Problem and goals: In view of the devastating effects of mass incarceration in the United States and in an effort to address the needs of incarcerated people as they rebuild their lives, I propose to design and develop a proof of concept for an undergraduate college-level course in digital skills and digital humanities to be […]

Project:  To develop a prototype for an online tutorial to Teach Basic Concepts in Spatial Thinking and GIS Mapping to Digital Humanities Students There’s been a growing interest among humanities scholars in exploring the capabilities of Global Information Systems (GIS) and applying these tools in their pedagogy and research.  These tools provide a new lens […]

Sandy and I had originally proposed an aggregation and curation news site for stories produced by nonprofit media outlets. We decided to pitch another project, one that’s still journalism-oriented but focused on the digital archiving of historical immigrant newspapers in NYC. Here’s a partial version of our proposal, with a link to the more complete […]

MADH/MALS 75500 – praxis pitch summary Nancy Foasberg, Hannah House, Rob Garfield We’re presenting our summary as an FAQ for maximum clarity. Attached at the bottom are the key elements from our full project proposal. What is Digital Humanities Data? With the explosion of Intro to Digital Humanities (DH) courses, increasing numbers of humanities students are working […]

At this point, Anthony and I have been equally dividing the labor of this project, and envision a continuation of this within the expected roles. We have conducted outreach via the CUNY Community Colleges, and have acquired a list of supportive faculty who have offered their guidance along the way. Increased outreach might ideally manifest […]