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
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.
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.
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
- Arlette Hernandez ’18 | Read Arlette’s Blog Posts
- Matt Carl ’17 | Read Matt’s Blog Posts