Thurgood Marshall Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2026-28

Dartmouth College invites applications for the Thurgood Marshall Pre-to-Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of African and African American Studies. This fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses any geographies, disciplines, and interdisciplinary spaces across African Diaspora, African American, African, or Africana Studies. In addition, the fellowship promotes student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented scholars and others with a demonstrated ability to advance educational diversity and inclusivity. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in research and teaching, and demonstrated commitment to addressing underrepresentation in higher education.

This is a two-year residential fellowship in which the fellow is focused on their research and writing. We seek scholars who can contribute to building the intellectual life of the AAAS department and Dartmouth College. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation at the end of their first year and then transition to a postdoctoral appointment for the second year. Fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $49,860 in the first year as a predoctoral fellow, $67,580 in the second year as a postdoctoral fellow, plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses (exact funding levels will be set at the time of offer).

Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellows are part of the Provost's Fellowship Program (PROF), a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars who share a commitment to increasing inclusive access in their disciplines and higher education. Fellows participate together in mentoring and professional development programming, including guidance in preparing for faculty careers. Postdoctoral researchers are supported by the Guarini School for Graduate and Advanced Studies, including their community initiatives.

Dartmouthis committed to academic excellence and encourages the open exchange of ideas within a culture of mutual respect. Dartmouth welcomes people with different backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives and believes that diversity in all its forms enhances academic excellence. Applicants should address in their fellowship statement how their research, teaching, service, and/or life experiences prepare them to serve Dartmouth's commitment to academic excellence in an environment that is welcoming to all.

ABD in any discipline, with focus on African Diaspora, African American, African, or Africana Studies.

Please submit the following materials electronically via Interfolio:

Review of applications will begin February 15, 2026 and continue until the position is filled. At a later date, the semi-finalists will be asked to provide three confidential letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the dissertation advisor and address the projected timeline for completion. For questions about the position, please contact Roger Arnold at Roger.D.Arnold@dartmouth.edu.