Hiring RRAPP Writers!

RRAPP Technical Writer

The IARA Project is seeking 2-3 new RRAPP writers.

As a technical writer for the Race, Research, and Policy Portal (RRAPP), you will summarize complex research into accessible web articles for non-academic audiences. You will utilize research databases to search for and select related peer-reviewed literature using provided criteria. 

How we work

Each semester, you will select 2-6 articles for consideration in RRAPP and bring these to an editorial meeting with your fellow writers, lead editor, and IARA Associate Director. Together, we will select the final articles for the semester’s two cycles. Your assignments can be specific to your area of interest or expertise, or they can be more general.

After this meeting, you will have a first draft deadline, a second draft deadline (following comments from your editor), and a final draft deadline. You will post the final article to the RRAPP platform yourself.

There are two cycles per semester, plus one additional cycle in the summer. In each cycle, you are scheduled to write two articles each. 

Training

We will provide training on writing for RRAPP through a fully-paid afternoon session at the beginning of working together. This session will focus on writing techniques, translating research for public audiences, and selection criteria for RRAPP’s database.

Pay, workload, and practicals

This position pays $21/hour. Each cycle takes about 8-16 hours total over the course of six weeks. No one week is expected to exceed six hours.

This position reports to the RRAPP Editor, Artair Rogers, and IARA Associate Director, Alison Pasquariello.

Writers will attend one meeting per semester on-campus in-person. All other writing and editing work is conducted remotely.

All RRAPP content — including everything you write — is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licensework. This means it is copyrighted and can be re-published elsewhere, as long as the author and publisher are credited. RRAPP writers are encouraged to publish their work in other media outlets, on LinkedIn, and on their resumes.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for graduate students who are…

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. program, either at Princeton University or elsewhere in commutable distance
• Can translate complex information into understandable language
• Have experience with topics central to racial justice, equity, and antiracism
• Are eager to gain experience and skills writing for the web
• Can attend one in-person meeting per semester on Princeton’s campus 

How to apply

If you are an enrolled student at Princeton University, please apply via the JobX system here.

If you are not enrolled at Princeton University, please send your resume, cover letter, and short writing sample (need not exceed 1000 words) to iara_project@princeton.edu. 

With any questions about this role or application process, please contact Alison Pasquariello at a.pasquariello@princeton.edu.

Deadline to apply: January 16, 2026

We aim to review applications by January 20 and conduct interviews January 26-28. The training session is planned to take place in February, and the first cycle will begin in March.