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Graduate Assistantships


Graduate Assistantships offer a stipend of $12,000 per academic year and partial tuition waivers.  Assistantships offer students the opportunity to work closely with faculty on research, teaching, and service projects.  After 18 hours of graduate coursework and additional teacher training workshops, graduate assistants may be assigned to teach introductory public speaking classes. Graduate assistantships are competitive, so for full consideration, please electronically submit:

  • A statement indicating why you desire an assistantship and

  • two letters of recommendation

    to:  Email:jieyoung.kong@wku.edu

The deadline to apply for the fall term is the second Friday of February.


Each letter of recommendation should be directly sent to:  Email:jieyoung.kong@wku.edu  


For more information, please contact:

Dr. Jieyoung Kong
Email:jieyoung.kong@wku.edu


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 Last Modified 8/25/22