General Description

The Department of the History of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Medicine, Science and Humanities (MSH) of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the history of science, technology or medicine, science and technology studies, or other related or allied fields. 

The fellow will have teaching and administrative responsibilities in the Critical Approaches to Science, Technology, and Medicine Masters (CAST-M) track-a two-year academic MA track designed to support students on the pathway to the PhD in STEM-adjacent humanities fields. The fellow will also teach one undergraduate course every semester at MSH program-the largest humanities major at Johns Hopkins University. MSH is an interdisciplinary, humanities-based major that provides students with a cross-disciplinary understanding of the cultural and historical roots of scientific and medical inquiry, knowledge, and practice. This position is affiliated with the Institute for the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 

Duties include:

-       Pedagogical and administrative support for the CAST-M program, including teaching, following students' progress, leading discussions and convening events, co-advising and grading student MA theses.

-       With support from an assigned faculty member, convene the CAST-M proseminar, which brings together faculty and CAST-M students to discuss various questions related to academic professionalization.

-       Teach one undergraduate course each semester in the MSH program.

The fellow will be an active member of the MSH and History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, community at Johns Hopkins University. The fellow will have protected time to pursue a sustained program of research and writing and will be assigned a faculty mentor to support their work. 

The term of appointment is one year renewable up to two years, beginning September 1, 2025.

Salary: $65,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit the following: 1) cover letter, 2) C.V., 3) sample syllabus for an undergraduate seminar on a theme of the candidate's choosing, 4) dissertation chapter or other writing sample, and 5) statement on inclusive mentoring, where the applicant explains their views on how to further the CAST-M program goals, including, for example, how they plan to use the proseminar space to support the students and the program goals.

Applications are to be submitted via Interfolio. All applications and related materials are due by Friday_, July 18, 2025. Short-listed applicants will be requested to provide two references who will be contacted by the search committee. Zoom interviews will be conducted in late July.

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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