Graduate student positions – Detroit River Story Lab
The Detroit River Story Lab is currently accepting applications for a variety of part-time research and project assistant positions for the winter semester. The Story Lab focuses on three overlapping components of narrative infrastructure along the Detroit River corridor. In each of these project areas, we work alongside partner organizations to help gather, contextualize, and share out river-related stories in ways that align with community priorities and activate riverside locations. Selected students will work closely with U-M faculty leads and/or community organizations on various components of the Lab’s wide-ranging efforts to activate riverside locations as sites of memory, connection, and community empowerment.
Project-based positions available for the Winter ‘25 semester include the following:
- Community heritage interpreter to research, plan, and create interpretive installations (physical and digital) on the theme of Restorying Aquatic Spaces, being co-developed with DRSL partners including Historic Fort Wayne, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the Joe Louis Greenway, the Great Lakes Way, and the Michigan Maritime Museum, among others
- Visual archives researcher to expand a location-tagged and annotated database of historical images of the Detroit River and riverfront from the Detroit Historical Society collection for use in a variety of educational and public history projects.
- Community project assistant to provide logistical, planning, and fundraising support for a variety of collaborative events and programs along the Detroit River corridor
To apply for any of these positions, email your CV or resume along with a letter of interest as a single PDF file to [email protected]. A single letter may be used to apply for multiple projects, but it should be explicit about the interests and skills you might bring to each. Positions will be filled on a rolling basis, with priority consideration given to applications received by January 10.
