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Open Graduate Assistantships have descriptions and contact information below. Additional
position descriptions will be posted as they become available.
Student Disability Services
General Caseload GA
Description: Coordinator of the General Caseload (students with physical and psychiatric
disabilities) and Assistive Technology
Duties:
- Coordinates recruitment of volunteer notetakers for students needing notetaking as
an academic accommodation
- Provides clerical assistance to the Coordinator
- Assists with ordering, scanning and editing alternate format texts and materials
- Proctors special accommodation tests as needed
To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to Phil Minyard, Coordinator of Student Disability
Services, pminyard@memphis.edu
Adaptive Technology Lab GA
Description: Coordinator of the General Caseload (students with physical and psychiatric
disabilities) and Assistive Technology (Includes summer work)
Duties:
- Scans and edits documents and texts; converts print information into Braille; operates
and teaches Assistive Technology, such as voice recognition software, screen reading
software, screen enlarging software. (GA must be very tech-savvy, but will be taught
what he/she needs to know.)
- Proctors special accommodation tests as needed.
- Records data about Assistive Technology teaching/learning sessions with students and
records student traffic in the Adaptive Technology Lab.
To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to Phil Minyard, Coordinator of Student Disability
Services, pminyard@memphis.edu
Career GA
Duties:
- Runs the Career Tracks Program which collaborates with Career Services to
- counsel a caseload of SDS students in all aspects of career development
- Keeps statistics on the Career Tracks participants
- Assists with notetaker recruitment, as needed
- Recruits and directs students for various SDS and Career Services career opportunities,
including Career Mentoring Day, and the Workforce Recruitment Program
To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to Susan Te Paske, Director of Student Disability
Services, stepaske@memphis.edu
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