The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is a major professional society for the digital humanities. We support and disseminate research and cultivate a vibrant professional community through conferences, publications, and outreach activities. ACH is based in the US, but boasts an international membership (as of November 2015, representing…

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…

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…

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…

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

The above presentation is part 1 of a three-hour workshop for California State University-Channel Islands. I had initially planned to facilitate a workshop on designing a digital scholarship center or program during part 2. However, a quick sampling of participants’ motivations for attending revealed that most were interested in Omeka,…

This presentation began as a short framing talk for the 2017 Digital Humanities Spring Symposium at the Claremont Colleges prior to the keynotes given by Dr. Patty Ahn on digital activism and Bergis Jules on the DocNow project. This presentation was meant to provide a quick overview of the types…

Using the Claremont Colleges Library as a case study, this presentation will offer ideas and suggestions about how to build capacity within the library and the broader campus community to support and advance digital humanities projects and digital scholarship.

Poster Presentation at the 2017 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives Annual Meeting: Many of these ideas, suggestions, and models come from my experience leading DH Center planning workshops and visioning retreats, as well participation in with the ECAR/CNI DH working group, whose goal is to create a maturity framework and practical guide…