Postdoctoral Digital Humanities Scholar

About the role

The Postdoctoral Digital Humanities Scholar is a one‑year grant‑funded position (potentially renewable for up to one year) located at 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406‑0001, within the School of Humanities. The role supports the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub’s mission to serve as a digital humanities resource for the state, focusing on planning a conference and summer workshop, preparing materials for secondary‑school instructors, and managing relationships with partner institutions. The position is open until filled.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan and prepare lessons, training guides, and materials for summer workshops hosted by the Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub (the 2027 workshop will be for secondary‑education teachers from across Mississippi).
• Prepare content experts and staff to teach and support summer workshops.
• Lead digital humanities workshops for both internal and statewide partners.
• Assist in the development of a statewide network of university and college digital humanities programs.
• Assist and support funded DH programs at USM and at partner institutions across the state in conjunction with University Libraries.
• Along with Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub staff, plan, organize, and lead a conference on digitalization and the digital humanities for stakeholders in Mississippi.
• Adhere to Center for Digital Humanities, Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub, and university policies, procedures, and regulations, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include experience in workshop and/or conference planning, experience with website or programming, and one‑year’s teaching experience.

Skills

• 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.

Pay

Salary range: $60,000.00 – $65,000.00.

Schedule

Full‑time position.