Postdoctoral Digital Humanities Scholar

The University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS, US
Full-time
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The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) is seeking a post-doctoral scholar to support its mission to serve as a digital humanities hub for the state of Mississippi.

This grant-funded position, renewable up to three years, will focus on planning and creating materials for a series of digital humanities summer workshops and creating web-based pedagogical tools for secondary and college educators.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Develop, plan and prepare lessons, training guides, and materials for a series of three summer workshops hosted by the CDH.

These workshops will be geared towards higher-education faculty, undergraduate students, and secondary-education teachers from across Mississippi.

  • Train student workers, staff, and faculty to teach and support these workshops.
  • Assist with the development and support of funded DH scholarship, both at USM and at partner institutions across the state, including teaching workshops on digitization, digital humanities, and DH pedagogy.
  • Adhere to CDH and university policies, procedures, and regulations, and perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications PhD in a humanities field (English, History, Philosophy), with at least one year’s experience working in the digital humanities or DH pedagogy.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Experience working with digital humanities tools, pedagogy, and methods.
  • Experience teaching, with special consideration given to experience teaching digital humanities skills to audiences with a range of experience.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to adjust work based on input and work within a collaborative, team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in workshop planning.
  • Experience with web development or programming.
  • One-year’s teaching experience.
  • 18 days ago
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