Teaching Highlight: LEADR Class
May 23, 2024
This semester LEADR Associate Director Gillian Macdonald and Graduate Assistant Aubree Marshall trialed the use of the digital tool KnightLab JS StoryMaps in a large ISS course.
Project Highlight: Mapping Michigan Menus
December 4, 2023
Mapping Michigan Menus began last summer with an exploration of available ways of “mapping” a food or drink menu, funded by a Digital Humanities Seed Grant.
Project Highlight: The Green Book
November 15, 2023
The Green Book was a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. that Black travelers would be welcomed.
What DH Means To Me: Steve Rachman
October 28, 2023
I have been working with Digital Humanities for more than twenty-five years and it meanings have shifted over that time, but I think the constants have lay in its usefulness for thinking about literature, reaching out to new communities, and creating new forms of access and scholarship. My first encounter with this “thing” called or would come to be called Digital Humanities.
Teaching Highlight: Imari Tetu, Teaching with AI
October 28, 2023
Imari Tetu discusses teaching with AI in her course, 111: Intro to Accessibility for the Humanities.
Undergraduate Student Profile: Margaux Smith
October 28, 2023
Undergraduate Student Margaux Smith gives insight into her undergraduate journey and how she found Digital Hummanties.
What DH Means to Me: Kate Birdsall
October 28, 2023
DH Core Faculty, WRAC Dept, describes what Digital Hummanties means to her within her scholarship.
Research Highlight: Stacey Camp & Ethan Watrall- Internment Archaeology Digital Archive
October 28, 2023
The Internment Archaeology Digital Archive (IADA) project is a digital platform and website dedicated to sharing the stories of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated and interned during World War II in Idaho.
Project: Citing Slavery
October 18, 2023
The legal profession must confront its role in slavery. Acknowledging and discussing the modern citation of slave cases is a first step.
Teaching Highlight: Language and Cultures and LEADR
June 26, 2023
Students learned about the ethics of data collection, survey design basics, and how to analyze survey results. The hands-on workshops used two free tools, Google Forms and Voyant, to collect and visualize survey data.