The Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences program has opportunities for both undergraduate (including work-study) and graduate students at the University of Michigan.
Undergraduate Students:
Join the QMSS Student Leadership Team through any 1 of the 3 following positions that we currently employ undergraduate students for:
- Front Office Assistants
QMSS Front Office Assistants work at the front desk in the QMSS suite to welcome and assist visitors, answer phone calls, manage our open work spaces, direct students to office hours, receive deliveries, and welcome new QMSS students to the minor. QMSS Front Office Assistants also work directly with the QMSS Program Manager on special projects as needed, including (but not limited to) creating marketing materials, creating social media content, analyzing data, creating data visualizations, assisting with QMSS events, and putting together various handouts and deliverables for students.
Learn more about the position and expectations here: QMSS Front Office Assistants. If you are interested in this position, please reach out to us for more information!
Fall 2026: We are currently accepting applications for this role and plan to hire one student. Applications are due 11:59pm, Friday, September 25, 2026.
- Communications & Social Media Assistant
The QMSS Communications & Social Media Assistant is open to any undergraduate student interested in communications, marketing, and/or social media. Responsibilities of this position include maintaining up-to-date information on the QMSS website, writing news articles and other announcements about updated program policies, events, course offerings, new hires, and other relevant information and resources, creating original content for QMSS social media sites including Instagram, X, and LinkedIn, and marketing, attending, and covering through website and social media content various QMSS events throughout the year. Additionally, this role will help curate content for the QMSS Newsletter as well as analyze data related to our social media and communications, including website traffic, email link clicks, and social media engagement.
Learn more about the position and expectations here: QMSS Communications & Social Media Assistant . If you are interested in this position, please reach out to us for more information!
Fall 2026: We are currently accepting applications for this role and plan to hire one student. Applications are due 11:59pm, Friday, September 25, 2026.
- Peer Mentors
QMSS Peer Mentors are current declared QMSS minors that work as a direct connection between QMSS faculty, staff, and students to bring students relevant workshops, seminars, and social community-building events & resources. QMSS Peer Mentors are regularly available to current and prospective QMSS students to provide their perspective, advice, and to connect students with resources as needed. Peer Mentors attend QMSS Community Hours and hold drop-in office hours (both in-person and virtual options), and they are availabile via one-on-one appointments by student request through the QMSS Peer Mentor email account (qmss-peermentors@umich.edu).
QMSS Peer Mentors work directly with the QMSS Program Manager and have several leadership opportunities throughout the academic year to brainstorm various events they believe will benefit the QMSS Community and then take on the responsibility of planning, managing, and/or executing those events. Mentorship is provided by more senior QMSS Peer Mentors and through one-on-one meetings as needed with the QMSS Program Manager.
If you like to take initiave and want an opportunity to be a leader within the QMSS community, gain valuable experience as a mentor, and work directly with QMSS administration and faculty to provide more for the QMSS program, then please consider applying to be a QMSS Peer Mentor!
Learn more about the position and expectations here: QMSS Peer Mentors. If you are interested in this position or just want to learn more, please reach out to us at qmss.program@umich.edu.
Fall 2026: We are currently accepting applications for this role and plan to hire two students. Applications are due 11:59pm, Friday, September 25, 2026.
Graduate Students:
Join the QMSS teaching community as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for 1 of our program's 2 core courses:
- QMSS 201: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
QMSS 201 takes an applied perspective to data science and statistics in the social sciences. It covers data cleaning, data management, data ethics, hypothesis testing, and data visualization through application of skills to real-world, socially-rooted datasets. Students are taught how to use (and required to apply skills in problem sets and projects with) Excel, Tableau, and R throughout the semester. GSIs in QMSS 201 teach 2 laboratory sections as part of their responsibilities.
- QMSS 301: Quantitative Social Science Analysis and Big Data
QMSS 302 also takes an applied perspective to big data in the social sciences. It covers web scraping, text analysis, geospatial analysis, and predictive analysis through application of skills to real-world, socially-rooted datasets. Students are taught how to use (and required to apply skills in problem sets and projects with) R and Python. GSIs in QMSS 301 teach 2 laboratory sections as part of their responsibilities.
The LSA Class Size Policy can be found here: LSA Class Size Policy.
More details about the job descriptions and expectations of a QMSS GSI can be found in our job posting.
Fall 2026: We have filled all open positions for QMSS GSIs for the Fall 2026 semester.
Winter 2027: We do not have information about our current timeline for open applications and decisions. Please continue to check back here for any new information.
Spring 2027: If spring QMSS courses meet the enrollment requirements necessary to hire a GSI, we will link any open positions here.
