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Constanza is an international student from Mexico pursuing a double-degree in Computer Science and Linguistics, she will graduate in December 2020. She is currently working on a community language portal alongside faculty from the Linguistics Department in the hopes of making language documentation more accessible and inclusive.

Graduate Digitization Specialist

Wade Bennett is currently a master’s student at the Goergen Institute for Data Science in the University of Rochester, where he also earned a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering alongside a minor in Classical Civilizations. His interests include image processing, machine vision, and natural language processing.

Joe Easterly is Digital Humanities Librarian at the Digital Scholarship Lab.

Muhammed El-Sayed is an undergraduate from Egypt currently pursuing a major in Computer Engineering and a minor in History. After working with a team to develop a 2D historical game based on the settlement of Bermuda by the British, he has picked up developing in the Unity Engine in his free time, participating in GameJams …

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Byron Fong is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester and an Andrew W. Mellon Digital Humanities Fellow. He is currently working on his dissertation, titled “Interactive Forms of Movement: Video Game Aesthetics from 1985-1994,” which looks at the intersection of technology, animation, and industry to historicize common aesthetic forms …

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Sebastian Jakymiw ’21 is an undergraduate student at the University of Rochester pursuing a degree in math. He is an Immersive Technologies Developer through the Karp Library Fellowship and is working on developing workshops and software for Studio X. Prior to his work as a Karp Library Fellow, Sebastian worked as an undergraduate programmer in …

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Meaghan Moody is the Immersive Technologies Librarian for the Digital Scholarship Lab. Before joining UR, she was the Teaching & Learning Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. She holds an MLIS from Rutgers School of Communication and Information and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Kansas. Contact: mmoody [at] …

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Elias Neuman-Donihue is an undergraduate student pursuing a dual degree in Computer Science and History at the University of Rochester. He is currently working on the Resurrect 3D Web Viewer. Contact: eneumand [at] u.rochester.edu

Josh is currently the programmer for the Digital Scholarship Lab. Originally from London, Ontario, he holds an MA in Film and Media Preservation from George Eastman Museum and The University of Rochester. His interests include fabrication, computer vision, video encoding, and electronics. Areas of specialization: Web and app development, 3D modeling, 3D printing, physical computing, general programming. …

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Emily Sherwood is the Director of the Digital Scholarship Lab. Previously, she was the Assistant Director of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship at Bucknell University. Emily has attended CLIR/Educause’s Leading Change Institute and is a former CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow. She has a Ph.D. in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York …

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Maxwell Sheldon is a current undergraduate student in the Experiential Fifth Year Program at the AinCenter for Entrepreneurship. He earned his BA in Environmental Studies and a minor in EnvironmentalHumanities with a focus in applied economics from the University of Rochester. His interests includeecological economics, mapping/GIS, and landscape architecture. Latest: October 2nd, 2020 Modern Ways …

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Blair is currently the GIS specialist for the Digital Scholarship Lab. After receiving his MA in geography from Binghamton University he spent time teaching and practicing GIS and related spatial technologies in Virginia and California. His interests include mapping/GIS, data visualization and open source spatial tools. He guest lectures in classes across the University of …

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Madeline Ullrich is currently a PhD student in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester and an Andrew W. Mellon Digital Humanities Fellow. She completed her Master’s degree in Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia with the thesis titled “Partial Vision: Remediations of …

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Lisa is the Digitization Specialist for the Digital Scholarship Lab. She holds an MFA in Visual Studies with a concentration in historic process photography from The Visual Studies Workshop, as well as a certificate in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from the George Eastman Museum. Areas of specialization:  Reflectance Transformation Imaging, digitization best practices, photographic identification and preservation methods Contact: …

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