Architecture Research Fellow, McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies at Dominican University, River Forest

Term: Through June, 2026, 15-20 hours per week (possibility of renewal)

Wage: $20/hour

The Sacred Spaces project at Dominican University seeks to preserve and digitally archive architectural spaces of the Dominican family across the United States, and other culturally and religiously significant spaces in the Chicago area. This project takes an innovative approach to historic preservation by creating interactive 360 degree captures of significant sacred spaces using panorama and drone photography.

The Architecture Research Fellow will assist in all areas of the project including researching sites of interest, onsite digital capture, tour creation, web posting, and digital asset management. The Architecture Research Fellow will join a small team including an historian, archivist, and students at the McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies who all collaborate on planning, troubleshooting, and undertaking scholarly research for the project. Project examples can be found here: https://mcgrealcenter.org/

Responsibilities:

• Assist in capturing digital footage of interiors and exteriors of sacred spaces using drones, panorama cameras, and phone cameras
• Create digital tours of spaces using Pano2VR software to build panoramas and embed content
• Create webpages for individual tours on WordPress site, including editing landing page video
• Conduct research on individual spaces and communities, build scholarly bibliographies for website using Zotero
• Assist in identifying new sites of interest, corresponding with representatives of communities
• Assist Program Coordinator with developing digital preservation plan for generated assets.

Requirements:

• Background and/or training in library science, programming, photography, history, and/or museums

• Demonstrated interest in digital exhibitions or archives, digital humanities, and/or digital curation

• Willingness to learn and troubleshoot complex VR software, camera equipment, and drone photography • Self-starting attitude

• Comfort with troubleshooting, using software documentation to address issues

• Interest in photography, architecture, and/or religious communities preferred

This is a fully onsite position at the McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies, at Dominican University’s River Forest campus. Position will require some driving in Chicago area.

For more information and to apply: https://mcgrealcenter.org/homepage/work-with-us/