Non-Exempt Temporary or Casual

Research Assistant
Institute of Linguistics, University of Minnesota
0001 (Temp/Casual)
Academic Year 2025-2026 and the work will begin as early as August 25, 2025

Position Overview:

The Institute of Linguistics invites applications for a temp/casual hourly researcher for the
2025-2026 Academic Year.
The appointment will be hourly, up to 14 hours per week, as mutually agreed upon with the
supervisor.

Responsibilities:

Serve as a research assistant. The duties of this position include data digitization, literature
review, bibliography building, handling large datasets and corpora, website management, lab
organization, and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
Linguistics education and coursework, research and lab experience, website management
experience, experience with spreadsheets and databases, experience managing large data
sets,

Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with IPA transcription and Leipzig glossing conventions, experience in linguistics
research, ability to extract information from large databases, experience organizing complex
spreadsheets, and experience using scientific document preparation systems like LaTeX.

Linguistics is the study of the human capacity for language. What properties of the human mind allow us to learn and use language in a way that is unique to us as a species? What can the similarities and differences found across human languages tell us about how language is stored and organized in our brains? What role does social context and other nonlinguistic factors play in how humans create meaning with language? We foster research that bridges the gap between linguistics as a pure science and applications such as documentation and revitalization of endangered languages, language engineering, and language technology.

About the College of Liberal Arts:

Home to the arts, social sciences and humanities disciplines and programs, the College of Liberal Arts is the largest college in the University of Minnesota and comprises 31 academic departments, and over 20 interdisciplinary research centers and administrative/support units. CLA has over 1,300 faculty and staff spanning research, teaching, advising, outreach, and administrative functions. CLA units reside in over twenty buildings on the East Bank and West Bank of the Twin Cities campus. CLA enrolls nearly 13,000 undergraduate students, over 40% of the undergraduate enrollment on the Twin Cities campus, 1,400 graduate students, and has an annual all-funds budget of $290 million. CLA is a destination for curious, compassionate individuals who are committed to making our increasingly interdependent and diverse global community work for everyone. That foundational commitment begins in our CLA Constitution. CLA is committed to increasing enrollment of underrepresented and under-resourced students, diversifying our faculty across all disciplines, recruiting, and retaining a diverse staff, and promoting the expression and exploration of diverse perspectives and viewpoints-so that we all gain the background knowledge and analytical skills we need to understand and respect differences.

Pay Range: $18.00 per hour, depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

Applications must be submitted online: University of Minnesota Employment system: https://hr.umn.edu/Jobs/Find-Job.

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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

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