[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

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Matthew K. Gold, Ph.D.
Director, M.A. Program in Digital Humanities & M.S. Program in Data
Analysis and Visualization /
Associate Professor of English & Digital Humanities /
Advisor to the Provost for Digital Initiatives, CUNY Graduate Center
Vice President/President-Elect, Association for Computers and the Humanities
http://cuny.is/mkgold | @mkgold

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From: Jennifer Guglielmo <jgugliel@smith.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:56 PM
Subject: [DHSI] Opening: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities and
Popular Political Education
To:

*Postdoctoral Fellow & Project Coordinator in Digital Humanities and
Popular Political Education*
*Smith College, Northampton MA*

Smith College seeks a two-year Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Coordinator
in Digital Humanities and Popular Political Education to assist with
design, development and management for the project *Putting History in
Domestic Workers’ Hands,* a two-year collaboration between Smith College
and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). The position is a full
time appointment with full benefits, beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June
30, 2020 and includes an appointment in the Smith College Department of
History and/or Latin American and Latina/o Studies for that period.

*Putting History in Domestic Workers’* *Hands* will produce research on
domestic worker history and create digitally-based products to support key
elements of NDWA’s capacity-building initiatives. These initiatives include
creating greater web presence for NDWA through web-based educational
videos, facilitating access to and knowledge of domestic worker organizing
history through a digital, interactive timeline, and developing a core
political education curriculum that is digitally-distributable for curation
and use on multiple scales—local, state, regional and national—to build the
movement base and train NDWA staff, membership, supporters and the larger
public in the history of domestic work and domestic worker organizing in
and beyond the United States.

The Fellow will assist with research, content development and design for
the core political education curriculum, provide expert assistance in
popular education pedagogy, including advising on best practices for
designing a multi-scalar, non-academic curriculum, and develop digital
content management skills as applicable to the project’s goals, including
content digitization, digital archiving, content maintenance and copyright
clearance for digital materials. The Fellow will have the opportunity to
work with Smith College faculty, staff, and undergraduate students, the
NDWA Field Director, NDWA Field Coordinator, the NDWA Technology
Development Manager, as well as other members of the project team.

*Required skills/experience*

● Strong research skills.

● Bilingual command of Spanish/English, with strong writing skills in
each.

● Ph.D. in a related discipline such as History, Women and Gender
Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, American Studies, Latin American Studies,
with specialization in transnational social movements, labor and/or women’s
histories.

● Experience with popular education methodologies and/or curriculum
design.

● Experience in digital content management, including digitization,
archiving and/or maintenance of digital content.

*Additional valuable skills/experience*

● Previous experience in project coordination.

● Interest in or experience with grassroots organizing, movement
building and campaign development with immigrants, workers, and/or women of
color.

● An understanding of the impacts of oppression and trauma on
individuals and communities.

● Demonstrated ability to translate complex ideas into formats that
are accessible to multiple audiences, including people with limited
literacy or formal education.

● Experience in using social media and other digital platforms for
public outreach.

● Experience connecting academic and community-based institutions.

*Roles and duties*

● The Fellow will act as Project Coordinator, with responsibilities
for advising on popular education pedagogy, and assisting in the planning,
design and development of multi-scalar, digital and multimedia popular
education curriculum.

● The Fellow will develop expertise in digital humanities, especially
the curation, archiving, management, and dissemination of digital content.

● Teach two courses per year relevant to the Fellow’s interests and
expertise.

● Participate in annual convenings of the project team: faculty from
Smith College, NDWA partners, and members of the project’s Advisory Board.

● Work collaboratively with the project team to assist in designing
and implementing the History of Organizing training for NDWA in Summer
2020.

● The Fellow will work under the supervision of the faculty
co-directors, Jennifer Guglielmo, Associate Professor of History and
Michelle Joffroy, Associate Professor of Spanish at Smith College.

● The Fellow will consult as necessary with NDWA Field Director, Lisa
Moore on the overall direction on the content, learning objectives,
political orientation, methodology and flow of the curriculum and other
materials to ensure their alignment and applicability for NDWA’s work.

● The digital infrastructure of the project will be managed by the
NDWA Technology Team

*Salary and Benefits*

● Salary is $65,000 in year one; $66,950 in year two.

● Smith College offers a robust benefits package that includes
$3,000/year in research funds and participation in the Council on Library
and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This will
enable the Fellow to build a professional network with other recent Ph.D.
graduates who are developing this unique skill-set for innovative
academic/non-profit partnerships, including gaining a broad understanding
of the importance of data and information management to the emerging
research environment.

Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women’s college in
the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across
the liberal arts. The Five College Consortium, comprised of Smith, Amherst,
Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire Colleges and the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, provides a rich intellectual and cultural life. Smith College
is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer. Women, underrepresented racial groups,
veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

*Review of applications will begin on April 16, 2018.*

Submit application at http://apply.interfolio.com/49529 with a cover
letter, curriculum vitae, writing sample, graduate school transcripts,
three confidential letters of recommendation, and a personal statement that
addresses your experiences with popular political education (see prompt in
the Interfolio application).

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