A.L. McMichael is a historian of art, architecture, and design. In praxis she specializes in designed systems and administration. Her current role is Director of the Lab for Education and …
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2020-2021 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship – The Center for the Humanities
The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Humanities New York announces the call for applicants for the 2020-2021 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship. The Public Humanities …
Toward the End of a Digital Project: Reflections on Starting Over
This issue is probably more common than I think. Over the past year I’ve been working on an ambitious digital project: to modify a digital annotation tool, hypothes.is, so that …
Topic choice works against black NIH applicants
In 2011, a study led by economist Donna Ginther of the University of Kansas in Lawrence found that black applicants were significantly less likely than white applicants to be funded …
Quickstart Guide to R Package Building
Want to make your research more reproducible? Try housing it within an R package! While R packages are typically used to house broadly applicable functions for defined use-cases, they offer …
IT Architect
The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (Dept. III, Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, Director: Prof. Dagmar Schäfer), seeks an outstanding professional for the position of IT Architect—RISE (full time, …
Finding the Right Tools for Mapping
Given the wide array of mapping tools available, it could be hard to know which ones will best suit the needs of a given project. This post will review and …
RSA’ Future of Learning Network: Who Needs the Liberal Arts in the Digital Age?
Liberal arts programs have seen a steep decline in recent years, as students tend to favor majors that prepare them for specific jobs. Have the liberal arts become superfluous? Do …
Community Wireless Networks Address Missed Connections: Expanded Notions of “Access” (Pt. 1) | GC Digital Fellows
Introduction: As of June 2017, about one quarter of the US population did not have access to broadband internet. This includes 16 million or 28% of rural residents, and 62 …
What is GCDI? (Spring 2019 edition)
Dear Digital GC, This post aims to review information about the GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI), upcoming workshops, and useful online resources. The start of any semester can be a struggle …
