Ashley R. Sanders | Ashley R. Sanders, Ph.D.

Backward Design for Digital Project – Course Integration

Posted on May 22, 2018March 17, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYf2DlJTEQ This 45-minute presentation will provide participants with a road map for planning a course that incorporates, or is built around, a digital humanities project based on the principles of "backward design." This talk will cover the basics of backward design, how to stage a digital humanities project, choose a project stage for course integration, an...

Topic Modeling: An Overview

Posted on May 21, 2018July 12, 2018 by Ashley R. Sanders

From Text to Insight: A Graduate “Intro to DH” Summer 2018 Course

Posted on May 13, 2018April 20, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Course Description: What is DH and what does it add to our scholarship? This course answers these questions and provides students with an opportunity to learn and apply various digital research methods to their own research. Through frequent hands-on workshops, students will acquire transferable digital skills in the command line, cleaning and structuring data, creating visualizations, and analyzi...

How did they build that? Getting started in DH project design

Posted on February 20, 2018July 12, 2018 by Ashley R. Sanders

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UCLA Talk-Structuring Data to Decolonize History

Posted on November 12, 2017April 27, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Slides: Abstract: In 1827, a scandal involving a fly swatter provided a pretext for the cessation of diplomacy between France and Algiers and, in 1830, the French conquest. The historiography of French Algeria’s violent formation remains focused, almost exclusively, on the actions of French officials. In contrast,this talk presents two case studies – one from an Indigenous perspective, the othe...

HASTAC 2017: Decolonizing History

Posted on October 31, 2017April 20, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Word cloud generated from Algerian resistance leader Ahmed Bye's memoir.

This is a presentation for HASTAC 2017 in Orlando, Florida (November 2-4). Title: Surfacing Indigenous Perspectives on the French Conquest of Algeria in a Graduate DH Course Description: In response to a scandal involving a fly swatter, as well as local social and political turmoil, France invaded Algeria in 1830 and eventually colonized the former Ottoman territory. The history of France’s 1...

Digital Storytelling Project Ideas

Posted on September 28, 2017September 8, 2020 by Ashley R. Sanders

Looking for digital project ideas? Wonder where and how to begin? The following tutorial provides examples of four different digital storytelling project types. The fourth slide provides a linked table of contents. If you already know what type of project you would like to try, click on the relevant link to jump to examples. Each section provides examples, most of which have been created by Clarem...

DGHM 150: DH Studio (Fall 2017)

Posted on September 19, 2017April 27, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Text analysis of Native American-United States treaties between 1783 and 1795

Claremont McKenna College DGHM 150: DH Studio Fall 2017 Course Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia Ashley.Sanders@cmc.edu Email is the best way to reach me. Phone/Skype Hours: By appointment Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30-2:30 Ashley Sanders Garcia holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialization in Digital Humanities from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Hist...

High-Impact Practices and DH at the Claremont Colleges

Posted on September 19, 2017July 12, 2018 by Ashley R. Sanders

Student presents code for final digital humanities project in Claremont McKenna College advanced DH course

These are the presentation slides for a seminar with Pomona College's Teaching and Learning Committee on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

Text Analysis for Effective Humanities Research in the Digital Age

Posted on August 29, 2017March 8, 2021 by Ashley R. Sanders

Claremont Graduate University Text Analysis for Effective Research in the Digital Age Fall 2017 Course Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Ashley.Sanders@cgu.edu O: 909.607.0894 C: 424.256.5960 Email is the best way to reach me. Phone/Skype Hours: By appointment Office Hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 Ashley Sanders holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialization in Digital Humanities from...