Sharing Stories from 1977, a nationally recognized digital humanities project, is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for our 2026-2027 Graduate Fellows Program to serve on our Editorial Board. Sharing Stories from 1977: Putting the National Women’s Conference on the Map is the central hub for documenting, preserving, and interpreting the 1977 National Women’s Conference (NWC), the first and only federal conference of its kind in US history.
We are seeking twenty graduate student Sharing Stories Fellows who will be competitively selected in a national search to serve on our Editorial Board in 2026-2027. This program is in its second year. For the inaugural class of fellows, see our About Project page: https://sharingstories1977.uh.edu/about
Program Benefits
• An honorarium for your service of $400 will be provided at the completion of your term
• Engagement in an innovative digital humanities project that uniquely offers editorial and digital training
• One-on-one mentorship from a faculty Review Leader as well as the Sharing Stories Team
• Connection with top graduate students at other national universities with like interests
• Contribution to an incubator of new scholarship with a chance to gain feedback on your own work-in-progress
• A certificate of service and public recognition as a Sharing Stories Fellow
Time Commitment
• Fellows will serve on the board from September 2026 to July 2027 with the possibility of reapplying.
• The time commitment is 5 hours per week with flexibility to complete hours based on individual schedules and to bank hours to accommodate scheduling needs.
• Participation in 3 mandatory virtual workshops (1.5 hours) in the fall for onboarding and 3 mandatory virtual workshops (1.5 hours) in the winter/spring for professional development as well as a mandatory half day spring Sharing Stories Research Symposium.
• Participation in Editorial Pod (four fellows and faculty lead) activities including a monthly check-in meeting to ensure strong collaboration on editing tasks.
In 2026-2027, the Editorial Board will be led by scholars long associated with the Sharing Stories project:
• Stacie Taranto (Ramapo College of New Jersey)
• Emily Westkaemper (James Madison University)
• Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (University of California, Irvine)
• Nancy Beck Young (SS Co-director, University of Houston)
• Leandra Zarnow (SS Co-director, University of Houston)
Please see application website for more details.