Postdoctoral Positions
University of Iowa Postdoctoral Fellowships
We are currently accepting applications for our second University of Iowa full-time, twelve-month Postdoctoral Scholar. The two-year residency will begin on August 8, 2016. All applications should be submitted online. We will begin reviewing applications on April 4, 2016.
As part of the Digital Bridges grant, the University of Iowa will hire two postdoctoral scholars who will ultimately be seeking careers as teacher-scholars in the digital liberal arts and/or seeking an academic administrative position in libraries, museums, and other academic and public humanities contexts. The two-year Postdoctoral Scholars position are full-time, twelve-month salaried appointments.
The Postdoctoral Scholars are Fellows at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and teach courses based on their research and teaching interests that enrich our graduate Public Digital Humanities Certificate. The Scholars work with faculty and staff, learning to organize and administer collaborative projects effectively. This combination of digital liberal arts pedagogy and administrative skills will prepare our Postdoctoral Scholars for new hybrid scholar-teacher-manager careers taking shape at colleges and universities around the country.
The purpose of the grant is to develop humanities-centered collaborations in the digital liberal arts that build on the complementary strengths of a liberal arts college and a research university. We seek to weave the digital humanities more deeply and thoughtfully into the curriculum at both institutions while also building cross-institutional bridges to connect Grinnell College and the University of Iowa intellectually and pedagogically. Our shared mission is to create knowledge with our students, learn what forms of collaboration best serve the humanities, and to share that knowledge, along with emerging scholarly digital projects and digitally energized pedagogy, with colleagues across the country. Therefore, we are especially interested in candidates with demonstrated expertise in using digital technologies and digital pedagogy to enhance teaching and learning.
The annual salary is $43,692 plus benefits (described on the University of Iowa Graduate College Office of Postdoctoral Scholars website http://postdoc.grad.uiowa.edu/policies-and-benefits/university-benefits). The grant includes funding for travel to conferences and other research and professional activities that both assist the candidate and further the objectives of the grant.
More: http://iowadigitalbridges.com/about/positions/postdoc/
