[Air-L] Post-Doc in Digital Storytelling at McMaster University

[Andrea Zeffiro]

The Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, located in Mills Memorial Library at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, invites qualified candidates to apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship.
 
Application Deadline: April 30, 2019
Position Start Date: August 1, 2019
Position End Date: July 31, 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Zeffiro
Remuneration: $50,000/year
This position is included within the Canadian Union of Public Employees (“CUPE”) Local 3906 Unit 3, representing Post-Doctoral Fellows.
 
Background

Founded in 2012, the Sherman Centre engages in a wide range of activities to support and build the McMaster digital humanities (DH) community. A critical need that has become apparent in the course of this work is the inclusion of DH skill instruction, methodology, and theory in the curriculum, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. From the vantage point of the Sherman Centre, we see this as the beginning of a clear trend toward increased interest in introducing students to a wide range of approaches (including text analysis, data visualization, and GIS), while improving their general technical fluency and research competency.
 
Job Description 

Working under the direction of the Academic and Administrative Directors of the Sherman Centre, the postdoctoral fellow will support the general outreach and curricular activities of the Sherman Centre, with a specific focus on the application of DH approaches to the area of digital storytelling through a variety of visualization, digital dissemination, and knowledge mobilization approaches. In alignment with their own DH research agenda, the fellow will, in close collaboration with other Sherman Centre staff:

- offer training and support for general and selected specific DH tools and techniques
- assess faculty and graduate student interests, needs, and goals with relation to digital storytelling in various forms of data analyses and visualization, knowledge dissemination and mobilization
- offer consultation to faculty and graduate students to enable them to begin including DH elements in their teaching and research
- engage library staff in other functional areas to draw their expertise into the DH space and connect them to faculty who need support
- support the further development of DH workshops, talks, and events at the Sherman Centre
- prepare and deliver an undergraduate digital humanities introductory course annually, and
- connect with other digital humanities initiatives in the region and beyond.

Beyond these responsibilities, the fellow will participate actively in the life and activities of the Sherman Centre and represent it at key DH events such as the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) and the annual Digital Humanities conference at the institution’s expense.
 
Eligibility

The Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to scholars who have completed their doctoral degree no earlier than June 1, 2015. Candidates must have defended their dissertation and received their Ph.D. by July 1, 2019. The optimal candidate will have a Ph.D. in a DH-relevant discipline and a digital humanities research agenda with expertise in approaches to digital storytelling. International scholars are invited to apply, however, preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
 
How To Apply 

To apply for this job, please submit your application online: u.mcmaster.ca/scds-postdoc-2019 <http://u.mcmaster.ca/scds-postdoc-2019>

The completed online application package must include the following components: 

- a CV
- a cover letter that outlines your qualifications for and interest in the position, your commitment to excellence in research and teaching, and efforts to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in university or community settings
- a sample portfolio (10 pages maximum) that highlights your writing and previous DH-related work, and
- names and contact information for three references

Additional documentation may be requested at a later stage in the selection process.

Please contact Dr. Jay Brodeur (brodeujj at mcmaster.ca <mailto:brodeujj at mcmaster.ca>) if you have any general questions about the position.
 

Employment Equity Statement 

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and, within the lands protected by the “Dish with One Spoon” wampum agreement.

McMaster University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff.  The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates including women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons, members of racialized communities and LGBTQ-identified persons. Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact the Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247) or the Faculty of Health Sciences Human Resources office at ext. 22207 to communicate accommodation needs.


Andrea Zeffiro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia
Academic Director, Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship
McMaster University 
1280 Main St. W
Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8
(905) 525-9140  ext. 23503 / 21901 
zeffiroa at mcmaster.ca

McMaster University sits on the traditional Territories of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee Nations, and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement (Indigenous Education Council, May 2016).