2022-2023 Grant Recipients

Brittany Butler

Senior Assistant Librarian at Cal State East Bay

Course: “There are Black People in the Future”

Mentor: R.C. Miessler, Gettysburg College

Filipa Calado

Doctoral Candidate in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Course: Foundations of Data Science

Mentor: Ryan Horne, UCLA

Christina V. Cedillo

Associate Professor of Communication at University of Houston-Clear Lake

Course: Narrating Ethnic Houston: Rhetorics of Story, Counterstory, and In/Visibility

Mentor: Marina del Sol, Howard University

Elena Foulis

Assistant Professor of Language, Literature, and the Arts at Texas A&M University, San Antonio

Course: Decolonial Digital Archives: Latinx Stories with our Community

Mentor: Nabeel Siddiqui, Susquehanna University

Melanie Hernandez

Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fresno

Course: Mexican Racial Formation

Mentor: Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland

Indya J. Jackson

Assistant Professor of African American Literature at Ramapo College of New Jersey

Course: Literature Seminar: Studies in Satire

Mentor: Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland

Michael J. Kramer

Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Brockport

Course: Introduction to Public History (Fall 2023) and The Fannie Barrier Williams Project (Spring 2024)

Mentor: Michael Satlow, Brown University

Willie Morris

Assistant Professor of English at Dutchess Community College

Course: Queer Color

Mentor: Eliseo Jacob, Howard University

Vida Owusu-Boateng

Assistant Professor of English at Governors State University

Course: Strands and Routes: Black Women’s Writing in the African Diaspora

Mentor: Jennifer Guiliano, IUPUI

Novia Pagone

Associate Professor of Humanities at Governors State University

Course: Latinx Media Storytelling

Mentor: Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland

Hillary Richardson

Associate Professor at the Mississippi University for Women

Course: Introduction to Digital Studies

Mentor: Ryan Horne, UCLA

Diana Noreen Rivera

Associate Professor at University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Course: Mexican American Literature: Critical Cartographies of Américo Paredes

Mentor: Alicia Rodríguez, Emory University

Oliver Rosales

Professor of History at Bakersfield College

Course: Landmarks in California History

Mentor: Jennifer Guiliano, IUPUI

Briana Simmons

Professor of Art and Art History at Santa Monica College

Course: Art History 60: African American Art History and Black Digital Humanities

Mentor: Eliseo Jacob, Howard University

Christina I. Acosta

Lecturer of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Stanislaus

Project: Community Building Amongst Ethnic Studies Lecturers

Mentor: Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University

Robert Arellano

Professor of Emerging Media & Digital Arts at Southern Oregon University

Project: We Are Oregon: BIPOC Communities, Digital repositories, and Best Practices for Collaboration

Mentor: R.C. Miessler, Gettysburg College

Theresa Avila

Assistant Professor of Art at California State University Channel Islands

Project: Gotta Get Me Mo’ DH: Advancing Digital Humanities at CSUCI

Mentor: Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University

Raquel Baker

Assistant Professor of English at California State University Channel Islands

Project: Gotta Get Me Mo’ DH: Advancing Digital Humanities at CSUCI

Mentor: Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University

Nina Brown

Professor of Anthropology at The Community College of Baltimore County

Project: Digital Baltimore Learning Community

Mentor: Nicole Berland, UNC Chapel Hill

Marci Denesiuk

Adjunct Professor of English at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Project: Oral History Needs Assessment at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Mentor: Emily Lynell Edwards, St. Francis College

Dellyssa Edinboro

Assistant Professor of Cultural and Ethnic Studies at Bellevue College

Project: Digital Humanities Faculty Book Club at Bellevue College

Mentor: Emily Lynell Edwards, St. Francis College

Katherine D. Harris

Director of Public Programming; Professor, Literature & Digital Humanities at California State University

Project: California State University Digital Humanities Consortium – Built through Ethnic Studies

Mentor: Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University

Laura Heffernan

Professor of English at University of North Florida

Project: Library and Archival Studies Concentration in Africana Studies

Mentor: Pamella Lach, San Diego State University

Tru Leverette

Director of Africana Studies at the University of North Florida

Project: Library and Archival Studies Concentration in Africana Studies

Mentor: Pamella Lach, San Diego State University

Jennifer M Lozano

Associate Professor of English and Latinx Literature & Culture at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Project: Developing a Science, Technology and Society Minor at UNCW

Mentor: Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University

Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay

Associate Professor of Language and Literature at Texas A&M University – Kingsville

Project: Digital Futures in South Texas

Mentor: Emily Lynell Edwards, St. Francis, College

Charles Reed

Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Elizabeth City State University

Project: A Digital Future for the Black Past in Northeastern North Carolina

Mentor: Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University

Melissa Stuckey

Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Elizabeth City State University

Project: A Digital Future for the Black Past in Northeastern North Carolina

Mentor: Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University

Latif Tarik

Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Elizabeth City State University

Project: A Digital Future for the Black Past in Northeastern North Carolina

Mentor: Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State University

Maisa Taha

Associate Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University

Project: Munsee Language Community Resource Repository

Mentor: Brooke Lilihaugen, Haverford College