ON EAST is the East Asian Studies Students Union’s annual undergraduate academic journal and conference. Founded in 2008, it aims to encourage undergraduate students to pursue individual scholarship and push their academic boundaries. Every year, ON EAST publishes several exceptional undergrad essays and provides students with the opportunity to present their research at an academic conference in the spring.
For more information, check out our website here: http://oneast.sa.utoronto.ca/.
ON EAST is currently accepting applications for the roles of Co-Chair (2), and Creative Director (1).
Chair (2)
The Co-Chairs of the ON EAST journal and conference are responsible for publishing the journal and organizing the annual conference. They are assisted by the EASSU team when required. The Chairs work together during the process. Some tasks of the Chairs include: recruiting undergraduate editors, accepting paper submissions, finding graduate student and faculty editors, organizing the conference, and dealing with publication matters.
Creative Director (1)
The Creative Director is responsible for all design and formatting work required by the Chairs. The main responsibility of the Creative Director is to format the journal at the end of the year so that it may be published. This position therefore requires some previous experience with and access to publishing software. The Creative Director is also responsible for upkeep of the ON EAST website.
If you are interested in applying for either of these positions, please send us an e-mail including the following application:
Full Name:
Position you are applying for:
Program:
Email:
Telephone Number:
Why you would like to be involved with ON EAST:
Any previous relevant experience:
You do not need to be enrolled in East Asian Studies to take on either of these positions. If you are applying for the Creative Director position and have any previous work that you would like to include in your application as an example, please feel free to do so.
Deadline for applications: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at midnight.
