Emory Digital Humanities Mellon Post-doc

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The Emory University Libraries invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellow to work in the Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC), a new center for digital scholarship based in Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library. The position is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Emory University is one of the top-twenty national universities in the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges." Additionally, Emory is thirteenth in the country for best values among private universities in the 2010 Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The university is recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts college, superb professional schools and one of the Southeast's leading health care systems.

Responsibilities: The Mellon Post-Doc Fellow will collaborate on pioneering digital humanities projects in partnership with librarians, faculty members, and graduate students. He/she will serve as project researcher, content administrator, editorial associate, reviewer and technologist. The Fellow will be exposed to changing practices, tools, and products of digital scholarship and will gain training in project development, project management, developmental editing, online presentation and digital archiving.

Qualifications: Required: Experience with digital scholarship projects and initiatives, advanced humanities research experience, technology skills, subject expertise, and strong written and verbal communication skills. Applicants must have successfully defended the dissertation.

Applications: Applicants should submit the following:

  • A current CV
  • A cover letter which describes
    • why he/she wants to work in DiSC;
    • how this position fits in to his/her overall professional goals;
    • how he/she uses technology in their academic work or examples of digital scholarship he/she admires and why.

Send materials and contact information for three references to: Linda Nodine, Library Human Resources, via email to necharl@emory.edu. (Full mailing address is: Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870.) Application review begins May 16, 2011 and continues until the position is successfully filled.