MSH Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship: AY 2025-2026
The Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities (MSH) is seeking a postdoctoral Writing Fellow from a Johns Hopkins University degree program, funded through the University Writing Program (UWP), to support the MSH Honors Program for AY 25-26. The Fellow will assist undergraduate MSH students as they write their senior Honors thesis projects in the fall and will work with juniors as they develop project proposals in the spring Honors Capstone course. The Fellow will offer group workshops for Honors students as well as one-on-one mentorship. They will lead workshops for juniors who are considering developing Honors projects as they begin the process of project formation. The Fellow will teach also one writing intensive elective for MSH in the spring.
The Fellow will receive training from the UWP in writing pedagogy through 1) auditing the Teaching Writing Workshop, a 3-credit graduate-level course on the theory and practice of teaching writing that meets weekly in the fall and 2) receiving mentorship from a University Writing Program faculty member that supports the Fellow’s work with MSH as well as their future career goals.
The Fellow’s responsibilities include:
- Teaching (3 classes; 1:2 course load): one fall semester course to support current seniors writing Honors projects; one spring semester Research Capstone course to juniors developing research proposals; one spring semester writing intensive elective for MSH
- One-on-one mentorship meetings with MSH Honors students who require writing support or draft comments and edits
- Workshops with current juniors who are considering Honors to address project development, research plans, and writing strategies
- Other writing opportunities for MSH majors that emerge in conversation between the Fellow, MSH faculty, and UWP.
To be considered, please submit the following materials here: (1) a current CV, (2) a cover letter discussing your research, interest in this position, and experience with writing and mentoring students, (3) a writing sample of no more than 30 pages, and (4) your thesis advisor’s name and contact information (no letter required). Email MSH Director Nicole Labruto ([email protected]) with any questions. Please submit applications by January 31, 2025.
MSH Summer Research Fellowships
The Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities in partnership with the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine are accepting applications for undergraduate and graduate Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowships will fund independent research in the medical humanities and/or science & technology studies. Successful fellows will be required to present their research at a symposium during the Fall 2024 semester and to contribute to the MSH Research Blog.
- Graduate students may receive grants of up to $3,000
Requirements and Deadlines
All applicants must be Krieger School students or graduate students affiliated with the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology. Students graduating in Spring or Summer 2024 are not eligible. Students requiring HIRB clearance for human subjects’ research must receive approval by June 1, 2024.
Deadline for applications: Sunday, March 10, 2024, midnight EST
Decision notification: early April 2024
Required materials:
- 500- to 1000-word research statement describing the research to be conducted and, where relevant, how it fits into a larger research project
- Budget proposal and budget justification statement. Proposed budget items should relate directly to research and travel, such as transportation, accommodations and living expenses, conference fees, etc.
- CV
- Names of two potential recommenders, one of whom should be the student’s advisor (please indicate advisor)
Complete application materials can be sent in a single email to [email protected] and [email protected] by midnight EST on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Please direct any questions about the fellowship or application to MSH DUS Nicole Labruto ([email protected]).
MSH Graduate Student Liaison
The Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities funds a graduate student to work as a liaison between the MSH program and the larger academic community each academic year. The student’s graduate work should relate to the medical humanities or science, technology, and society (STS). A call for applications is circulated through JHU humanities departments each spring. For more information, contact the MSH Program Director.
MSH Teaching Fellowships
The Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities has funding to support stipend, tuition support, and health insurance for a limited number of TAs for MSH courses each academic year. We look for graduate students in need of support or who would otherwise be interested in TAing courses related to medical humanities and/or science and technology studies.
MSH also sponsors Dean’s Teaching Fellowships for graduate student-taught courses related to the medical humanities and science and technology studies (STS) each year.
For more information, contact the MSH Program Director.