Doctoral Teaching Assistant / Teaching Fellow
Teaching Assistantship or Teaching Fellow Requirements
Each student will have the opportunity to develop skills as a teacher through close supervision of progressive pedagogic experiences by assisting or teaching one or more courses., as appropriate. Typically, PhD programs require 2-6 TAships for each student. (Except for the PhD in Social Policy which does not require TAships.) Some programs will require more than 6 semesters of TAships or will allow an internship to substitute for 1 required TAship–see your program handbook for details. Some programs have Teaching Fellow (instructor of record) requirements–see your program handbook for details.
Students serving as Teaching Assistants or Teaching Fellows are required to participate in several trainings, including training about their responsible reporter roles under Title IX and other university policies about discrimination and harassment.