The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is hiring a Program Specialist with the Office of Digital Humanities.

The NEH indicates that “The Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) offers grant programs that fund project teams experimenting with digital technologies to develop new methodologies for humanities research, teaching and learning, public engagement, and scholarly communications. ODH funds those studying digital technology from a humanistic perspective and humanists seeking to create digital publications. Another major goal of ODH is to increase capacity of the humanities in applying digital methods.”

According to the job description, “The Program Specialist acts as an expert in matters pertaining to digital humanities, library, and museum-related grants, and grant-funded research.”

This position would be perfect for a recent graduate of a M.A. or Ph.D. Program in History. The job announcement indicates that a Ph.D. is preferred, but not required.

For more information on this position, see the job description at USA Jobs.

Any Northern Illinois University graduate students or recent M.A.s and Ph.D.s interested in this position should contact me via email.

The Graduate Programs in History at Northern Illinois University prepare graduate students for positions in Digital Humanities and Public History. For information on NIU’s graduate programs in History, see the Department of History’s website.