How to Apply:

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Send your resume or CV, along with a brief cover letter about your interest in this role and your relevant experience, to Professor Sarita Schoenebeck (yardi@umich.edu) and Qiwei Li (rrll@umich.edu)

Job Summary:

We are hiring 1–2 research assistants to work on human-computer interaction and computational social science projects related to AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery (also known as AI nudification or deepfake pornography). 

This work involves navigating platforms like CivitAI, Hugging Face, AI nudification and pornography websites. You will be given support and guidance, but you must be comfortable engaging with sensitive and potentially distressing content related to online sexual abuse as part of the research process.

Details:

• May 2026 – September 2026, with the opportunity to extend into the following Fall semester 

• Part-time, approximately 20 hours/week

• $30/hour

• Fully remote, no in-person work required

• Undergraduate and Masters students with a graduation date of December 2026 or later are eligible

• Comfort working with sensitive subject matter involving image-based sexual abuse

• Strong organizational skills and experience managing or contributing to research projects

• Computer science or programming experience, including familiarity with open-source ML code (e.g., running models from CivitAI or Hugging Face)

• Interest in technology policy, platform accountability, or online safety

• Experience with or willingness to learn computer security concepts as applied to AI systems (e.g., reading security/ML literature, understanding adversarial methods)