CURI Academic Year Student Researcher Reyes Payan

Description

Job Title: CURI Academic Year Researcher

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave Northfield MN 55057

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Department Name: CURI

Unit Number (5 digits): 16118

Length of Position: See Employment Authorization

Contact Person/Supervisor: Faculty advisor

Wage Range: $11.75-12.75

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects.

Project Title: Voces en la Colina Podcast Production in Spanish

Faculty Mentor: Mariana Reyes Payan

Project Description: Join a creative research-based project exploring podcasting as a tool for cultural storytelling and language learning. Under the mentorship of Professors Mariana Reyes Payán and Catalina Ahumada Escobar students will collaborate to research script record and edit three podcast episodes in Spanish on themes from Race and Gender in Latin America: nation-building gender violence and colonial hierarchies.

Positions:

Narration & Cultural Content Creator: Advanced or fluent Spanish speaker (any major).

Audio Editor & Designer: Student interested in sound design audio production or digital media.

Time Commitment:

35 hours per week February 5 May 12 2026.

Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.

Duties and Responsibilities: Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks) as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See the CURI Digital Olaf databasefor individual project descriptions and details.

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program but a students academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.

If you dont have a work award and select No to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.

This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.