Please pass this information along to seniors and recent graduates applying to graduate school in English.
The Willa Cather Project and the Willa Cather Archive are pleased to offer one Research Assistantship to an incoming M.A. student in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln each year. This assistantship provides students with full funding for two years—stipend, benefits, and tuition remission—at the same level as other funded M.A. students in the department. Those selected will be welcomed to the collaborative research team behind the digital humanities project, the Willa Cather Archive. The team is working on A Digital Library of Willa Cather’s Literary Manuscripts, and we expect to develop other new initiatives within the Cather Archive framework. The student may also be assigned to duties in support of the work of the Cather Project, the English department unit that produces the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition and Cather Studies and supports research and teaching on Cather.
Applicants who wish to be considered for this Research Assistantship should check the designated box in the graduate application and indicate their interest in their application statement (information about our graduate program and a link to the application system can be found at https://www.unl.edu/english/graduate). Applications are due December 1st. The successful applicant will have a demonstrated interest in the life and work of Willa Cather and/or a closely related field such as early twentieth century women’s writing, LGBTQ literature, or Western American literature. No prior experience is necessary as extensive training and mentoring will be provided, but we welcome applicants with experience in digital humanities, textual studies, and historical research.