Location: Cambridge, MA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**May 21, 2026** **002835SR** Company Description By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. **Why join the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences?** The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program (Harvard College, founded in 1636) as well as all of Harvard’s Ph.D. programs (the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1872), Harvard Athletics and the Division of Continuing Education. The 40 academic departments and 30+ centers of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest range of liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Together, the FAS seeks to foster an environment of ambition, curiosity and shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence from all members of our community and prepares the next generation of leaders through a transformative educational experience. Job Description **Job Summary:** The Cultural Dynamics Lab at Harvard University, directed by Joshua Conrad Jackson, is seeking a full-time Research Assistant with computational and data analysis skills for an series of projects aimed at studying the cultural evolution of social categories. Projects will involve analyzing natural language datasets, designing agent-based models, and running experiments. **Job-Specific Responsibilities:** The Research Assistant's primary responsibilities will include: (1) Collecting, processing, and analyzing large-scale social media or other natural language datasets; (b) writing and editing agent-based models; (c) designing experiments; (d) writing papers under the menorship of the PI; (e) presenting research at conferences; and (f) assisting wit