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States of Incarceration, a project of the Humanities Action Lab (HAL), is a national dialogue on mass incarceration across 18 states, with contributions from over 1000 advocates, faculty and students since 2016. Local teams identify an issue around mass incarceration related to their state. These local teams go on to create media projects — such as exhibitions, digital storytelling, and public programs — that engage with public spaces to support collective action on local campaigns and promote narrative change in communities. In 2024, HAL’s coordinating staff began reimagining the project, bringing together directly impacted leaders, advocates and faculty in an advisory role to shape project priorities and develop a Theory of Change that responds to the current state of mass incarceration in the US and guides further implementation.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a passionate, organized, and justice-driven Project Manager for this 13-month, grant-funded position to manage the Humanities Action Lab’s States of Incarceration (SOI) project as it enters a new phase of collaboration and implementation. Working closely with HAL’s co-Director, the Project Manager will execute the design and development of the next phase of SOI, including co-designing and facilitating planning meetings, meeting with the SOI advisory group, supporting archive and curriculum development, reviewing potential contributing designers’ work and making recommendations, and supporting the development of the institutional partnerships. This person will play a central role in shaping both the local and national components of this initiative. As a core team member at the HAL Hub, the SOI Project Manager will have the opportunity to be a part of a supportive team that values care, creativity, and collaboration.

Specifically, the Project Manager will:  

Meeting facilitation

• Organize a 1-2 day meeting(s) of project partners and advisors to identify the key questions the project should address and the potential media and formats; 
• Schedule additional planning meetings with consultants throughout the planning process;
• Organize informational meetings with potential new collaborators
• Work to organize a culminating national convening in Fall 2026

Media Design and Partner Liaising

• Project manage design of collective archive and media platform, liaising between designers and advisors’ priorities and ensuring platform supports the project’s Theory of Change
• Lead teams through existing curatorial processes in which they add their local story to the existing exhibit platforms. 
• Manage call and application process for local student-community teams to contribute to the collective platforms and new pedagogy curricula;
• Liaise with selected local teams to ensure their projects consistently support SOI’s Theory of Change
• design and implement strategies for local teams to share work in progress;
• Liaise with the HAL network to integrate SOI partners into broader HAL initiatives

Evaluation

• Work with advisors to develop an evaluation plan and instruments local teams will be required to use, and work with local teams to ensure they implement them

Position Details

• Appointment: December 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026. This is a 13-month, grant-funded position (funded through the Mellon Foundation)
• Location: Remote work w/ some travel and in-person meetings in NYC at Hunter College
• Reports to: Regina Campbell, Co-Director of HAL
• Salary: $80,000 annually (which includes a health care stipend)
• Travel: Quarterly in-person staff retreats (typically in the NYC area) and occasional site visits

Candidate Profile

What We’re Looking For

We seek a candidate who is not only skilled and experienced, but also deeply committed to public humanities, public memory, and collaborative work. Our ideal Project Manager brings:

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-partner projects with care and efficiency
• Knowledge of public history, public humanities, and/or the carceral state
• Experience collaborating with and across academic and non-academic stakeholders 
• Strong writing and organizational abilities
• Competency with digital platforms and communications tools
• Experience with convening design, facilitation, and event logistics
• Competency with budgeting and administrative coordination
• Subject matter knowledge in relevant areas such as incarceration, prison abolition,  or reparative justice

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and delivering curriculum and educational programming
• Experience with digital preservation and digital and/or community archive projects
• Experience building and maintaining community-driven humanities projects

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to regina.campbell@hunter.cuny.edu   

Applications are due November 10th 

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HAL is a coalition of universities, issue organizations, and exhibiting spaces in 40 cities, and growing, led from Hunter College, that collaborate to produce collective, community-curated public projects on urgent social issues.