Research Associate

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 developing an online digital platform, coordinating undergraduate research assistants, and providing organizational, writing, and project-management support for ongoing digital humanities initiatives. The aim is to extend this position by securing additional grant funding.

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, and a willingness to explore and develop new skills as needed.

• Responsibilities include:
  • Coordinating the workflows of research assistants.
  • Supporting grant development and manuscript preparation.
  • Organizing project documentation and research processes.
  • Facilitating collaboration across administrative, faculty, and community partners.
  • Expected areas may include working knowledge of Unity, immersive experience design (XR), databases and non-relational object storage solutions, web-development technologies and frameworks (JavaScript, CSS, HTML5) and/or machine learning techniques and AI.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
-Candidates must have demonstrated experience working in the digital humanities.
-Bachelor's 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, organizational, 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 candidate's 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 for this position is $43,562.40 (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: https://hr.njit.edu/health-benefits.

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time

Special Instructions to Applicants:
-Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, names of 3 references, previous digital humanities or other similar project(s), and a writing sample. Applications must be submitted by May 28, 2026 to be considered.

EEO Statement:
*New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment across our teaching, research, and workplace communities. NJIT does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, religion, ancestry, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans, and are dedicated to ensuring access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in all employment, programs, services, and activities.*