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

Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. This two-year, full-time position is built for a scholar-practitioner eager to develop community around a new digital humanities initiative, gain experience in project management, and contribute to the development of emerging forms of knowledge production. The fellow will divide their time between two key initiatives: Supporting the Computational Humanities academic programs and lab space, a new CMU initiative fostering community, curriculum, and collaboration at the intersection of the humanities and computation. Developing and managing editorial and production workflows for a new imprint of non-traditional, multimodal publishing projects under the aegis of CMU Press. This fellowship provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with academic publishing, program coordination, and community-centered scholarly communication, while delivering impact to CMU’s new programs in the digital and computational humanities.

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 for this position 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 for this opportunity.
• CMU is not a qualifying employer for the STEM OPT benefit: 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, universal community within the Computational Humanities Lab through events and workshops, coworking hours, and student engagement.
• Facilitate applied research experiences for students, working closely with CH/Libraries faculty and staff.
• Maintain 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 universal and collaborative publishing workflows for digital.

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance
• a generous retirement savings program with employer contributions
• tuition benefits
• ample paid time off and observed holidays
• life and accidental death and disability insurance
• a free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass
• access to our Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs
• fitness center access

What This Job Offers

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