DH as Faculty Professional Development: a Conversation with Candace Bailey, Collie Fulford, and Kathryn Wymer

There are longstanding relationships between Duke University and North Carolina Central University in many academic endeavors, but a particularly fruitful partnership has emerged between the two institutions as they have collaborated on digital humanities practices and projects. Since 2016, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) at Duke has worked with a series of NCCU … Continue reading “DH as Faculty Professional Development: a Conversation with Candace Bailey, Collie Fulford, and Kathryn Wymer”

NCSU’s OPEN Incubator on Text Analysis

Open Canvas diagram from Mozilla’s Open Leaders training program.

Image: A tool we relied on to prepare the participants was the Open Canvas, a quick resource to clarify the project idea and community needs/contributions. The Open Canvas is adapted from the Lean Canvas and is also part of the Mozilla’s Open Leaders training program. The OPEN (Open Project Engagement Network) Incubator is a program … Continue reading “NCSU’s OPEN Incubator on Text Analysis”

An Interview with Digital Black History’s Olivia Dorsey Peacock

Olivia Dorsey Peacock defines herself as a creative technology professional. As a family historian, she has been researching her family’s ancestry for over a decade. As a web developer, she creates family history websites and blogs. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with … Continue reading “An Interview with Digital Black History’s Olivia Dorsey Peacock”

Fall 2020 Institute Reflections

ECU’s Digital Innovation and Scholarship in Social Sciences and Humanities (DISSH) Hosted the Fall 2020 Virtual Digital Institute of the Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carlina (DHC-NC).  Last week’s DHC-NC institute brought new ideas, people, and projects to the DHC-NC community. Each offered particular perspectives and approaches to answer the call of Digital Humanities in … Continue reading “Fall 2020 Institute Reflections”

CFP: Digital Humanities in Extraordinary Times, DHC-NC Fall 2020 Institute, December 10-11, 2020, hosted (virtually) by East Carolina University

As our institute planning committee was debating the title of our next institute, we reflected on the wild extremes that the last seven months have put us through. On one hand, sweatpants, homemade lunch, and Netflix “breaks” sound like every commuter’s dream. On the other hand, systemic racism, global pandemic, and a divisive election could … Continue reading “CFP: Digital Humanities in Extraordinary Times, DHC-NC Fall 2020 Institute, December 10-11, 2020, hosted (virtually) by East Carolina University”

Recap and Reflection: “Resources and Techniques for Designing and Supporting DH Projects in Remote Classrooms”

Thank you to everyone who made the DHC-NC Mini-Institute last Friday a success! It was great to see so many people attending and presenting at the virtual mini-institute. Since we did not record these mini DHCI sessions, we wanted to use this space to briefly recap and reflect on our morning session. During this time … Continue reading “Recap and Reflection: “Resources and Techniques for Designing and Supporting DH Projects in Remote Classrooms””

President’s Reflection on 2019-20

by Hannah L. Jacobs This past year has seen a number of successes for the Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carolina. As we prepare for a transition to new leadership, I’d like to reflect briefly on our achievements.  In August 2019, a group of digital humanists gathered at the National Humanities Center (NHC) to begin … Continue reading “President’s Reflection on 2019-20”

DHC-NC Executive Board Election Results

The DHC-NC elections for the President-Elect, Treasurer, Communications Manager positions, as well as multiple Executive Board seats, concluded last week. We are excited to announce the results as follows: President-Elect: Brett Chambers, Lecturer in Mass Communication, Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Technologies, North Carolina Central University Treasurer: Donna Kain, Associate Professor of Technical Communication; Undergraduate Director, Department … Continue reading “DHC-NC Executive Board Election Results”