STUDENT RESEARCH INTERN

Job Summary

The Department of English is seeking a Student Research Intern for the Fall 2025 semester. The Student Research Intern will assist the Professor on a research project. This research project, Translingualism and AI Writing Tools, investigates the intersection of AI writing tools, translingualism , and digital colonialism. It aims to promote linguistic justice by developing a transnational peer tutoring platform connecting universities in the U.S. and Mexico. The project critically examines how AI writing tools can marginalize non-Western languages and knowledge systems and explores ways to decolonize these technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to an annotated bibliography on AI writing tools and linguistic justice.

• Research inclusive large language models (LLMs) that support translingual writing.

• Schedule and coordinate virtual meetings between peer tutors from partner institutions.

• Take detailed notes during meetings and tutoring sessions.

• Assist in conducting and transcribing interviews with peer tutors.

• Support the development of training modules for AI-assisted tutoring.

Minimum Qualifications

Open to Humanities majors only (Art, Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Modern Languages, etc.)

• Interest in writing, tutoring, and educational technology.

• Curiosity about the use of AI in writing and education .

• Dependable, organized, and able to work independently.

• Some knowledge of Spanish is preferred but not required.

Job Category

Student Assistant

Student Disclosure

• Applicants must be currently enrolled as a student at FIU with a minimum of six (6) credits as an Undergraduate student or three (3) credits as a Graduate student during the Fall and Spring semesters.
• During the Summer semesters, Students need only remain enrolled and are not required to take credit hours, but cannot have graduated.
• Upon decreasing credit hours or graduating, student employment must end.

Work Schedule

• Flexible

• One semester only

• 10 - 12 hours a week. Not to exceed 144 hours per semester

Advertised Salary

$18.00/hour

Pre-Employment Requirements

Criminal Background Check

This student appointment may be subjected to a pre-employment background check.

Other Information

Supplemental Materials: Please attach resume and cover letter.