Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program – 2018 Fellowship Competition

Job type: fellowship

Application deadline: March 14, 2018

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the eighth annual competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program. This initiative places humanities PhDs in substantive roles in diverse nonprofit and government organizations, demonstrating that the knowledge and capacities developed in the course of earning a doctoral degree in the humanities have wide application beyond the academy. The fellowship carries an annual stipend of $67,500, health insurance coverage for the fellow, a relocation allowance, and up to $3,000 in professional development funds.

In 2018, ACLS will place up to 25 PhDs as Public Fellows in the following organizations and roles:

  • Center for Popular Democracy (Brooklyn, NY) – Strategic Research Associate
  • Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia, PA) – Digital Engagement Manager
  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Chicago, IL) – Research Associate, Global Cities
  • Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (Madison, WI) – Global Programs Manager
  • Council of Independent Colleges (Washington, DC) – Development Officer
  • Environmental Law & Policy Center (Chicago, IL) – Senior Research Analyst, Transportation Innovation
  • Innocence Project (New York, NY) – Content Strategist
  • Lapham’s Quarterly (New York, NY) – Digital Producer
  • Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Los Angeles, CA) – Cross Sector Analyst
  • Los Angeles Review of Books (Los Angeles, CA) – Associate Executive Editor and Assistant Director, LARB Books
  • MinnPost (Minneapolis, MN) – Audience Development and Engagement Manager
  • The Moth (New York, NY) – Impact and Evaluation Officer
  • National Immigration Law Center (Washington, DC) – Research Program Manager
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC) – Manager of Curatorial Innovation
  • Participatory Budgeting Project (Brooklyn, NY) – Participatory Design Strategist
  • PolicyLink (Oakland, CA) – Associate, Equitable Economy Research
  • Public Radio International (Minneapolis, MN) – Associate Editor, Global Nation
  • Race Forward (Oakland, CA or New York, NY) – Narrative Impact Analyst
  • Rockefeller Archive Center (Sleepy Hollow, NY) – Outreach Program Manager
  • Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (Washington, DC) – Program Manager for Cultural Disaster Analysis
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations (Washington, DC) – Global Science Officer
  • Social Science Research Council (Brooklyn, NY) – Program Officer, Media and Democracy Project
  • Stockholm Environment Institute – US Center (Seattle, WA) – Climate Policy Associate
  • United Negro College Fund (Washington, DC) – Policy Analyst
  • United Neighborhood Houses (New York, NY) – Policy Analyst

Further information about the application process, eligibility criteria, and this year’s fellowship positions is available at www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/. All applications must be submitted through ACLS’s online application system (ofa.acls.org) by 9 pm EDT on March 14, 2018.

Posted: January 17, 2018