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

Pittsburgh, PA • Full-time • Fixed-term (2 years)

About the role

This two-year, full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed for a scholar-practitioner eager to develop community around a new digital humanities initiative, gain experience in project management, and contribute to emerging forms of knowledge production. The fellow will split their time equally 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 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.

Responsibilities

• 50% Computational Humanities Program and Lab
  • Community Convening: Help build a vibrant community within the Computational Humanities Lab through events, 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 the program and lab’s digital presence, highlighting student and faculty work.
  • Mentorship and Learning: Direct student assistants.
• 50% CMU Press Production Oversight
  • Design and coordinate project management, production, and design processes for multimodal publications.
  • Editorial Process Support: Manage author communications.
  • Mentorship and Learning: Supervise student assistants and develop collaborative publishing workflows for digital projects.

Adaptability, excellence, and passion are vital. We seek a team member who can interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity and who shares our values.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Professional Development

The fellow will participate in professional development opportunities aligned with their role and goals, including co-authoring publications, presenting at relevant conferences, and contributing to the ongoing development of the computational humanities program.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous retirement savings program with employer contributions.
• Tuition benefits.
• Ample paid time off and observed holidays.
• Life and accidental death and disability insurance.
• Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass.
• Access to Family Concierge Team for childcare navigation.
• Fitness center access.

Applicants must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States; CMU will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity. Carnegie Mellon is not a qualifying employer for the STEM OPT benefit; only the 12-month OPT may be used to work at Carnegie Mellon.