Adjunct / Affiliated Research Faculty - NSF STEM Education & Workforce

AlphaGov (Casa Moon LLC d/b/a AlphaGov) delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, institutions of higher education, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans STEM education and workforce research support, sponsored-project partnership development, training and technical assistance, program evaluation, and applied research operations for public and education clients.

We engage experienced practitioners for both full-time employment and project-based contract roles, depending on the award and staffing model. Engagements are remote-first with travel as required for partner campuses, school districts, and field sites. We build ready teams for live pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

This opportunity is contingent upon contract award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal.

AlphaGov is seeking Adjunct / Affiliated Research Faculty in NSF-aligned STEM education and workforce domains — including engineering education, computer science education, teacher research experiences, technician education pathways, and related STEM learning and workforce research — to serve as research collaborators, co-investigators, or content leads with university and community-college partners.

What you'll do:

- Contribute STEM education or engineering/CS education research design, methods, and scholarly framing for university-hosted sponsored projects

- Collaborate with institutional PIs, school-district or community-college partners, and AlphaGov delivery leads on research questions, curricula translation, and broader-impacts narratives

- Support K-14 educator research-experience models, classroom/curriculum follow-on, and workforce pathway documentation when the project design calls for it

- Produce high-quality written products — literature framing, methods sections, evaluation plans, progress reports, and past-performance narrative — suitable for NSF-style packages

- Contribute specialist qualifications and citeable past projects to AlphaGov proposals when permissioned

Requirements

Required:

- Doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials in engineering education, STEM education, computer science education, learning sciences, or a closely related field — or substantial faculty-equivalent research experience in those domains

- Demonstrated record of STEM education, teacher professional development, technician education, or engineering/CS education research (publications, funded projects, or citeable institutional roles)

- Ability to collaborate with university or community-college sponsored-research teams and K-14 or industry education partners

- Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires

Nice to have:

- Prior NSF STEM education, RET Site, ATE, RIEF/RFE, IUSE, or related education-research experience as PI, co-PI, senior personnel, or key collaborator

- Experience mentoring engineering faculty new to education research, or translating authentic research into K-14 classroom practice

- Prior projects you can cite (agency/client or institution, your role, year)