Fellowships & Opportunities

Call for Applications: PS2 Coordinator Fellowship

Deadline

June 5, 2026

at 11:59 PM

Application Deadline: June 5, 2026

Eligibility: CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Students (if a current Graduate Center Fellow is chosen, their teaching or fifth year will be replaced with this position).

We seek a Presidential Research Fellow (PS2 Coordinator) to assist in a suite of activities under the auspices of PS2 (Public Scholarship Practice Space) based at the Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center.

At PS2 we honor the past, present, and future of public scholarship at the GC. We steward the Early Research Initiative/ PS2 Summer Public Research Fellowships, a semesterly peer-led space called Sip n Chat, public programs, and the Advanced Certificate in Public Scholarship.

This position is ideal for a creative and collaboratively-minded individual with experience producing public scholarship and/or a desire to gain experience developing higher education systems that support the public good.

Job responsibilities

Working with Prithi Kanakamedala, PS2 Faculty Coordinator, the coordinator will:

• Assist with managing the administrative affairs of PS2
• Assist with managing budget and accounts payable;
• Coordinate activities with other administrative offices at CUNY Graduate Center and various stakeholders;
• Help develop and maintain the web presence for PS2, including social media and a WordPress-based website;
• Assist with the planning, scheduling, publicity, and coordination, and attend in-person events such PS2 public programs, Advisory Committee meetings,
• Liaise with Program Manager at C4H to coordinate programs and Publicity Director at C4H to coordinate outreach,
• Attend one in person all staff meeting a month at the Center for the Humanities,
• 15 hours of work a week; at least 5 hours in person at the Center for the Humanities.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and background in a humanities field, or currently enrolled in a graduate program in a humanities or humanistic social science field (English, History, Anthropology, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Collaborative and collegial
• Comfortable working both independently and in teams
• Knowledge of social media platforms, e.g. Instagram
• Experience with WordPress and website creation

Compensation and Benefits:

• The Presidential Research Fellow: PS2 Coordinator Fellowship would require a total of 450 non-teaching hours during the academic year, capped at 15 hours per week.
• Compensation for the fellowship will be a minimum of $29,141 for the academic year, with a possibility for renewal.
• The Fellowship will be paid in two parts: Fellows will be appointed to the Graduate Center payroll as Graduate Assistant Bs (GAB) at a 12-month salary of $14,982 (the minimum GAB salary effective 9/1/2026 is $14,982) and also receive a Provost’s Award in the amount of $14,159 that will be paid through the Office of Financial Aid. Note, if a candidate has prior GAB service at a higher salary step, the appointment would be at the candidate’s current GAB salary step effective with the 9/1/2026 PSC-CUNY salary schedule.
• The GAB title provides eligibility to purchase the low-cost NYSHIP health insurance as well as in-state tuition remission for fellows who are within their first ten (10) registered semesters of doctoral study.
• Fellows who are past their ten registered semesters of doctoral study may be eligible to receive in-state tuition remission at the Level III rate as per the 2017-2023 PSC- CUNY contract (this benefit provides for this tuition remission for a maximum of four semesters past the student’s 10th registered semester). Questions regarding Tuition Remission should be directed to [email protected]
• Graduate Center Fellows are allowed to apply for the C4H Fellowship, but the C4H Fellowship will replace the regular service requirements of the GCF. They will continue to receive the same funding of their GCF but will be assigned alternate duties. The minimum total funding for a GCF who wishes to apply for the C4H position is $31,141. Again, depending on the candidate’s individual GCF year, they might be at a higher GAB salary step, and therefore, the total GCF funding would be greater.

How to Apply:

Please submit:

1. Cover Letter (no more than 1-2 pages) that:
   1. describes your experience, or interest in contributing to Public Scholarship;
   2. describes how you envision the fellowship furthering your professional, scholarly, and/or organizing goals;
   3. describes and any prior relevant experience, noting more broadly your experience working in collaborative research, finance, communications, or curriculum development;

2. CV

Submit Applications to: [email protected]

Interviews will be scheduled the week of June 8, 2026 via Zoom. The position begins August 28, 2026.

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