Research Assistant (Part-Time)
New York University · New York City, New York, US
Description Position Title: Research Assistant (Part-Time) Schedule: Hybrid (remote + New York City as needed) Up to 5 hours per week Timeline: May 4 - Novem...
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Description Position Title: Research Assistant (Part-Time): Schedule: Hybrid (remote + New York City as needed) Up to 5 hours per week Timeline: May 4 - November 20, 2026 Location: 1 Washington Square North, NY, NY 10003 Study Title: Development and Pilot Testing of a Culturally Grounded AI Chatbot to Promote Principal Investigators: Dale Maglalang, PhD (NYU Silver School of Social Work) and Raj Korpan, PhD (Computer Science, Hunter College, City University of New York) This position is classified under the professional research staff category at NYU and does not qualify for visa sponsorship including STEM OPT extension. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for the duration of employment - Assist with chatbot prototype development and testing - Draft and refine chatbot-to-user prompts and dialogue flows - Develop system instructions/style guidelines to guide LLM responses - Support integration of curated content using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows - Conduct internal testing and document bugs or safety concerns - Assist with usability testing and summarize user feedback - Attend regular team meetings - Perform additional related duties as neede...