Research Fellow
Research Fellow
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27-06-2025
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Position Summary
The Salm Ethnography Lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology is seeking a Research Fellow to help launch and lead a new interdisciplinary research initiative directed by Dr. Melissa Salm. The labs initial project examines conspiracy theories related to Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. This research will employ digital ethnography qualitative data analysis and community-based fieldwork to explore conspiracy theories as meaningful practices of interpretation community formation and civic engagement following natural disasters. The Research Fellow will manage day-to-day research activities help establish the labs infrastructure and collaborate closely with Dr. Salm on research design data collection and mentoring of undergraduate assistants. This role offers career development opportunities for postdoctoral scholars or professionals to lead innovative research produce scholarly and public-facing outputs and contribute to the labs growth through co-authoring publications and securing funding. Key Responsibilities: a) Co-lead research design and data collection with Dr. Salm overseeing both online and offline ethnographic data collection and analysis; b) Establish workflows and coordinate research activities administrative tasks and lab meetings; c) Mentor undergraduate research assistants in qualitative methods and data management (e.g. digital ethnography grounded theory thematic analysis ); d) Produce at least one research output such as a peer-reviewed article public scholarship or digital project; e) Organize a public-facing event (workshop conference etc.) to disseminate research findings; f) Contribute to grant proposals to support the labs future growth.
Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Foundational training in ethnographic research methods or a demonstrated ethnographic sensibility in prior work. Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality scholarly and/or public-facing work. Experience managing collaborative research projects including team supervision and coordination of data collection coding and analysis. Proficiency in qualitative data analysis ( QDA ) software particularly .
Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Exposure to Anthropology STS or a related field is preferred but not required. Candidates from other disciplines are welcome to apply if they have demonstrated experience in ethnographic fieldwork and virtual participant observation including methods such as online interviews visual media elicitation or text-based data analysis. Expertise working with topics related to conspiracy theories social media disaster studies public engagement digital humanities online political speech or similar themes. Knowledge of the epistemic cultural and political dimensions of alternative knowledges and their role in shaping public discourse and social life. Experience with advanced qualitative methods such as grounded theory and familiarity with computational tools for social science research (e.g. AI-assisted analysis text mining or machine learning) is a plus. Experience with grant writing or an interest in contributing to the development of research proposals. Interest in experimenting with interdisciplinary methods integrating perspectives from fields like anthropology philosophy data science and media studies.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday hours TBD
The Salm Ethnography Lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology is seeking a Research Fellow to help launch and lead a new interdisciplinary research initiative directed by Dr. Melissa Salm. The labs initial project examines conspiracy theories related to Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. This research will employ digital ethnography qualitative data analysis and community-based fieldwork to explore conspiracy theories as meaningful practices of interpretation community formation and civic engagement following natural disasters. The Research Fellow will manage day-to-day research activities help establish the labs infrastructure and collaborate closely with Dr. Salm on research design data collection and mentoring of undergraduate assistants. This role offers career development opportunities for postdoctoral scholars or professionals to lead innovative research produce scholarly and public-facing outputs and contribute to the labs growth through co-authoring publications and securing funding. Key Responsibilities: a) Co-lead research design and data collection with Dr. Salm overseeing both online and offline ethnographic data collection and analysis; b) Establish workflows and coordinate research activities administrative tasks and lab meetings; c) Mentor undergraduate research assistants in qualitative methods and data management (e.g. digital ethnography grounded theory thematic analysis ); d) Produce at least one research output such as a peer-reviewed article public scholarship or digital project; e) Organize a public-facing event (workshop conference etc.) to disseminate research findings; f) Contribute to grant proposals to support the labs future growth.
Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Foundational training in ethnographic research methods or a demonstrated ethnographic sensibility in prior work. Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality scholarly and/or public-facing work. Experience managing collaborative research projects including team supervision and coordination of data collection coding and analysis. Proficiency in qualitative data analysis ( QDA ) software particularly .
Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Exposure to Anthropology STS or a related field is preferred but not required. Candidates from other disciplines are welcome to apply if they have demonstrated experience in ethnographic fieldwork and virtual participant observation including methods such as online interviews visual media elicitation or text-based data analysis. Expertise working with topics related to conspiracy theories social media disaster studies public engagement digital humanities online political speech or similar themes. Knowledge of the epistemic cultural and political dimensions of alternative knowledges and their role in shaping public discourse and social life. Experience with advanced qualitative methods such as grounded theory and familiarity with computational tools for social science research (e.g. AI-assisted analysis text mining or machine learning) is a plus. Experience with grant writing or an interest in contributing to the development of research proposals. Interest in experimenting with interdisciplinary methods integrating perspectives from fields like anthropology philosophy data science and media studies.
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Monday Friday hours TBD
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