[Air-L] Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Digital Studies - University of Michigan, DSI

[Germaine R Halegoua]

Hi everyone,

The Digital Studies Institute (DSI) at the University of Michigan invites
candidates for the DSI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with one course per
year teaching load.  This is a 12-month term-limited position beginning
8/26/2024, with the potential to be renewed for a second 12-month term.

Review of applications begins January 7.

Please find further information about the position below, attached, and here
<https://apply.interfolio.com/131042>. And please feel free to forward to
anyone who might be interested.

Thank you!

Germaine

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The Digital Studies Institute (DSI) at the University of Michigan invites
candidates for the DSI Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with one course per
year teaching load.  This is a 12-month term-limited position beginning
8/26/2024, with the potential to be renewed for a second 12-month term.

Applications are welcome from interdisciplinary scholars with demonstrated
research expertise in Digital Studies and closely affiliated fields.  This
position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar with an interest in broadly
defined critical digital studies, whose work may come from a wide range of
disciplines, including but not limited to philosophy, art and design,
language and literature, anthropology, critical ethnic studies, history,
digital archives, law and social work, and other fields in the humanities
and qualitative social sciences.  The post-doctoral fellow will be
affiliated primarily with the Digital Studies Institute and will work
closely with an interdisciplinary range of faculty and students.

This is a 100% effort position over the 12 months (8/26/2024-8/31/2025).
It is expected there will be a combination of research (50%), teaching
(16.67%), and programmatic development (33.33%) during the nine-month
academic year,  and research (67%) and programmatic development (33.33%)
during the spring/summer term. Postdoctoral Fellows are expected to be in
residence no later than August 26, 2024.

As part of the programmatic development effort, the Fellow will be
responsible for organizing or participating in two relevant topical events
per year (e.g., roundtables, lectures, installations, brown-bags, pedagogy
workshops, etc.) in collaboration with the Associate Director of DSI. The
Fellow will also have a key role in helping organize the Digital IDEAS
Summer Institute that will occur in June 2024. Teaching one course per year
as a Lecturer is the expectation. Courses will be assigned at the
discretion of the Associate Director, in consultation with the Fellow,
depending upon the needs of the unit, qualifications of the Fellow, etc.
Duties and responsibilities for the Lecturer position are, in addition to
teaching one course per year, holding office hours, supervising Graduate
Student Instructors (if applicable), and handling routine matters related
to instruction. The total effort will be coordinated so as to total 100%
over the 12 months.

Full-time rate (FTR): $60,000/12 months (plus $5,000/year allocation for
research expense reimbursement)

The Lecturer position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement
between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which
contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours,
and other terms and conditions of employment.
Qualifications


   - PhD in a Digital Studies-related field (by August 26, 2024), broadly
   understood
   - Demonstrated excellence in college-level teaching.

Application Instructions

Applications received by January 7, 2024 will be guaranteed consideration,
but will continue to be reviewed as they are received until the position is
filled.


-- 
Germaine R. Halegoua (she/her)
John D. Evans Development Professor & Associate Professor of Communication
and Media
Director of Graduate Studies, Digital Studies Institute
<https://www.digitalstudies.umich.edu/>
University of Michigan
Author: The Digital City
<https://nyupress.org/9781479882199/the-digital-city/>, Smart Cities
<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/smart-cities>