Undergraduate Fellowship

Applications are closed for the 2018-2019 academic year.

We’re looking for students who are curious about the ways that technology affects the world around them. You don’t have to be a software engineer to build a website or visualize data, but comfort around technology can set you apart in the job market or graduate school. The goal of this fellowship program is to give students the opportunity to develop technology skills and share what they’ve learned with others.

This fellowship program is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


Undergraduate Fellows 2017-2018

Name: Jenny Bagger

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: English, Business Administration.

Project: Strategic Communication. Jenny is responsible for promoting and documenting DH events. Check out her blog posts or visit Leyburn Library Lower Level One to see her exhibit on DH projects on campus.

Name: Katherine Dau

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Art History, Minor in German

Project: Research Assistant on the Florence As It Was project with Prof. George Bent. Katherine presented on her work at the UNRH Conference in 2018 – read more on the blog.

Name: Megan Doherty

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: French, Education

Project: Research Assistant on the Huon D’Auvergne Digital Archive with Prof. Steve McCormick. Learn more on the blog.

Name: Colby Gilley

Graduation Year: 2020

Major: Undeclared

Project: Research Assistant on the Florence As It Was project with Prof. George Bent. Colby presented on her work at the UNRH Conference in 2018 – read more on the blog.

Name: MC Greenleaf

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Art

Project: Research Assistant on the Florence As It Was project with Prof. George Bent. MC has also worked with Prof. Clover Archer on the Institute for Clew Studies as a Mellon DH Summer Research Student.

Name: Caroline Nowlin

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: History

Project: Research Assistant on the Mapping the Scottish Reformation project with Prof. Mikki Brock.

Full Name: Cat Spencer

Graduation Year: 2020

Major: Currently undeclared

Project: Research Assistant on the Understanding Human Trafficking project with Prof. Stephanie Sandberg. Cat attended ILiADS 2017 with the UHT project team at the College of Wooster.

Name: Will Tucker

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Politics

Project: With skills gained in DH courses, Will is building a website that will visualize the Comparative Political Data Set (CPDS). Will has worked as a peer mentor in DH 102 (Fall 2017).

Name: Aidan Valente

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Art History

Project: Research Assistant on the Florence As It Was project with Prof. George Bent. Aidan has several of his own DH projects in development, including one that maps the printers of volumes held in Special Collections. Learn more on his own website.

Name: Chandler Wickers

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: English

Project: Chandler used her fellowship year to continue work on a project she began as a summer research student: Teaching with Special Collections, a toolkit for faculty seeking to incorporate more Special Collections materials into their classes.

Undergraduate Fellows Winter 2017

Full Name: Samuel Joseph

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Art History

Projects For This Year: Florence As It Was.

Fun Fact: I lived in Vietnam.

Full Name: William Tucker

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Politics

Projects For This Year: Working on analyzing the emails released by WikiLeaks this past election cycle.

Fun Fact: I drink tea like water.

Full Name: Cat Spencer

Graduation Year: 2020

Major: Currently undeclared

Projects For This Year: Working on Human Trafficking research to create a website.

Fun Fact: My birthday is Bastille Day.


Full Name: Miles Bent

Graduation Year: 2017

Major:  English Literature and International Politics

Projects For This Year: Florence As It Was.

Fun Fact: I studied abroad in Rome.


Full Name: Arlette Hernandez

Graduation Year: 2018

Major: English major and Africana Studies minor

Projects For This Year: A project that highlights misrepresentations and misconceptions of African peoples and the continent.

Fun Fact: My goal is to earn my PhD and one day teach a class on Kanye West.


Undergraduate Fellows 2016-2017

abdur

Full Name: Abdurrafey Khan

Graduation Year: 2017

Major: French major, pre-med track

Projects For This Year: I am hoping to work on a project on something involving physicians in the 1800s/1900s. Currently, I’m working on a half French/half DH honors thesis.

Fun Fact: I was once wrongfully banned from Sweet Treats.

Read Abdur’s Blog Posts


aidan

Full Name: Aidan Valente

Graduation Year: 2019

Major: Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Art History

Projects For This Year: I will be working on a project titled “Medieval Musical Manuscripts,” in which I will… “The Commissione of Gerolimo Morosini,” and “The World of Early Printing at W&L”

Fun Fact: I worked in Special Collections this past summer.

Read Aidan’s Blog Posts

hayley

Full Name: Hayley Soutter

Graduation Year: 2017

Major: Mass Communications and Art History

Projects For This Year: I will be creating posts for the Digital Humanities Twitter and blog pages. I hope to use my creative side to design promotional pieces for events involving the Digital Humanities department. I hope to assist in updating the website, as well.

Fun Fact: I am addicted to the Food Network.
Read Hayley’s Blog Posts

Undergraduate Fellows Winter 2016