Design/UX: I am particularly interested in user design. Specifically in designing physical spaces and how we want users to move through space like an installation or exhibition. That being said it would be nice to try my hand at what user experience can look like digitally. I have experience using Adobe Suite (photoshop, indesign, illustrator. I have also done some wireframing for online projects in the past.

Developer: Familiar with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I’m no expert by any means but I know enough to get a basic site up and running. I also have some experience in game programming with p5.js which uses a mix of Processing and Javascript, as well as C programming for Arduino. I would like to sharpen my coding skills this semester.

Research:I have not done much academic research outside of research papers for undergraduate classes.

Project manager: I have not done this before, but in my job I do manage several projects at a time with competing deadlines. I’m sure there must be something transferable there. I think one of my skills lies in during a meeting taking notes, based on that voiding what the group feels is most important and helping us focus and prioritize tasks.

Outreach: I have some experience in outreach. I worked in marketing and community engagement for a couple arts organizations over the years. Last year a group of friends and I created a community workshop from start to finish.

Development:

I have an extensive background in programming including a degree in computer game programming.  My focus was in artificial intelligence for games and simulations, so I can engineer a mean pathing algorithm and finite (or fuzzy) state machine!  The language I am most adept with is C/C++, but I have worked with a number of scripting languages including Perl, javascript, PhP and UnrealScript.  My versioning software experience started with SVN and has moved into Git.  Git is extraordinary – very excited to master it!  While I am still learning Python, I find that most of my prior experience transposes well — algorithms are algorithms, design patterns are design patterns; the learning curve is primarily API, convention and syntax.  Contemporary programming environments have so many quality of life improvements, it almost feels like cheating!

I run an extremely large multisite WordPress installation in my job, so I am quite familiar with the WP front and back ends.  I have taught workshops in WP site creation and maintenance, developed themes and (the code for) plugins, and dipped my toes into the crazy world of WP systems administration by necessity.

I plan for my Thesis project to involve developing a web application (possibly multiple applications), so I am focused on having development be my main role this semester.

Research:

I am no stranger to academic research – particularly in the area of using games and simulations in higher education classrooms.  Some years ago, I led a team which developed a social science simulation for Columbia’s Earth Institute which was incorporated into the foundational course in their new Sustainable Development program track.  This involved a significant amount of research and evaluation which led to grant proposals for further development and dissemination.

That said, I am no master either.  I feel my skills need more development in a rigorous academic environment and hope to be able to work on them extensively this semester.  I have already learned a lot from my group mates and the work all of us did last semester in Intro to DH.

Design/UX:

Design is not my forte, but I can be a solid critic of design.  I have html and css skills; and have been exposed extensively to information architecture principles through my projects.  Design is crucial in any project, for sure.  Although, I feel most comfortable in a support role in this area, I do feel confident in my ability to contribute in the areas of testing, evaluation and iteration.

Project Management:

I have been working in project management since 2002 when, with a group of colleagues, I was involved in creating a startup to develop simulations for military and educational use.  I worked as a project manager at Columbia University for five years, as well, developing game/simulation classroom interventions involving teams with sizes ranging from four to ten people.  For two years, I taught pre-production for gaming projects at the college level.  In my current position, I am also called upon to lead small teams to complete pedagogical and technical projects.

I am familiar with Gantt-chart slinging, software development philosophies and methodologies, and the delicate art of team building.  I also feel quite confident in my ability to contribute to a group — without creating friction — while helping others get the most out of themselves.

That all said, I would prefer to focus more of my time in evolving my research and development skills, acting more as support to a formal project manager.

Outreach:

My strength is in making connections with other people on a smaller scale.  For example, I work with faculty and instructors all the time and can quickly, clearly and enthusiastically engage with them around ideas and projects.  I find academics to be some of the most fascinating, usually enjoyable, people to talk to and would welcome the opportunity to work directly with DH colleagues and faculty very much.

On the flip side, I generally eschew social media and have very little experience with marketing projects to a larger audience.  I would be happy to learn more about marketing from someone who knows what they are doing, but this is definitely an area in which my skills are low.

Design/UX: I have a longtime interest in graphic design which I learn and practice mostly as a hobby with the help of online courses and websites. Comfortable with Photoshop (use it to make graphics at work), getting there with InDesign.

Developer:

• Familiar with HTML and CSS though I have not kept up to the level of HTML5 and CSS3
• Learning R, the programming language I’m currently focused on and looking to progress in; used it to work with Twitter and Spotify data and do simple text analysis

Research: Fact-checking news stories is one of my tasks at work so I can contribute through some of the skills I’ve picked up.

Project manager: I enjoy organizing and planning using spreadsheets and tools like Trello but in terms of managing projects for a group, I don’t have much experience there.

Outreach: I can help find relevant contacts, design graphics for social media, and help draft letters and emails but other than that, not my area of expertise.

Other skills and experience:

• Editing texts, writing news round-ups, news curation, making visualizations using R and Tableau
• Helped develop an informal curriculum for ESL students
• Online tools: Mailchimp, Readymag, Splash, WordPress, Carto

Hello there! I’m Anthony, a member of the recently born M.A. program in Digital Humanities. I earned my A.S. degree from Dutchess Community College (2016) and my B.S. degree from SUNY New Paltz (2018), both degrees being in Adolescence Education & English! I am currently one of the Program Assistants for the M.A. in Digital Humanities and M.S. in Data Analysis & Visualization, a HASTAC Scholars Fellow, and as of recently, I’ll be starting as an Adjunct Lecturer for the Humanities department at LaGuardia Community College this coming Spring I semester.

Skills:

Outreach:

This is definitely one of my stronger skills. For my project with Raven, we reached out to many different game scholars for assistance and guidance with developing the scope of our digital project. I also have a considerable number of people that I can contact through HASTAC and the HASTAC Scholars network. I’ve also successfully taken advantage of social media platforms, such as Twitter, to contact organizations about talking and working with them.

Developer:

I definitely consider myself to be a dabbler when it comes to development. I’ve spent a good amount of time with HTML/CSS and Python. I’ve practiced developing digital interactive maps, and I have worked closely with Twine in order to create an interactive narrative. I’ve also played with textual analysis tools and bot creation.

Project Manager:

My experience as a project manager is currently limited to my project with Raven. We shared the responsibilities that come with being a project manager since it was just the two of us. However, I am a very fast learner and am confident that I can pick up the skills needed to be an efficient solo project manager.

Designer/UX:

I don’t have much design experience outside of playing with Twine’s design, brief dabbling with Unity, and developing WordPress sites.

Research:

In the past, I have conducted extensive research in areas of gender, sexuality, and race. A lot of my papers focused on women of the Victorian era, but I have shifted gears as a grad student. My current research focuses on race, gender, sexuality, and disability in the classroom. I am currently doing research for a conference I am presenting at in May. There I will be talking about the intersection of race and disability in the classroom and how we can increase equity among students using technology.

Other Skills:

Since I spent my time in undergrad training to be a teacher, I am well-versed in different pedagogical tactics and curriculum development. I can also speak conversational Spanish.

First, a bit about myself: my background is in journalism and digital/digital campaigning/web projects. As a journalist, I’m predominantly a writer, but I also have a lot of experience in social media management (especially Twitter), podcasting, email newsletters, and layout for The Excelsior (Brooklyn College’s student newspaper). Currently, I intern on the digital team at Everytown for Gun Safety, where I mostly work on web projects on the back-end (lots of coding), but I’ve also written email campaigns, tested digital assets, audited webpages, and drafted social media posts.

Outreach

Probably my strongest skillset out of these categories. Since my background is in journalism, I’m constantly reaching out to people for interviews and more recently, to publications to try to freelance my stories. As mentioned above, I’ve also done a lot of work on social media and am best with Twitter.

Developer

I would consider my HTML/CSS experience “intermediate to advanced,” but I’m definitely better at HTML than CSS. I know enough to get the basic structure and design of a webpage up, but nothing too crazy. Still, much of my background in journalism/digital is in managing WordPress websites, so I have sufficient experience in this category.

Project Management

I still have a lot to learn in this category, but I’ve gotten some experience in project management at Everytown. Currently, I’m overseeing the new website for our Litigation team. I’ve also managed a couple of my own projects (one that’s close to completion, another that can be viewed here). My supervisor recently got the digital team on the project management platform Jira, which has helped greatly in outlining project management, but we’re all still fairly new to it.

Design/UX

In terms of software, I know how to use Adobe InDesign, since I use that to do layout for The Excelsior. Not much experience otherwise though.

Research

I haven’t done a lot of academic research aside from research papers for undergraduate classes, but it’s not necessarily difficult for me. Of course, I do a lot of research for journalistic articles since background information is key to many of the features I write. Depending on what’s needed at work, I’m also constantly doing a lot of research for Everytown. This is an area I wouldn’t mind contributing to if needed in a group.

Hello all, I hope you are staying warm. I’m really excited to be part of this semester’s DH and contribute with my skills in bringing a socially beneficial project to  life. Here are my skills listed by the level of proficiency:

Design and UX
I hold a BA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. As a designer I worked with numerous culture, art, non-profit, and education clients. I currently work at Amplify, an education platform that offers public school curriculum for K-12, as an art director. I am responsible for maintaining the current visual identity across different programs as well as concepting and creating the new ones. Some of the previous clients were Whitney museum, Brooklyn museum, UN, Girl Scouts, Action Against Hunger, Columbia GSAPP, NADA, Neue House.

I have extensive experience with designing for print, digital and web. In regards to web development, I do wireframing, prototyping, UX/UI, mobile optimization, and testing.

Software:
– Adobe CC  (design and more)
– Sketch (web design)
– Axure (wireframing)
– Figma (web design, prototyping)

You can see my work at www.andrealausevic.com

Photography
I have experience with photography (both film and digital) and photo editing. I haven’t done a lot of video work, but I think I’ll be able to deliver a solid product.

Developer
I have completed Front End development course a few years ago, but haven’t been practicing web development from scratch for a while. I’m able to edit  and understand the code (html and css), and I used many different web platforms and CMS’s (Squarespace, WordPress, Readymag, Economy, Wix).

Research
As a graduate student, I have experience in conducting academic research. I’ve been interested in looking at gender through the lens of sociological, political and philosophical theories and practices, and the implications they have on the current state of affairs. I have written papers about gender violence, the relationship between gender roles in the socialist political system (in Yugoslavia), and about female voters who helped elect Trump.

As an art director, I conduct visual research on a daily basis. I strive to remain on top of new visual trends, methods, and practices in ways people communicate.

Strategy (limited)
I worked in a firm that blended strategy and design to help leaders and organizations work more efficiently and harmoniously. I’ve collaborated closely with business strategists to design workshops and visual experiences in which the training will take place. I see using this skill in two ways, one to potentially create immersive exhibition design, and second, to help create a business or marketing plan. I am good with creating roadmaps and defining the milestones that will help the project reach its final goal.

About me

I am passionate about social justice and solving problems of gender, racial and economic inequalities in our society. I deeply believe that some of the principles of democratic socialism can potentially offer an alternative to these issues, raising the awareness of social responsibility of an individual as a part of a collective.

I’m originally from Belgrade, Serbia, but I’ve lived in China, UK, France, Morocco and now US (for the past 8 years). Meditation keeps me centered.