaching assistant or research assistant. </li><li>Exceptional research and/or writing ability. </li><li>Strong editing skills, including a command of spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules. </li><li>Ability to closely read and understand complicated historical records. </li><li>Knowledge of basic concepts of constitutional government, law, history, and theory. </li><li>Ability to present to small and large groups. </li><li>Typing proficiency and computer proficiency in PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel etc. </li></ul>