Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing - CMU Libraries and CMU Press - UEIS

Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This two-year, full-time position is designed for a scholar-practitioner to foster a new digital humanities initiative, gain project management experience, and contribute to new forms of knowledge production. The fellow will support Computational Humanities academic programs and a lab space, and will also develop and manage editorial and production workflows for a new imprint of multimodal publishing projects at CMU Press. This fellowship offers hands-on experience in academic publishing, program coordination, and community-centered scholarly communication, contributing to CMU’s digital and computational humanities programs.

Requirements

• PhD in the humanities, humanistic social sciences, or a related interdisciplinary field (degree must be awarded by start date).
• Demonstrated interest in computational/digital humanities, public scholarship, or new forms of publishing.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Commitment to fostering community and belonging in academic spaces.
• Applicants must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States. CMU will not sponsor or take over the sponsorship of an employment visa.
• Only the 12-month OPT may be used to work at Carnegie Mellon.

Nice To Haves

• Experience facilitating events, teaching, or supporting collaborative research.
• Experience with scholarly production workflows.
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools and platforms such as GitHub, LaTeX, Manifold, etc.

Responsibilities

• Help build a vibrant community within the Computational Humanities Lab through events, workshops, coworking hours, and student engagement.
• Facilitate applied research experiences for students, working closely with faculty and staff.
• Maintain the digital presence for the program and lab, highlighting student and faculty work.
• Direct student assistants.
• Design and coordinate the project management, production, and design process for multimodal publications.
• Manage author communications.
• Supervise student assistants and develop collaborative publishing workflows for digital projects.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions.
• Tuition benefits.
• Ample paid time off and observed holidays.
• Life and accidental death and disability insurance.
• Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass.
• Access to Family Concierge Team for childcare needs.
• Fitness center access.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree