Research Associate

Title:

Research Associate

Department:

Albert A. Dorman Honors College

Reports To:

Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College

Position Type:

Staff

Position Summary:

The Center for the Humanities in Extended Reality (CHXR) at the Albert Dorman Honors College at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks candidates to fill a Research Associate position. Candidates are expected to support all aspects of a research project, including creating a database in XR and supporting grant applications to develop the project further.

Essential Functions:

-This position provides digital humanities research support as well as technical development and consulting for the Center for the Humanities in Extended Reality.

-As a research associate, this candidate will demonstrate strong writing ability, excellent knowledge of various methods and techniques necessary in digital scholarship projects, and a willingness to explore and develop new skills as needed.

-Expected areas may include working knowledge of Unity, creation and curation of immersive environments (XR), databases and non-relational object storage solutions, web-development technologies and frameworks (JavaScript, CSS, HTML5) suitable for static-site generation; Python; and/or machine learning techniques and AI.

Prerequisite Qualifications:

-Candidates must have demonstrated experience working in the digital humanities.

-Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline.

-Demonstrated strong written and oral presentation skills are required.

-Experience with digital scholarship projects and the ability to communicate complex ideas in an understandable way to a broad variety of stakeholders.

-Willingness and demonstrated ability to learn new skills and technologies beyond existing areas of knowledge, including new software applications and/or programming languages.

-Experience successfully working in a collaborative team on interdisciplinary digital scholarship projects.

-Excellent problem-solving and analytical capacities.

-At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

-Advanced degree preferred.

-Data visualization, digital humanities, or database experience is preferred.

- A demonstrated willingness to, or experience with leading undergraduate research projects.

-Grant-writing experience.

-A record of academic publications or the equivalent.

-Experience working with honors students and incorporating undergraduates into the candidates own research area is preferred.

-Project management experience.

Bargaining Unit:

AFT-UCAN

Salary Information:

In compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Law, the negotiated starting annual salary range for this position is $42,706 (USD). NJIT

considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses or other items.

To learn more about the comprehensive benefits NJIT offers for this position, please visit our benefits page:

FLSA:

Exempt

Full-Time

Special Instructions for Applicants:

-Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, names of 3 references, previous digital humanities or other similar project(s), and a writing sample.

-Full consideration will be given to candidates that apply by Jun 16, 2025.

-This is a one year position with the possibility for a one year renewal.