Graduate Assistant in Digital Humanities

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position.

About the role

The Digital Humanities Center (DHC) at Barnard College is a collaborative community where faculty, students, and staff explore humanities research as data and implement digital methods to communicate research for public engagement. Our programming includes both hands-on training and events that showcase innovative digital humanities endeavors.

Graduate Assistant activities may include designing lesson plans, leading discussions, teaching hands-on workshops, and mentoring undergraduate researchers. As part of their assistantship, Grad Assistants will undergo training in a variety of digital humanities methods and tools that enable them to be part of the wider digital humanities community on campus and beyond.

Graduate Assistants will be expected to work in-person on the Barnard campus (3009 Broadway). The part-time assistantship will be approximately 12 hours per week during Fall and Spring semesters. After training sessions in early September, Graduate Assistants will be able to plan regular weekly schedules (with some possible variation during events or classes).

Responsibilities

• Work with classes and individual students on digital humanities assignments
• Design workshops or tutorials
• Hold open hours in the DHC for consultations
• Support programming and events
• Classroom workshops including (but not limited to):
  • Building websites in WordPress
  • Collections in Omeka
  • Working in GitHub
  • Constructing narratives in Twine, Storymaps, or TimelineJS

Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled in a graduate-level program in the humanities, humanistic social sciences, library and information science, or a related field
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for and experience in digital humanities research and/or teaching
• Proficiency in one or more digital humanities research methods or tools is strongly preferred, including (but not limited to):
  • Data visualization
  • Interactive storytelling
  • Web design
  • Building digital collections
  • Information architecture

Pay

Compensation is $33 per hour; 12 hours a week on average.

Review of applications will begin on August 1, 2026, and will continue until position(s) are filled. Questions can be directed to Dr. A.L. McMichael at amcmicha@barnard.edu. Please include a CV, cover letter, and the names and contact information of two references with your application.