POLI Teaching Assistants Winter 2027

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These Teaching Assistant positions are only available to McGill graduate students.

You must be a student registered at McGill in an MA or PhD degree program in the Winter 2027 term.

Hiring Unit: Department of Political Science

Position Summary:

Responsibilities include hosting and facilitating discussions with small groups of students; grading of some assignments; attending lectures and reading course materials; communication with students regarding MyCourses, submission of assignments, etc.

Qualifications:

Positions only available to McGill graduate student with appropriate academic background. Previous study in the subject of the course.

Additional Qualifications for POLI 311:

Knowledge of R, LaTeX, calculus, linear algebra, linear and logistic regression, Rmarkdown

Positions:

POLI 222 Political Process and Behaviour in Canada – Prof. Scholtz, 2 positions of 180 hours

POLI 227 Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South. – Professor Douek, 6 positions of 180 hours

POLI 231 Intro to Political Theory – Professor Muniz-Fraticelli, 4 positions of 180 hours

POLI 243 International Politics of Economic Relations. – Professor Baccini, 4 positions of 180 hours

POLI 312 Intermediate Quantitative Political Science– Professor Berwick, 1 position of 90 hours

POLI 317 The Politics of Race in Canada – Professor Thompson, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 319 Politics of Latin America – Professor Luna, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 329 Russian Politics – TBD, 1 position of 180 hours and 1 position of 90 hours

POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe – Professor Popova, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 345 International Organizations – Professor Carsten-Andreas Schultz, 2 positions of 180 hours

POLI 346 American Foreign Policy – To be determined, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 347 Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace. – Professor Douek, 2 positions of 180 hours

POLI 348 Gender and Canadian Politics – Professor Gordon, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia – To be determined, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics – Professor Janzwood, 2 positions of 180 hours

POLI 352 International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa – Professor Douek, 2 positions of 180 hours

POLI 357 Politics: Contemporary Europe – To be determined, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 364 Radical Political Thought – Professor Roberts, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia – Professor Kuhonta, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics – Professor Wang, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 381 Politics in Japan and South Korea – To be determined, 1 position of 90 hours

POLI 420 Memory, Place, and Power – Professor Johnson, 1 position of 90 hours

POLI 427 Selected Topics: Canadian Politics – Professor Béland, 1 position of 90 hours

POLI 431 Nations and Nationalism – Professor Berwick, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 432 Selected Topics: Politics of Art- Professor Islas Weinstein, 1 position of 180 hours

 POLI 436 Aboriginal Rights in the Canadian Constitution – Professor Scholtz, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 445 International Political Economy – Professor Johnson, 1 position of 180 hours

POLI 666 Casual Inference for Political Science – Professor Erlich, 1 position of 90 hours

Hourly Salary: $38.46

Position Start Date: January 5, 2027

Position End Date: May 7, 2027

Deadline to Apply: November 1, 2026

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