For the academic year 2023–2024, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks a full-time postdoctoral fellow in a STEM field to serve as a Writing Specialist in GSAS’s Fellowships & Writing Center. The STEM postdoctoral fellow will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals, as well as presentation skills and science communication skills.
FWC postdoctoral fellows in humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields will work as members of a team reporting to the Center’s associate director and working closely with the executive director and the Academic Programs team in GSAS. Responsibilities will include providing feedback and offering individual consultations to GSAS students on papers, theses, dissertations, fellowship proposals, presentations, talks, and other modes of communication. They also will design and lead workshops and events that will help GSAS students to communicate their research, as well as facilitate small writing groups focused on accountability and building a community for student writers. Fellows could be asked to contribute to the development of innovative programming or customized research support for current students, working with faculty and administrators in their area of expertise, as appropriate and where needed. Opportunities for professional development will also be available to the fellows.
Applicants must successfully defend their doctoral dissertations by May 2023 in order to be considered for the position.
The application deadline is April 14, 2023.