Contributors

• Jean Bauer

  

  In brief: I am an Early American historian, a database designer, and a photographer. I'm also sleep-deprived, but that probably isn't related . . .

  Current Digital Humanities Librarian at Brown University, former Presidential Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, a former Digital Humanities Fellow in the University of Virginia Library's Digital Scholars' Lab, and a former a NINES Graduate Fellow.

  Twitter: @jean_bauer Site: Jean’s Site

• Jeremy Boggs

  

  I have a bio.

  Twitter: @clioweb Site: Jeremy’s Site

• Tanya Clement

  

  Tanya Clement is an Asst Professor at the School of Information at UT-Austin, with research interests in scholarly information infrastructure issues, particularly digitization, data curation, and scholarly publication in the humanities. She is advising students Zane Schwarzlose and Carin Yavorcik on their project developing a TEI plugin for Omeka with the Scholars' Lab.

  Twitter: @tanyaclement Site: Tanya’s Site

• Chris Forster

  

  Former NINES Fellow, Scholars' Lab Fellow, and HASTAC Scholar. Currently Shannon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Virginia, where I completed my PhD in August, 2011.

  Twitter: @cforster Site: Chris’s Site

• Alex Gil

  

  Textual critic, high theory acolyte, archive rat, hard-hat Caribbeanist, Rails aficionado, conference-trotter. My thesis focuses on the evolution of the play Et les chiens se taisaient by Aimé Césaire. Other projects include: an edition of Césaire, THATCampCaribe, a better Juxta, a class on #critcode, and Prism at the Praxis Program.

  Twitter: @elotroalex Site: Alex’s Site

• Joe Gilbert

  

  Currently User Experience Web Developer, U.Va. Library and Scholars' Lab consultant. Joe's research interests include the scholarly implications of user interfaces, the ethical claims of American poetic discourse, and the cultural role of poetry in mid-20th-century America.

  Twitter: @joegilbert

• Chris Gist

  

  GIS Specialist with the University of Virginia Library where he builds spatial data collections, teaches GIS courses, and provides GIS user support. His research work includes various demographic, neighborhood indicator, and funding analysis projects in and around Richmond and various environmental science and humanities GIS projects. Chris is a certified GIS professional (GISP).

  Twitter: @adarwinian

• Wayne Graham

  

  @wayne_graham

  Twitter: @wayne_graham Site: Wayne’s Site

• Fitz Green

  

  Former Scholars' Lab desk consultant and current Director of Educational Ministries at the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville. Fitz is completing his Ph.D. at U.Va., studying the history of the Early Church. He likes talking about how early church leaders read and interpreted their Bible.

  Twitter: @fitz_green

• Ronda Grizzle

  

  Ronda is the outreach specialist for the SLab; a librarian by both training and inclination; fascinated by organizational and personal development; personal coach; owned by a bossy dog.

  Twitter: @rondagrizzle

• Ethan Gruber

  

  Classical archaeology student, Web services developer at American Numismatic Society (@ANSCoins), 3d modeler, former web applications developer in the Scholars' Lab.

  Twitter: @ewg118 Site: Ethan’s Site

• Sara Henary

  

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University. A graduate of Rhodes College, she received her Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Virginia.

• Abby Holeman

  

  Research Assistant in the UVa Department of Anthropology, former Scholars' Lab Fellow. Her research interests include the intersection of cosmology and social organization at the site of Paquimé, to assess the nature of hierarchy and social differentiation in non-state societies, and exploring new ways to understand meaning in the archaeological record through symbolic and spatial analyses.

  Twitter: @ALHoleman

• Wendy Hsu

  

  Wendy Hsu is Mellon Digital Scholarship Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center of Digital Learning & Research at Occidental College. She received her PhD in the Critical and Comparative Studies in Music program in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia. Her research interests lie at the intersection of popular music performance and the transnational contacts between Asia and America, focusing on issues related to race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and migration.

  Twitter: @wendyfhsu Site: Wendy’s Site

• Eric Johnson

  

• Kelly Johnston

  

  I am a Geographic Information Systems Specialist for the Scholars' Lab, working with faculty, staff, and students to visualize, analyze, create, and manage geographic data. I hold a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Missouri and a master's degree in Geographic Information Science from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. My research interests include applied geography and cartography as an art form.

  Twitter: @KellyGJohnston

• Jason Kirby

  

  Jason Kirby is a Ph.D. student in the Critical & Comparative program of the McIntire Department of Music at UVa. His research interests include genre in popular music, American "roots" music, sound and music in cinema, and the relationship of popular music to regional identity.

• Brooke Lestock

  

  Brooke is a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow and a PhD candidate in the Department of English.

  Twitter: @BrookeLestock

• David McClure

  

  Web Applications Specialist on the Scholars' Lab R&D team, David graduated from Yale University with a degree in the Humanities in 2009, and prior to joining the SLab, worked as an independent web developer and communications consultant in San Francisco, New York, and Madison, Wisconsin. David is working on the Omeka + Neatline project and pursuing research projects that explore the idea that software can be used as a tool to inform, extend, and advance traditional lines of inquiry in literary theory and aesthetics.

  Twitter: @clured

• Matt Mitchell

  

  Matt Mitchell, a former SLab software developer, is currently a developer at hotelicopter.

• Matt Munson

  

  A former SLab Fellow, Matt is currently currently the Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Göttingen Center for Digital Humanities, DARIAH Arbeitspaket 2, Forschung und Lehre.

• Bethany Nowviskie

  

  Computing humanist/humane computationalist since 1996. Director of Digital Research & Scholarship at the University of Virginia Library and Associate Director of the Scholarly Communication Institute. VP, Association for Computers and the Humanities and current chair of MLA's Committee on Information Technology. Mother of two; tinkerer; not that kind of doctor.

  Twitter: @nowviskie Site: Bethany’s Site

• Lindsay O’Connor

  

  I am a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow, a PhD student in the UVa Department of English, and a former AmeriCorps member, campus civic engagement coordinator, and criminal defense investigator. I love the deep South and I'm still upset about Katrina. My dissertation uses theories of waste and excess to examine American literary responses to disaster from the 1927 Mississippi flood to the present.

• Gillian Price

  

  Gillian is a Student Assistant manning the SLab service desk and a PhD Candidate in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

• Dave Richardson

  

  Dave is a former GIS assistant in the Scholars' Lab and a graduate of the Environmental Sciences program.

• Wendy Robertson

  

• Eric Rochester

  

  Before joining the Scholars' Lab, I worked as a consultant, programmer, and computational linguist for a number of technology firms, and I've also consulted with the Oxford University Press and the University of Georgia's Linguistic Atlas Projects. During my time at UGA, I picked up a PhD in English.

• Bess Sadler

  

  Bess Sadler is currently Software Developer at Stanford University and was formerly Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment and Research and Development Librarian at University of Virginia Library

  Twitter: @eosadler

• Zane Schwarzlose

  

  Zane Schwarzlose is an information studies graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. Zane's coursework is focused on usability and information architecture. When he's not in school, he designs websites at a local IT company. Zane is working with Carin Yavorcik on developing an enhanced version of the TEI plugin for Omeka.

• Adam Soroka

  

  Adam is currently Senior Developer for UVa Library, and was formerly part of the Scholars' Lab R&D team.

• Sarah Storti

  

  Sarah is a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow and a PhD candidate in the Department of English.

  Twitter: @sarahannestorti

• Annie Swafford

  

  Annie is a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow and a PhD candidate in the Department of English.

  Twitter: @annieswafford

• Ed Triplett

  

  Ed is a 2011-12 Scholars' Lab Fellow and Praxis Fellow, and a PhD candidate in the McIntire Department of Art.

  Twitter: @EdTriplett

• Carin Yavorcik

  

  Carin Yavorcik is an information studies graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is especially interested in archives and digital collections. She is currently working with the Scholars' Lab on a TEI plugin for Omeka.