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https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/ronda-learning/ Currently Learning | Scholars' Lab scholars labcurrentlylearning https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/praxis-program-ethos-and-charter/ Praxis Program Ethos and Charter | Scholars' Lab As Bethany already explained in her last post, the Praxis Program will give a few graduate students the opportunity to learn on-the-job in a humanities shop.... scholars labpraxisprogramethoscharter https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/kelli-shermeyer/ Kelli Shermeyer | Scholars' Lab Kelli Shermeyer was a 2018-2019 Graduate Fellow. scholars labkelli https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/nitle-presentation-on-geotemporal-storytelling-with-neatline/ NITLE Presentation on Geotemporal Storytelling with Neatline | Scholars' Lab About this time last year, David McClure and I had a great conversation with the folks from the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE)... scholars labpresentationstorytelling https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/ammon-shepherd/ Ammon Shepherd | Scholars' Lab Ammon is the Makerspace Manager and Lead Research Technologist at the Scholars’ Lab where he oversees the day-to-day running of the Makerspace, coordinates the... scholars labammonshepherd https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/for-everyone/ For Everyone | Scholars' Lab scholars labeveryone https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/rourkbennett-jan24-grants/ Staff grants awarded | Scholars' Lab Will Rourk successfully proposed a UVA CESL grant sending funds to community partners working on preservation and use of historic Black Virginian school... grants awardedscholars labstaff https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/alicia-caticha/ Alicia Caticha | Scholars' Lab Alicia Catchia was a 2016-2017 Praxis Fellow. During that role, her bio text was: scholars labalicia https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/jean-bauer/ Jean Bauer | Scholars' Lab Jean Bauer was a 2008-2009 Graduate Fellow. During that role, her bio text was: scholars labjeanbauer https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/matt-munson/ Matt Munson | Scholars' Lab Matt Munson was a Graduate Fellow 2009–2010. Following that role, his bio text was: scholars labmattmunson https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/will-mtfanobservatory/ Current Fieldwork | Scholars' Lab Will Rourk 3D-scanned one of the telescope domes at Fan Mountain Observatory last Thursday. scholars labcurrentfieldwork https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/bethany-nowviskie/ Bethany Nowviskie | Scholars' Lab Bethany directed the Scholars’ Lab from 2007 to 2015. Her subsequent work included as Director of the Digital Library Federation at CLIR, the Council on... scholars labbethany https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/steven-lewis/ Steven Lewis | Scholars' Lab Steven Lewis was a Praxis Fellow 2014–2015. During that role, his bio text was: steven lewisscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/chris-peck/ Chris Peck | Scholars' Lab Chris Peck was a Praxis Fellow, 2012–2013. During that role, his bio text was: scholars labchrispeck https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/time-lapse-with-blender/ A Midlife Crisis Blender Tutorial: Creating and Stabilizing a Time Lapse Video | Scholars' Lab Smooth Large Series of Pictures of the Same Thing time lapse videomidlife crisistutorial creatingscholars labblender https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/charter/ Charter | Scholars' Lab scholars labcharter https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/task-management-bullet-journal/ Task Management & Bullet Journal | Scholars' Lab Confession: time management has always been a challenge for me. I’m easily distractable, and I’m exceptionally bad at attempting to do more than one thing at a... task managementbullet journalscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/led-watch-making/ LED Watch Making | Scholars' Lab watch makingscholars labled https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/dh-is-teaching/ DH Is Teaching | Scholars' Lab teaching scholarsdhlab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/sarah-storti/ Sarah Storti | Scholars' Lab Sarah Storti was a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow. scholars labsarahstorti https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/abhishek-gupta/ Abhishek Gupta | Scholars' Lab Abhishek Gupta was an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering and was a 3D Technologies Student Assistant during the 2019 calendar year. abhishek guptascholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/brooke-lestock/ Brooke Lestock | Scholars' Lab Brooke Lestock was a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow. During that role, his bio text was: scholars labbrooke https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/katina-rogers/ Katina Rogers | Scholars' Lab Katina was formerly the Scholarly Communication Institute’s Senior Research Specialist. She worked to share outcomes from conversations SCI convened on... scholars labkatinarogers https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/makerspace/ Makerspace | Scholars' Lab A welcoming space for creative crafting, tinkering, and experimentation with technologies like 3D printing, fabric arts, electronics, and physical computing.... makerspace scholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/eric-rochester/ Eric Rochester | Scholars' Lab Eric Rochester was formerly Scholars’ Lab Senior Developer. During that role, his bio text was: scholars labericrochester https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/five-verbs-for-open-pedagogy/ Five Verbs for Open Pedagogy | Scholars' Lab Crossposted to my personal blog. open pedagogyscholars labfiveverbs https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/ankita-chakrabarti/ Ankita Chakrabarti | Scholars' Lab Ankita Chakrabarti was a 2017-2018 Praxis Program Fellow and a 2019-2020 3D Technologies Student Specialist. scholars labankitachakrabarti https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/rourkfall2024engage-grant-award/ Staff grant award | Scholars' Lab Will Rourk successfully proposed a UVA Engage grant that will support community cultural heritage informatics preservation and research efforts for the Dunbar... grant awardscholars labstaff https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/wayne-graham/ Wayne Graham | Scholars' Lab Wayne Graham was head of the Scholars’ Lab Research and Development team. He holds an MA in history from the College of William and Mary and his BA in history... scholars labwaynegraham https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/dhonthego-project-release/ Staff project release | Scholars' Lab project releasescholars labstaff https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/shane-lin/ Shane Lin | Scholars' Lab Shane writes codes for Scholars’ Lab, teaches Code Lab for the Praxis Program, and co-directs the Slab Coffee Studies Program with Jeremy Boggs. On the... scholars labshanelin https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/laura-miller/ Laura Miller | Scholars' Lab The Scholars’ Lab supports a diverse community of digital scholars and scholarly makers across the University and beyond. As Assistant Director for Scholars’... laura millerscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/multilingual-digital-book-arts-conference/ Multilingual digital book arts (& an example accepted conference proposal!) | Scholars' Lab I’ve a talk accepted to the 2026 Global DH conference, and share that proposal here both for its content and as another example of what a conference abstract... multilingual digitalbook artsscholars labexampleaccepted https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/games-and-gaming/ Scholars' Lab, Games, and Gaming | Scholars' Lab scholars labgamesgaming https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/building-community-and-generosity-in-the-context-of-graduate-education/ Building Community And Generosity In The Context Of Graduate Education | Scholars' Lab We’d like to specifically acknowledge Ronda Grizzle as a key contributor to this work. Even though she was not co-author of this particular talk for ACH 2021,... building communitygraduate educationscholars labgenerositycontext https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/why-to-teach-students-to-not-read-novels/ Why To Teach Students to Not-Read Novels | Scholars' Lab Scholars’ Lab Fellow James Ascher went to Washington and Lee University to give a workshop in Prof. Taylor Walle’s ENGL 335 course through a Mellon-funded... teach studentsread novelsscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/raspberry-pi-on-uva-wifi-network/ Raspberry Pi on UVa WiFi Network | Scholars' Lab raspberry piwifi networkscholars labuva https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/connor-kenaston/ Connor Kenaston | Scholars' Lab Connor Kenaston was 2019-202 Praxis Fellow and 2020 PCUAS Digital Archiving Assistant. He was a PhD student in the History department at the time. scholars labconnor https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/idea-grant-2024-report/ 2024 IDEA grant for Qianqian Shao and The Makerspace | Scholars' Lab In February of 2024, Qianqian Shao, Makerspace volunteer, and Ammon Shepherd, Makerspace Manager, were awarded a Library IDEA grant to provide opportunities... makerspace scholars labidea grant2024qianqianshao https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/accessibility/ Accessibility | Scholars' Lab scholars labaccessibility https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/sarah-berkowitz/ Sarah Berkowitz | Scholars' Lab Sarah Berkowitz was a 2017-2018 Prototyping Fellow. scholars labsarahberkowitz https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/understanding-file-paths/ Understanding File Paths | Scholars' Lab file pathsscholars labunderstanding https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/laura-amanda-dh-summit/ External DH leadership activity | Scholars' Lab Laura Miller and Amanda Visconti attended a Mellon-funded invitational summit of DH center leaders. scholars labexternaldhleadershipactivity https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/dh-pedagogy-roadshow/ DH Pedagogy Roadshow | Scholars' Lab The following post was co-authored with Mackenzie Brooks, Digital Humanities Librarian at Washington and Lee University. It follows up on a previous post on... scholars labdhpedagogyroadshow https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/data-description-and-collection/ Data Description and Collection | Scholars' Lab I’m realizing that if I don’t start combining things I will only ever blog about my class, so here I’m collecting notes on the last two weeks of “Data for the... scholars labdatadescriptioncollection https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/casing-your-text/ Casing your Text | Scholars' Lab One of the first things I remember doing as a graduate assistant was editing a few dozen HTML files to change all of the headings, which someone had typed in... scholars labcasingtext https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/2025-03-18-laser3Dkeychain/ Laser Cut & 3D Printed Keychain | Scholars' Lab laser cut3d printedscholars labkeychain https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/evaluating-scholars-lab-interfaces-and-digital-tools-for-inclusivity-accessibility-and-equity/ Evaluating Scholars' Lab Interfaces and Digital Tools for Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Equity |... We Welcome Everyone “Diversity and inclusion are not achievements; they are active and continuous strivings.” from Scholars’ Lab Charter scholars labdigital toolsevaluatinginterfacesinclusivity https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/swati-chawla/ Swati Chawla | Scholars' Lab Swati Chawla was a 2014-15 Praxis Fellow and a Ph.D candidate in history at the University of Virginia. She has always been curious about how and why people... scholars labswatichawla https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/fitz-green/ Fitz Green | Scholars' Lab Fitz Green was a past Student Assistant. During that role, his bio text was: scholars labfitzgreen https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/eric-johnson/ Eric Johnson | Scholars' Lab eric johnsonscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/shepherd-bennett-zines/ New zines | Scholars' Lab 2 new staff-authored, free zines! Ammon Shepherd authored “How to make a zine in 6 easy steps”; Arin Bennett authored “Let’s make a MUD! Exploring text-based... scholars labnewzines https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/ammon-arts-funding/ Award: Ammon Shepherd Arts Council Funding | Scholars' Lab Ammon Shepherd received UVA Arts Council funding for our critical humanities makerspace work. arts councilscholars labawardammonshepherd https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/access-as-praxis/ Access as Praxis | Scholars' Lab “Access is love but love is complicated.” – Andy Slater, blind media artist (https://www.thisisandyslater.net/) scholars labaccesspraxis https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/janet-s-dunkelbarger/ Janet S. Dunkelbarger | Scholars' Lab Janet S. Dunkelbarger was a 2019-2020 Praxis Fellow and 2020-2021 Graduate Fellow. During that role, her bio text was: scholars labjanet https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/ganiyu-jimoh/ Ganiyu Jimoh (Jimga) | Scholars' Lab Ganiyu Jimoh is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Virginia, where his research focuses on the early history of... scholars labjimoh https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/linking-out/ Linking Out | Scholars' Lab I’m in the Accessible Future workshop in Atlanta, and we’d had a interesting conversation about how, and how often, web content should “link out” to pages... scholars lablinking https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/visconti-queer-book-history-zine/ New zine publication: 'Queer Book History' | Scholars' Lab new zinequeer bookhistory scholarspublicationlab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/catherine-addington/ Catherine Addington | Scholars' Lab Catherine Addington was a 2017-2018 Makerspace Technologist and Praxis Fellow 2018-2019. scholars labcatherineaddington https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/alex-gil/ Alex Gil | Scholars' Lab Textual critic, high theory acolyte, archive rat, hard-hat Caribbeanist, Rails aficionado, conference-trotter. My thesis focuses on the evolution of the play... scholars labalexgil https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/scott-bailey/ Scott Bailey | Scholars' Lab Scott Bailey was a former full-time Digital Humanities Developer; he was previously a 2013-2014 Praxis Fellow. During those roles, his bio text was: scott baileyscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/announcing-the-praxis-network/ Announcing the Praxis Network | Scholars' Lab How can humanities graduate programs better equip students for a wider range of careers, without sacrificing the core values or approaches of the discipline?... scholars labannouncingpraxisnetwork https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/claire-maiers/ Claire Maiers | Scholars' Lab Claire Maiers was a 2012-2013 Praxis Fellow. scholars labclairemaiers https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/amanda-visconti/ Amanda Wyatt Visconti | Scholars' Lab Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti (they/them) is Director of the Scholars’ Lab, and a leader in international digital humanities scholarship. Their scholarship covers: scholars labamandawyattvisconti https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/digital-humanities/ Digital Humanities | Scholars' Lab digital humanitiesscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/a-practical-prism-pedagogy-proposal/ A Practical Prism Pedagogy Proposal | Scholars' Lab Everyone’s been writing up proposals of new ways to use Prism and new functionality that can be implemented. One of the really exciting ideas (for me at least)... scholars labpracticalprismpedagogyproposal https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/joris-gjata/ Joris Gjata | Scholars' Lab Joris Gjata was a 2014-2015 Praxis Fellow. During that role, her bio text was: scholars labjorisgjata https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/on-co-teaching-and-gratitude/ On co-teaching and gratitude | Scholars' Lab This post developed out of a response to Claire Maiers’s comment on Brandon’s post from last week about our co-teaching venture at Washington and Lee... scholars labcoteachinggratitude https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/consult/ Consult | Scholars' Lab scholars labconsult https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/humanities-unbound-careers-scholarship-beyond-the-tenure-track/ Humanities Unbound: Careers & Scholarship Beyond the Tenure Track | Scholars' Lab I’ve had the privilege of talking about graduate education reform and career preparation for humanities scholars at several universities this spring, including... tenure trackscholars labhumanitiesunboundcareers https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/ Home | Scholars' Lab scholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/ed-triplett/ Ed Triplett | Scholars' Lab Ed Triplett was a 2011-2012 Scholars’ Lab Fellow and Praxis Fellow, and was a PhD candidate in the McIntire Department of Art at the time. scholars labedtriplett https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/amanda-cville-zinefest2025/ Charlottesville Zine Fest tabling | Scholars' Lab Amanda Wyatt Visconti is tabling at the 3rd annual Charlottesville Zine Fest on 10/18. zine festscholars labcharlottesvilletabling https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/opportunities/ Opportunities | Scholars' Lab scholars labopportunities https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/archiving-dh-part-one/ Archiving DH Part 1 - The Problem | Scholars' Lab part 1scholars labarchivingdhproblem https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/the-end-of-the-beginning/ The end of the beginning | Scholars' Lab Graduate study in the humanities can be a lonely business. Enter my knight in shining armor, commonly referred to around these parts as the Praxis Program. scholars labendbeginning https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/ Blog | Scholars' Lab scholars labblog https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/hack-your-pants-video/ 'Hack your pants' video | Scholars' Lab Here’s a quick video to show you how to make your pants pockets bigger! pants videoscholars labhack https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/role-journals-texts-pedagogy-and-pragmatism/ Role Journals, Texts, Pedagogy, and Pragmatism | Scholars' Lab In her recent post on the Scholars’ Lab, Francesca gave a quick rundown on some of the similarities and differences between the approaches of our two... scholars labrolejournalstextspedagogy https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/andrew-ferguson/ Andrew Ferguson | Scholars' Lab Andrew Ferguson was a 2014–15 Praxis Fellow. During that role, his bio text was: andrew fergusonscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/pedagogies-of-transparency-part-one/ Pedagogies of Transparency: Part One | Scholars' Lab What follows is material drawn from a larger book project I’m working on about an approach to digital humanities pedagogy that intersects with administrative... part onescholars labpedagogiestransparency https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/announcing-connection-established/ Announcing 'Connection Established' | Scholars' Lab The Scholars’ Lab is pleased to share Connection Established, the project launched by this year’s Praxis cohort. connection establishedscholars labannouncing https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/frameworks-for-dh-course-design/ Frameworks for DH Course Design | Scholars' Lab I’ve been thinking a bit about DH course design and the ways we construct our courses at a high level. Before we put in any content, the choices we make about... course designscholars labframeworksdh https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/saving-arduino-sensor-data/ Saving Arduino Sensor Data | Scholars' Lab sensor datascholars labsavingarduino https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/isam2024-conference-attendance/ Staff conference attendance | Scholars' Lab Ammon Shepherd and 4 of our Makerspace Technician students are presenting talks at the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces. staff conferencescholars labattendance https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/jordan-buysse/ Jordan Buysse | Scholars' Lab Jordan Buysse was a 2019-2020 Graduate Fellow and 2016-2017 Praxis Fellow. During that role, his bio text was: scholars labjordanbuysse https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/alison-booth/ Alison Booth | Scholars' Lab Alison Booth was Faculty Director of the Library’s DH Center at the University of Virginia 2023-2025, and Academic Director of Scholars’ Lab 2016-2023. scholars labalisonbooth https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/jeremy-boggs/ Jeremy Boggs | Scholars' Lab I’ve been a practicing digital humanist for a little over two decades now. I have a Master’s degree in History, and have taught courses in history, graphic... scholars labjeremyboggs https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/visit/ Visit | Scholars' Lab scholars labvisit https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/lower-the-stakes/ Lower the Stakes | Scholars' Lab I recently received the greatest compliment on my technical training ability that I’ve ever gotten. scholars lablowerstakes https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/dac-dhc-fellowship/ DAC-DHC Fellowship | Scholars' Lab scholars labdacdhcfellowship https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/for-faculty/ For Faculty | Scholars' Lab faculty scholarslab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/james-p-ascher/ James P. Ascher | Scholars' Lab James P. Ascher was a 2015-2016 Praxis Fellow and 2017-2018 Prototyping Fellow. During that role, his bio text was: james pscholars labascher https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/lauren-van-nest/ Lauren Van Nest | Scholars' Lab Lauren Van Nest was a Praxis Fellow 2019-2020. van nestscholars lablauren https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/code-design/ Code + Design | Scholars' Lab code designscholars lab https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/fellowship-calls-and-grad-student-professional-development/ Fellowship Calls and Grad Student Professional Development | Scholars' Lab I want to share several developments from the grad programs side of the Lab this semester. It’s been a busy fall, and I’m pleased with all the work the team... grad studentprofessional developmentscholars labfellowshipcalls https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/annie-swafford/ Annie Swafford | Scholars' Lab Annie was a 2012-2013 Scholars’ Lab Fellow, a 2011-12 Praxis Fellow and a PhD candidate in the Department of English. scholars labannieswafford https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/2024-12-17-isam-2024-conference-report/ ISAM 2024 Conference Report | Scholars' Lab Each year educators, students, and staff of university makerspaces gather to share research, ideas and projects at the International Symposium on Academic... 2024 conferencescholars labisamreport https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/emmy-monaghan/ Emmy Monaghan | Scholars' Lab Emmy Monaghan was a 2024-2025 Praxis fellow. scholars labemmymonaghan https://scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/people/winnie-e-pérez-martínez/ Winnie Pérez Martínez | Scholars' Lab Winnie Pérez Martínez was a 2022-2023 Praxis fellow, a 2024 LAMI Graduate Mentor, and a Digital Humanities Designer in 2025. She is currently a PHD+ Intern in... scholars labwinnie