Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Humanities and Publishing

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.

Core responsibilities will include:

50% Computational Humanities Program and Lab

• Community Convening: Help build a vibrant, universal community within the Computational Humanities Lab through events and workshops, coworking hours, and student engagement.
• Practicum Support: Facilitate applied research experiences for students, working closely with CH/Libraries faculty and staff.
• Documentation and Outreach: Maintain digital presence for the program and lab, highlighting student and faculty work.
• Mentorship and Learning: Direct student assistants.

50% CMU Press

• Production Oversight: Design and coordinate the project management, production, and design process for multimodal publications
• Editorial Process Support: Manage author communications
• Mentorship and Learning: Supervise student assistants and develop universal and collaborative publishing workflows for digital.