Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP), based in the University Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS), has one position available for a doctoral student in the humanities or humanistic social sciences with an interest in digital scholarship development and academic publishing. For AY2026-27, the appointment carries a time commitment of up to 10 hours per week.

BUDP supports Brown faculty in the creation of new scholarly forms that present research and advance arguments in ways not achievable in a conventional print format, whether through multimedia enhancements or interactive engagement with research materials. This program of distinction is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and social justice into the practice and production of digital publications for both scholarly audiences and the wider public. Learn more about the award-winning born-digital publications already published and those currently in development.

Working with the entire BUDP team, the fellow will be exposed to the full range of activities involved in the creation of a born-digital scholarly publication. By working across a portfolio of projects at different stages of completion, the fellow will hone their editorial judgment and gain an understanding of current practices and debates surrounding the development of longform, interactive scholarship intended for publication by leading university presses. The fellowship aims to build analytical, creative problem-solving, and project management skills. This opportunity is particularly suited for students interested in exploring careers in the digital humanities or scholarly publishing.

Questions about this fellowship can be addressed to Allison Levy, Director, Brown University Digital Publications.

The contact person for this program is Ashley Champagne, Director for the Center for Digital Scholarship.

The University’s digital scholarship hub, the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS), provides inspiration, expertise, services, and teaching in digital scholarship methodologies, project development, and publication to Brown faculty, staff, and students. CDS is looking for one fellow with interest and/or experience in using digital tools and methods for research for 2026-2027. The anticipated time commitment is up to 10 hours per week.

The fellow will serve the Brown community in collaboration with the CDS staff experts. There is opportunity to determine how the fellow would like to shape the position. For the 2026-2027 year, the fellow would be welcome to offer consultations to faculty and students, present on their own scholarly work, participate in CDS meetings, and organize digital humanities events. The fellow will have the opportunity to gain experience with and contribute to current CDS specialities: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and humanistic research, text mining, data visualization,

data analysis, scientific data management, geospatial information, critical data studies, scholarly communications, web design, and digital publishing.

The fellow will also receive direct training and assistance from CDS staff experts in digital scholarly methods and practices germane to their dissertation work, and experience with digital tools and methodologies.

A few examples of how the fellow might contribute to the Library's dynamic environment for digital scholarship are:

• Developing a faculty digital project with the CDS team
• Organizing digital humanities events
• Creating documentation and other materials related to the fellow's own work to contribute to knowledge of digital scholarly practice
• Advising other graduate students on using digital tools for their research
• Presenting research at the Digital Humanities Salon
• Collaborating with CDS staff to serve as a co-instructor for one of our
• workshops that count towards the Digital Humanities Doctoral Certificate Program.

At the conclusion of the fellowship, the fellow will submit an evaluation of their experience, reflecting on substantive issues, needs and capabilities that might be appropriate for the Library’s future work with other graduate students and faculty in their research endeavors.

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) invites applications for one or more Interdisciplinary Opportunity fellows. Fellows will contribute by collaborating with the Center’s Director and staff in the coordination of a graduate- and faculty-oriented Research Seminar, workshops, and other related events; design and plan graduate and undergraduate student involvement in the Seminar, as well as community outreach; conduct research related to Seminar activities; and write up summaries of the events for publicity and reporting purposes.

The fellows will meet regularly with the Center Director, staff, and members of the CLACS steering committee members. We are open to applications from all disciplines and areas of interest. The Interdisciplinary Opportunity positions aim to build communication, creative problem-solving, analytical, research, and management skills.

Fellows will be appointed to a Proctorship for Fall and Spring, with a half-time service appointment (10 hours / week) over the two semesters. Office space at the Center may be available. 

The Center for Library Exploration and Research (CLEAR) at the Brown University Library, in collaboration with the African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) in Literary Arts, is able to host one fellow with interest and experience in interdisciplinary research related to African poetry and poetics. The contact person for this program is Lorna Dawes, Interim Director for Library Exploration and Research.

CLEAR supports Library-based co -curricular teaching and learning experiences, data driven research methodologies, and local community engagement. The APBF (Literary Arts) is engaged in publishing books of poetry and literary criticism and conducting research related to African poetry and poetics. APBF leads the African Poetry Digital Portal, a digital humanities initiative conducted through a cluster of US-based and international collaborators and researchers.

CLEAR seeks fifth- or sixth-year graduate students with varied technical and pedagogical backgrounds, whose research area or interest is in contemporary African literature and who have interest or experience in using digital tools or data driven research methodologies. The fellow will be appointed to a half-time proctorship for both semesters, with an anticipated commitment of up to 10 hours weekly.

The fellow will have opportunities to contribute to research projects that focus on the intersection of digital media and African poetry, and work with the team to develop a born-digital critical bibliography focusing on digital media and African poetry. Fellowship details will be negotiated to support the goals of both the fellow and the work of CLEAR-APBF.

The Center for Library Exploration and Research (CLEAR) at the Brown University Library, is able to host one fellow with interest and experience in data-driven research technologies and/or spatial/geographic research. The contact person for this program is Lorna Dawes, Interim Director for Library Exploration and Research.

CLEAR Data Services supports the Brown community with data and coding needs. We provide support and instruction for finding, processing, and analyzing data (particularly geospatial, census, socio-economic, financial, and environmental), and offer programming to develop data literacy and analysis skills.

CLEAR seeks fifth- or sixth-year graduate students with varied technical, research, and pedagogical backgrounds whose research involves spatial/geographic or data driven research methodologies. The fellow will be appointed to a half-time proctorship for both semesters, with an anticipated commitment of up to 10 hours weekly.

The fellow will contribute to innovative data science programs and services, collaborating with librarians to provide student and faculty research consultations, and contribute to ongoing local and national data research projects. The fellow will also design and conduct data and digital literacy workshops and have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a library wide data literacy strategy and programming. The fellow will also have the opportunity to build datasets, explore AI applications in data science, and gain technical and applied research expertise that will be of immediate use in their research.

Fellowship details will be negotiated to support the research and professional development goals of the fellow. At the conclusion, the fellow will submit an evaluation of their experience, reflecting on issues, needs and capabilities relevant for the Library's future work with students, faculty, and staff in their research endeavors.

The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) is able to host up to two fellows. The contact person for this program is Program Coordinator, Brianna Rios. 

This fellowship is for fifth- or sixth-year graduate students in any humanities or social science department or program whose dissertation is focused on questions related to issues of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity in the United States or in a transnational/comparative framework that includes the U.S.

This fellowship is designed for students who will benefit from an interdisciplinary environment where their research is supported and who wish to support the research associated with CSREA. All fellows at CSREA will be expected to share their research and consistently attend the CSREA Fellows Seminar, which meets approximately five times a semester and includes faculty and postdoctoral fellows. In addition, we expect our graduate fellows to spend regular time at CSREA, to be active and regular participants in seminars, workshops, and lectures organized by CSREA.

The contact person for this program is Brenda Rubenstein, DSI Director. Depending upon the topic selected, a more specific mentor may be assigned in addition. 

The Data Science Institute invites applications for one or two Interdisciplinary Opportunities fellows at the intersection of data science and public policy/law. While the DSI is happy to accommodate specific interests of applicants, DSI is most interested in selecting a student to work on one of the following topics: 1) defining what data science is in the age of AI and how the field is evolving; 2) the intersection of data science, AI, and policy; and 3) the intersection of AI and law (ongoing AI laws, etc.) and its effect on algorithms or regulations of algorithms. 

The fellow would be expected to regularly meet with a mentor, likely once per week. The fellow would work with faculty mentors to conduct research and produce either a written briefing or do some more active policy/legal work based upon their research. Depending upon the exact topic selected, the fellow and a mentor will build out a more specific set of goals and responsibilities. The fellow would share an office in the Data Science Institute. 

This role may involve external instructors from our Data Science Policy, Society, and Governance Master's Program (all experienced practitioners) or members of the Brown Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign. 

The student should be familiar with data science and/or AI, not necessarily at a deep technical level, but have some working fluency. The student should have the ability to conduct primary literature-based research and develop useful briefings and presentations. The DSI Executive Committee, with input from relevant other faculty, will review applications for fit and interest. 

The position requires a time commitment of 10 hours per week as a proctorship for the fall and spring semesters. 

The fellow will become well-versed in data science and AI policy/law. The fellow will also be given the opportunity to gain technical skills by attending DSI workshops. Depending upon the project, this student will be involved in external policy/legal activities at different governmental levels. These skills are ever-growing and evolving areas on the job market. AI policy skills are becoming increasingly important, even beyond technical skills, as this technology changes and society learns how to manage it for the benefit of all. 

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) is able to host up to one fellow. The contact person for this opportunity is Academic Program Manager, Jeanne Loewenstein.

IBES offers a fellowship for a fifth or sixth year graduate student with an interest in the intersections between their research and environmental scholarship. The selected candidate will be expected to utilize their knowledge and experience to bolster IBES’ mission as an engine of real-world impact and a training ground for the next generation of changemakers building a just, sustainable world. The fellow will be expected to support an area of the IBES strategic plan, especially the goals related to Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders and/or Driving Solutions-Inspired Research.

As such, the selected fellow will have primary teaching responsibilities or serve as a teaching assistant for a course in the Environmental Sciences & Studies (ENVS) concentration during one term. Alternatively, IBES is open to a fellow interested in enriching our curriculum through community-engaged teaching (potentially through a proctorship). During their alternate term, the fellow will work on their research.

We recommend reviewing our current ENVS curriculum guide to learn about our concentration requirements. If you are interested in teaching a stand-alone ENVS course, please discuss how it would complement our curricular offerings while advancing your interdisciplinary scholarly goals. Descriptions of the following courses taught by past fellows can be found through C@B - ENVS 1877 Colonialism and Global Environmental Inequality (Spring 2026), ENVS 1878 EJ and The City: Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Inequality (Spring 2025), and ENVS 1233 Underground Studies: Extractivism and Decolonization in the Americas/Abiayala (Spring 2024).

If you are interested in serving as a TA for an existing ENVS course, please flag those courses that align well with your expertise and interdisciplinary scholarly goals. Interested students should indicate their preference and qualifications for this appointment. Active participation in the Institute for Environment and Society's events and activities at Brown will be expected.

Applicants must be in good standing and address in their application the ways in which their dissertation connects with IBES’s mission to understand natural, human, and social systems.

John Carter Brown Library is able to host one fellow. The contact person for this program is Alyson Conroy, Administrative Coordinator for Fellowships.

The John Carter Brown (JCB) Library fellow should have a dissertation topic that relates to the early history and culture of the Americas and whose research and writing would benefit from privileged and sustained access to the resources of the John Carter Brown Library, one of the world’s most renowned collections of early Americana. While primarily engaged in dissertation research, fellows are expected to collaborate closely with leading curatorial experts on a Library project and be active and engaged members of the international community of scholars in residence at the Library. Fellows are appointed to a half-time proctorship (10 hours / week) both semesters. Applicants may be invited for an interview.

The John Nicholas Brown Center (JNBC) is able to host one fellow. The contact person is Kevin McLaughlin, Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study. 

The John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study announces one Interdisciplinary Opportunity fellowship for a fifth- or sixth-year Ph.D. student interested in working as an editorial assistant for the journal NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction, a triannual scholarly journal devoted to the study of the novel in all languages and from different disciplinary perspectives. NOVEL is edited at Brown and is housed at the JNBC in the Nightingale-Brown House. The fellow will support the Managing Editor and the Editorial Board for the journal, with particular responsibility for the following:

• assisting with the selection and solicitation of books to be reviewed in the journal
• preparing for and participating in the weekly meetings with the Managing Editor and the editorial team
• developing topics for special issues of the journal focused on topics of particular interest

The anticipated time commitment for this position is 10 hours per week for the fall and spring semesters. The fellow will be provided with office space in the Nightingale-Brown House. The fellowship is structured to provide graduate students in literary studies with opportunities for enhancing their critical and writing skills, as they acquire a deep knowledge of developments in the field and gain valuable editorial experience. Applicants will be selected based on interest in editorial work and previous experience working with literature across disciplinary perspectives.

Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women is able to host two or more fellows. The contact for this program is the Director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate Program, Denise Davis.

The Pembroke Center is a feminist research center devoted to critical scholarship on the struggles faced by people across national and transnational contexts whose gender identity or sexual orientation make them targets of epistemological, medical, economic, ontological, and other forms of violence. Since its founding in 1981, the Pembroke Center has sought to confront societal challenges across borders by interrogating the social categories used to differentiate and hierarchize individuals and groups—including gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, citizenship, and class—and how those categories intersect and mutually produce each other.

The Pembroke Center invites applications from fifth- or sixth-year graduate students who would benefit from interdisciplinary teaching experience or from experience working at an interdisciplinary academic journal. Selected candidates will serve either as a teaching assistant for the Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies course in Fall 2026 (20 hours per week), with the spring 2027 semester being a research fellowship, or as an editorial assistant for differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, a half-time position (10 hours a week) for two semesters. Teaching assistants focus on critical methods and foundational questions in GNSS, collaborating with the instructor, facilitating an undergraduate discussion section, and grading student assignments. Journal proctors work closely with senior editors on submissions and assist with editorial tasks, as well as help generate ideas for special issues.

Candidates for the editorial position should be versed in critical or cultural theory and interested in current trends and debates in the humanities, especially in gender and sexuality studies. Excellent writing skills in English are essential. Preferred teaching candidates will have some background in women’s studies, gender studies, queer studies, or trans studies. Applicants’ preferences for teaching or editorial positions, where indicated, will be taken into consideration. Proctors will be encouraged but not required to participate in Pembroke Center programming, including the Pembroke Research Seminar, which will be led in 2026–27 by Professor Paja Faudree, associate professor of anthropology and linguistics, and titled “The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge.”

Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) is able to host one or more fellows. The contact person for this program is the Training Program Director, Andrew Foster.

The PSTC welcomes applications from 5th or 6th year students in the social sciences. Applicants will be selected based on the quality of their research and its contribution to population studies. Priority will be given to students who have shown interest in and commitment to population studies through prior participation in the PSTC training program and population-related coursework. 

Fellows will be expected to be in residence in Providence, and to regularly work in the PSTC. They will be provided desk space with a computer and computing support. They will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the Center through attending the weekly seminar series and participating in workshops and relevant working groups. In addition, they will contribute no more than eight hours a week over the course of the academic year to support PSTC research, teaching, and training activities. The nature of the activities will be individually negotiated in order to appropriately contribute to the professional development of the student. These activities could include research or teaching support, coordinating workshops or working groups, assisting with preparation of IRB applications in the student's general research area, working with the Center Director or Associate Director to prepare data for center grant applications, or assisting faculty with organizing a conference in the student's general research area.

The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Simmons Center) is able to host one or more fellows. The contact person for this program is the director, Anthony Bogues.

The Simmons Center examines the historical forms of slavery, the ways that these forms have shaped the modern world and how questions of freedom and justice have been generated by this historical condition. The Simmons Center also focuses on contemporary forms of human bondage. It has a public humanities program which consists of various exhibitions and series of public lectures. The Simmons Center research program circles around the following research clusters: forms of contemporary human bondage; scholarship on the historic forms of slavery; the relationship between slavery, colonialism and democracy; the relationship between race, slavery and capitalism; and curating an international exhibition on slavery and colonialism with international partners. The center is the home for the MA in Public Humanities program.  Alongside this program it runs public humanities seminars and other events. The center hosts a vibrant interdisciplinary research cluster on race, slavery and medical knowledge.

The Simmons Center seeks fifth- or sixth-year graduate students whose research areas fall broadly within any of these clusters and public humanities in general. Graduate students who are focusing on questions of historical injustice, colonialism, and racial slavery in any part of the globe. Responsibilities of the fellowship will include coordination and participation in the on-going seminar series of the center and present their research at the center during the fellowship period. The primary focus of the fellow should be to complete the dissertation, present it to the Center, and collaborate with the center faculty and staff in developing and participating in programming.

The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning is able to host one Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fellow. The contact person for this program is Senior Associate Director Dr. Jenna Morton-Aiken.

This fellowship is for fifth- or sixth-year graduate students in any humanities or social science department or program interested in hands-on academic program administration and/or teaching experience. Housed in the Writing and English Language Support (WELS) hub of the Sheridan Center, the fellow will work with Dr. Morton-Aiken to administer the Writing Fellows program along with other programmatic aspects of supporting faculty, graduate students, and multi-lingual learners in an academic environment. The fellow will be expected to work 10 hours / week for the fall and spring semesters. 

This opportunity is designed as hands-on professional development for graduate students seeking practical experience in: program administration; centers for teaching and learning; interdisciplinary approaches to teaching; and/or further teaching experience. Dr. Morton-Aiken oversees the position directly, and invites the fellow to participate in day-to-day activities that will enrich skills in communication, creative problem-solving, project management, and people management. The fellow will meet regularly with Dr. Morton-Aiken, WELS hub staff, and student partners at the Sheridan Center. The Sheridan Center is located in the Sciences Library, and a private office will be provided (as space allows).