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DE Opportunities

The CRES Department offers several funding opportunities for our Designated Emphasis students. 

Teaching Assistant Positions | Research/Travel Grants | Judy Yung Memorial Fund

Teaching Assistantships

For full consideration, please fill out this google form by noon, Friday, April 19th. You must be signed into your UCSC google account to access the form.

Fall 2024

  • CRES 10, Introduction to CRES Instructor: Nick Mitchell
  • CRES/EDUC 121, Struggle for K12 Ethnic Studies Instructor: Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen *ONLINE*

Winter 20245

  • CRES 100, Comparative Theories in CRES Instructor: Fui Niumeitolu
  • CRES 102, Science and Justice: Critical Intro Instructor: M Ty
  • CRES/EDUC 121, Struggle for K12 Ethnic Studies Instructor: Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen *ONLINE*

Spring 2025

  • CRES 68, Introduction to Black Studies Instructor: Xavier Livermon
  • CRES 101, Research Methods and Writing in CRES Instructor: Jennifer Mogannam
  • CRES/EDUC 121, Struggle for K12 Ethnic Studies Instructor: Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen *ONLINE*
  • CRES/FMST 127, From Oceania to Native California. Indigenous Environmental Justice Instructor: Fui Niumeitolu

Eligibility

Students must be in good academic standing. All graduate students are welcome to apply. CRES Designated Emphasis students will be given priority consideration for appointments. If you know of interested graduate students who would like to declare the DE, they may submit a DE application with their TA application. Completion of the DE requirements is not necessary to apply for the designated emphasis.

Research/Travel Grants

CRES offers a small amount of funding to CRES DEs conducting CRES-related research or traveling to conferences and presenting CRES-related work. We provide funding up to $500. Priority will be given to students who have not previously been given an award.

Applications for funding will be due November 26, 2024 at noon for travel through Spring 2025. If attending a conference, you will need to provide your paper abstract and proof of conference acceptance. For DE's conducting research, please be prepared to provide a short (1 page) research proposal/description and budget. You also need to indicate that you have received no other funding for this travel or research proposal.

Please submit your application for funding here.

Judy Yung Memorial Fund

CRES invites students from all levels (undergraduate and graduate) to apply for funding to support Asian-, Asian diasporic-, Pacific Islander-, and Pacific Islander diasporic-related research geared towards the preservation of oral histories and engagement of local community archives. This application is open to UCSC undergraduate and graduate students with research interests in oral history and/or community archives. Preference will be given to CRES majors and Black Studies minors and graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in CRES. Learn more here: https://cres.ucsc.edu/undergraduate/judy-yung-memorial.html.