Visiting Scholar

Visiting Scholar

Location

JSU Main Campus, MS

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

202400420

College/Division

Margaret W. Alexander Research Ctr

Opening Date

10/13/2026

• Description
• Benefits

Description

The Digital Humanities Visiting Scholar at the Margaret Walker Center (MWC) will be a three-year position for a historian who specializes in civil rights and African American history and who has a strong background in the digital humanities (DH). The duties will include teaching one course per semester in the Department of History at Jackson State University, but the scholar's home will be at the Margaret Walker Center, where they will coordinate two digital humanities convenings for training community members in the field. The visiting scholar will work closely with the MWC staff, including the Director, Archivist, Oral Historian, DH Manger, and a graduate fellow. The scholars remaining time will be developing scholarship and engaging resources at Jackson State and the MWC for a future academic career.

Examples of Duties

• Research in the digital humanities and African American and civil rights history.
• Produce scholarship on the digital humanities and African American and civil rights history.
• Teach one course per semester in the Department of History at JSU.
• Coordinate two digital humanities convenings for the community.
• Participate in the programming of the Margaret Walker Center and COFO Center.
• Collaborate with the Margaret Walker Center Director, Oral Historian, Archivist, and DH Manager.
• Oversee the graduate fellow at the Margaret Walker Center.
• Report at monthly staff meetings and produce a written report annually of accomplishments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

• MA or PhD (preferred) in digital humanities, history, public history, African American studies, urban regional planning or a related field.
• Five years of experience in digital humanities, history, public history, or African American Studies.
• Scholarly research experience and research plan.
• Scholarly writing experience.
• Public speaking experience.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees, including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work 20 hours or more per week are eligible for the complete benefits package.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page.

Employer Jackson State University (MS)

Address 1400 John R. Lynch Street

P.O. Box 17028

Jackson, Mississippi, 39217

Phone (601) 979-2015

Website https://www.jsums.edu/humanresources/