In Academic Year 2022-2023, DEFCon awarded 14 Teaching Fellowships and 12 Capacity-Building Fellowships to support the development of coursework and professional development at the intersections of ethnic studies and digital humanities. Congratulations, DEFCon Fellows, and a warm thank you to our DEFCon Mentors!
2022-2023 DEFCon Teaching Fellows
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Brittany Butler
Senior Assistant Librarian at Cal State East Bay
Course: “There are Black People in the Future”
Mentor: R.C. Miessler, Gettysburg College
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Filipa Calado
Doctoral Candidate in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Course: Foundations of Data Science
Mentor: Ryan Horne, UCLA
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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
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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
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Melanie Hernandez
Associate Professor of English at California State University, Fresno
Course: Mexican Racial Formation
Mentor: Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland
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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
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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
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Willie Morris
Assistant Professor of English at Dutchess Community College
Course: Queer Color
Mentor: Eliseo Jacob, Howard University
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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
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Novia Pagone
Associate Professor of Humanities at Governors State University
Course: Latinx Media Storytelling
Mentor: Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland
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Hillary Richardson
Associate Professor at the Mississippi University for Women
Course: Introduction to Digital Studies
Mentor: Ryan Horne, UCLA
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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
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Oliver Rosales
Professor of History at Bakersfield College
Course: Landmarks in California History
Mentor: Jennifer Guiliano, IUPUI
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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
2022-2023 DEFCon Capacity-Building Fellows
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nina Brown
Professor of Anthropology at The Community College of Baltimore County
Project: Digital Baltimore Learning Community
Mentor: Nicole Berland, UNC Chapel Hill
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Maisa Taha
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University
Project: Munsee Language Community Resource Repository
Mentor: Brooke Lilihaugen, Haverford College