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 especially interested in applicants whose own research focuses on Indigeneity and Indigenous Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, but 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 over the two semesters. Office space at the Center may be available.

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 Associate Director, Stéphanie Larrieux.

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 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 is a center which 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 an exhibition 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 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 falls broadly within any of these clusters. Graduate students who are focusing on questions of historical injustice and racial slavery in any part of the contemporary world are also encouraged to apply. 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.

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

IBES offers fellowships for fifth or sixth year graduate students who have an interest in the intersections between their research and environmental scholarship. Selected candidate(s) 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. Fellows will be expected to support an area of the IBES strategic plan, especially the goals related to Driving Solutions-Inspired Research and Engaging for Impact.

Selected fellow(s) will have primary teaching responsibilities or serve as teaching assistants for courses in the Environmental Sciences & Studies (ENVS) concentration during one term. Alternatively, IBES is open to fellows interested in enriching our curriculum through community engagement (potentially through a proctorship). Students will be on fellowship in the alternate term.

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. 

If you are interested in serving as a TA in 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 these appointments. Active participation in the events and activities of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society 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 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.

Joukowsky Institute for Archeology and the Ancient World is able to host one fellow. The contact person for this program is Sarah Sharpe.

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World welcomes students from a wide range of fields to join in and extend our interdisciplinary conversations and scholarship. Any student who sees a compelling connection between research interests and a relevant aspect of material culture studies is encouraged to apply. They are looking for applicants who make a persuasive case for how their disciplinary perspectives and skill sets would mesh with, diversify, and enhance Institute events, exhibit space, and/or teaching. While some familiarity with either material culture or the Mediterranean, whether in the distant or recent past, is encouraged as a shared basis for interdisciplinary dialogues, they welcome and indeed look for other disciplinary backgrounds in, for instance, visual arts, anthropology, public humanities, environmental studies, theater, materials engineering, and many others.

Students are invited to propose, and then to realize—ideally in collaboration with members of the Institute—a course, exhibition, public research project or publication, seminar series, or combination of these, that would make a distinctive contribution to the wide-ranging curriculum and dynamic intellectual and social life of the Joukowsky Institute. Students will be appointed to a TAship or project-based proctorship in one term and a fellowship in the alternate term. Active participation in Institute events and activities is expected. Fellows will be offered shared space, and the opportunity for discussion about and feedback on their own scholarship.

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 social violence. Since its founding in 1981, the Pembroke Center has sought to confront societal challenges across borders by interrogating the foundations of 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. This fellowship is designed for students who would benefit from interdisciplinary teaching experience or from experience working at an interdisciplinary academic journal. One or two will serve as teaching assistants for the Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies class in Fall 2024 (20 hours per week), with the spring 2025 semester being a research fellowship. Candidates familiar with critical methods and foundational questions in GNSS preferred. One or two will serve as an editorial assistant for differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies; this will be a half-time position (10 hours a week) for two semesters. Journal proctors will work closely with the editors on submissions as well as assist with editorial tasks and contribute to special issue ideas.

Candidates 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. 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 2024–25 by Professor Macarena Gómez-Barris and titled “Unwriting the Anthropocence: A Call to Experiment.”

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

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 Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning is able to support up to two fellows in:

1. Educational Development
2. Writing Pedagogy and Program Administration

Fellows should specify on their application what specific position(s) within the Sheridan Center for which they would like to be considered.

Sheridan Center IO in Educational Development: The proctor will be actively involved in a range of educational development activities designed to enhance teaching effectiveness and increase student success. The proctor will gain experience doing a range of core competencies in the field of educational development, including conducting teaching observations, designing programs, facilitating workshops, and assessing programs for impact. The proctor will support a range of programs including the Teaching Consultant Program, the Bridge Scholars Program, and the Equitable Learning Inquiry Program. 

Applicants will be selected based on their experience with at least two of the following competencies: inclusive teaching principles and techniques; qualitative research; statistical analysis; mentoring and advising; digital content creation; project management; literature review, including creating and updating annotated bibliographies; and workshop facilitation. Applicants should include this information in a CV section titled: Relevant Experience. Priority will be given to those who have experience with Sheridan programs (such as completion of the Sheridan Teaching Seminar, Teaching Consultant Program, or other Sheridan experience). 

A weekly commitment of 10 hours, structured as a proctorship, including routine office hours, occasional project meetings, timely updates to project management documentation, and participation in meetings with members of the Assessment and Transformational Programs hub of the Sheridan Center is expected. This work may be completed in a combination of in-person and remote work settings to accommodate the proctor’s schedule, with some in-person work required. Office space in the Sciences Library is provided.

Writing Pedagogy and Program Administration The Writing and English Language Support (WELS) hub of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning invites applicants for a one-year Interdisciplinary Opportunity fellow. The contact person for this program is Jenna Morton-Aiken, Senior Associate Director for Writing and English Language Support and Lecturer in English. Applicants are welcome to reach out with any questions before the application deadline.

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 writing; and/or diverse and inclusive pedagogies. Candidates are not required to be familiar with writing center/pedagogy best practices, but should be able to demonstrate dedication to supporting others in their learning goals with empathy, inclusion, and genuine curiosity. In addition to teaching and learning experience, this position aims to build communication, creative problem-solving, analytical, research, and management skills.

Though the particulars of the role will be negotiated with the successful candidate in order to best pair with their professional development goals and objectives, likely responsibilities will include shared management of the Writing Fellows program, co-teaching the Writing Fellows training course, supporting the WELS Hub in planning and executing writing related programming. Additional responsibilities may include developing branding and marketing materials and strategies, developing writing resources related to generative AI; collaborating on professional development and DEI initiatives for Writing Center Associates and Writing Fellows, providing direct mentorship to undergraduate writing tutors, developing and implementing writing workshops and retreats for undergraduate and/or graduate students, or participating in programming for the Writing Center and Writing Fellows Program.

Applicants will be selected on their demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusive, and belonging and best practices for supporting learning. Priority will be given to those with teaching experience, evidence of engagement with the Sheridan Center, demonstrated organizational skills, program management experience, and/or familiarity with rhetoric and composition scholarship. Applicants may be invited for an interview.

The successful fellow will be appointed to a half-time proctorship for both semesters (10 hours per week). The fellow will be hosted in the Sheridan Center in the Sciences Library and will be expected on site on a regular basis. A private office will be provided as space allows. The fellow will meet regularly with Dr. Morton-Aiken and the WELS hub staff, and will have opportunities to build connections across the Sheridan Center as well as other partners across campus.

The WELS hub supports writing across campus for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty as writers and teachers of writing, offering specific resources for multilingual writers. We are dedicated to inclusive and antiracist teaching practices, supporting all writers towards their goals through multiple pathways to success, and cultivating a positive work environment committed to supporting each other as colleagues.

University Library is able to host up to two fellows, in the Center for Library Exploration and Research (CLEAR) and the Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS).

Center for Library Exploration and Research. The contact person for this program is Niamh McGuigan, Director of Library Exploration and Research. 

The Center for Library Exploration and Research (CLEAR) at the Brown University Library seeks a graduate student fellow for 2024-2025 whose research areas intersect with or can be applied to issues in libraries and information science, and who is interested in gaining experience in developing programs to support student research skills. Fellows will be appointed to a half-time Proctorship (10 hours per week). The fellow will be provided with office space in the Library. 

The Center for Library Exploration and Research (CLEAR) is a transformative new center in the University Library, aimed at exploring new approaches for teaching core research skills and supporting researchers at all levels. CLEAR administers a suite of programs for library and information literacy education, campus outreach, faculty development, and community engagement, and looks for ways to foster academic community in and around the Library. CLEAR also supports exploration of key issues and practices in libraries, to provide opportunities for critique and transformation of library services and operations. 

CLEAR is looking for applicants from a broad range of backgrounds whose research interests, disciplinary perspectives, and prior training will inform and potentially enhance Library work in areas related to information literacy, research methods, scholarly communication and publishing, user experience, community engagement, diversity and inclusion, student success, and other key issues for libraries and archives. This fellowship will be of particular interest to graduate students who are interested in gaining experience with teaching research methods and information literacies (broadly defined) in a variety of contexts and settings. 

Applicants are welcome to contact the Center director before submitting an application to discuss the library context and explore potential research intersections. Some illustrative examples include: Disability justice in libraries; inclusive citation practices; privacy and surveillance; applications for artificial intelligence; fair use in disciplinary contexts; and equitable access to information. 

The full details of the fellowship opportunity will be negotiated with the fellow, to craft an experience that best supports the goals of both the student and the Library. Fellows will be expected to share their research with members of the Library staff, and actively participate in CLEAR events and meetings. In addition, the fellow will participate in the on-going work of the Center to develop new paradigms for teaching and supporting research. 

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

The Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS) is looking for one fellow with interest and/or experience in using digital tools and methods for research for 2024-2025. The fellow will be appointed to a half-time Proctorship for both semesters, with an anticipated time commitment of up to ten hours per week.The fellow will serve the Brown community in collaboration with the CDS staff experts by offering consultations to faculty and students, presenting on their own scholarly work, and participating in CDS meetings and other activities. 

The fellow will have the opportunity to assist with each of the current CDS specialties: text mining, data visualization, data analysis, scientific data management, geospatial information, scholarly communications, web design, and digital publishing. There is room to shape the position to fit the fellow’s specific expertise and interests. The fellow will receive direct training and assistance from CDS staff experts in digital scholarship methods and practices germane to their dissertation work, experience with digital tools and methodologies for a wide variety of projects, valuable for a range of future career possibilities.

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
• 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  

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. 

Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs is able to host up to two fellows. The contact people for this program are the Watson Institute Director Edward Steinfeld and Undergraduate Concentrations Manager Anita Nester.

The Watson Institute welcomes students from a range of social-science fields to join in the interdisciplinary teaching and research of the institute. Watson looks for applicants who make a compelling case for how their disciplinary perspectives, research projects and teaching experience will contribute to and enhance the work of the institution, especially within its three research programs: development, governance and security.  

Selected students will have primary teaching responsibilities or serve as teaching assistants for courses in the International and Public Affairs (IAPA) concentration. Students will be on fellowship in the alternate term. Interested students should indicate their preference and qualifications for these appointments. Active participation in the events and activities of the Watson Institute will be expected.