ASEH Graduate Student Liaison Opportunity

ASEH Graduate Student Liaison Position Available

The Graduate Student Caucus of the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) invites applicants for the position of Graduate Student Liaison to the Executive Committee for the year 2015.

ASEH will provide the recipient with a $500 USD travel subsidy to attend the executive committee meeting at the ASEH annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in March 2015. Attendance at the executive committee meeting (Saturday, March 21) is required, as is consulting with graduate students and the graduate student caucus throughout the year. The term of the position runs from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

To apply for this position, please submit a one-page statement describing your interest in this position, including information regarding previous participation in ASEH activities and/or leadership and service experience. Please also submit a short c.v. (maximum three pages).

Applications should be sent via email to Bathsheba Demuth, current ASEH Graduate Student Liaison (bathsheba.demuth@berkeley.edu). The deadline for applications is October 17, 2014. All applicants will be notified of election results by October 25, 2014.

Note that to vote in this election one must be a current member of the ASEH Graduate Student Caucus. Membership in the caucus is simple! To join, please send a statement of interest to the current liaison, Bathsheba Demuth (Bathsheba.demuth@berkeley.edu). If you are a graduate student in environmental history, please consider joining the caucus in advance of the October 17 election deadline! You can also follow us on Twitter at #ASEHGradCaucus.

Also note that graduate students can apply for both the liaison position and an ASEH travel grant, but they can receive only one for travel to the 2015 conference.