CURI Academic Year Student Researcher 25- Simpson-Younger

Job Title: CURI Academic Year Student 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
• Pay Rate (Check One)     Standard Hourly Rate  x  Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate

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

Project Title: Editing and Footnoting the Poetry of Richard Barnfield

Faculty Mentor: Nancy Simpson-Younger

Project Description: Richard Barnfield is a queer Elizabethan poet whose sonnets are in direct dialogue with Shakespeare's, Spenser's, and Sidney's, making him an important figure to teach and research in the undergraduate classroom. Still, there is no readily accessible footnoted version of the text. For our final class project in The Queer Renaissance, I asked students to begin footnoting and editing his poetry, in order to create a teaching edition that I could use in future classes and eventually publish online. During this CURI project, two students will take the materials begun during this class project and 1) standardize the document's approach to footnoting, spelling, and grammar (weeks 1-5); 2) add deeper footnotes to highlight the interconnections between Barnfield and Shakespeare/Spenser/Sidney (weeks 6-15); 3) format the document, updating the hyperlinks and potentially preparing it for online dissemination (early spring semester); 4) present individual research on Barnfield's sonnets at either the Sigma Tau Delta conference or another undergraduate venue.

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 database for 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 student’s academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.

If you don’t 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 position.  This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.