The NYU Steinhardt Department of Media, Culture, and Communication seeks a part-time (20 hours per week) Archivist to support Marking Time, a project that fosters the role of art and artists in the social justice movement to end mass incarceration.


Position Summary


Led by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood, the Marking Time project aims to research, archive, exhibit, and amplify artists and activists in their efforts to transform prisons, criminalization, and policing in the United States. The Archivist will work with Dr. Fleetwood in all aspects of the project.

The primary duties of this position are:


+ Coordinate and support collaborators and working group participants in research needs related to incarceration, criminalization, art and creative expression, and activism.

+ Help to identify relevant archives, sources to support the research needs of participating faculty, students, artists, and community researchers.

+ Co-m...