Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

$50–90/hrrate as listed

Write university-level sociology assessment tasks and matching rubrics that are used to train and evaluate AI systems on academic reasoning. Work is remote, contract-based, and asynchronous, with observed pay in the $50–90/hr range depending on credentials and project.

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What the work involves

You build assessment items grounded in real sociological content — stratification, methods, theory, race and ethnicity, deviance, demography, whatever your teaching and research actually cover — and then write the rubric that scores them. Tasks need to be unambiguous enough that a third-party educator or a model can apply the rubric and reach the same judgment you would. Expect to cite or paraphrase current literature, document why a criterion exists, and specify what distinguishes a strong response from a plausible-sounding weak one.

A second stream of work is review: reading other contributors' tasks, rubrics, and model-generated responses and giving specific, defensible feedback. This is where most contributors are separated from each other. Vague praise or line-editing is not useful; the project wants you to name the conceptual error, the misaligned Bloom's level, or the rubric criterion that can't actually be observed in a written answer.

What the screen looks for

Verifiable teaching and publication history at the postsecondary level, with a PhD or ABD in sociology or an adjacent discipline
Concrete evidence you have written rubrics and assessments in your own courses — not just used ones you were given
Fluency with Bloom's taxonomy and at least one other assessment framework, applied rather than recited
Ability to hold a sociological position under follow-up questioning, including where the evidence is contested
Clear writing: the screen reads your prose as a work sample

No AI or machine learning background is expected. Familiarity with how models fail at social-scientific reasoning is a bonus, not a requirement.

Logistics

Contractor engagement, fully remote, asynchronous. Contributors typically commit 10–20 hours per week, though volume fluctuates with project phase and some cohorts are onboarded for short bursts. Deadlines are per-batch rather than per-day, so you set your own hours. Pay is hourly and reported by contributors in the $50–90 range; the specific rate is set at offer and is not guaranteed.

What they look for

Designing evaluation rubrics
Writing clear
measurable task prompts
Basic pedagogical knowledge (Bloom's taxonomy
Reviewing and giving feedback on work
Synthesizing literature/research on a topic

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Do you hold a PhD in Sociology, or are you currently ABD (all but dissertation) in Sociology or a closely related discipline (e.g., Anthropology, Social Work, Criminology)?
Terminal degree in Sociology or closely related discipline · required
Have you taught at least one course at the postsecondary level (e.g., university, college, or accredited graduate program)?
Postsecondary teaching experience · required
Have you personally designed (not just administered) assessment tasks or rubrics as part of your teaching or professional practice?
Assessment design experience · preferred
Do you have a published article, book chapter, or other scholarly research output in sociology or a closely related field?
Publication or research record in Sociology · preferred
Can you commit to asynchronous project work and are there known scheduling or obligation conflicts that would prevent you from meeting project milestones?
Current availability · preferred

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Included with this listing

Interview prep — 12 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Whether you've actually built assessments from scratch rooted in sociological concepts, not just administered existing ones; your ability to articulate alignment between concept and task design.
A strong answer: Name a real assessment (e.g., a paper prompt, exam question, project brief), state the specific sociological concept it measures, and explain one design choice that made the concept testable—for example, requiring students to apply a theory to a novel scenario rather than define it.
Where people lose it: Describing assessments you've graded or assigned, not authored; or listing concepts without showing how your task actually surfaces whether students grasp them.