After several years working with the Tribal State Federal Judicial Forum in Michigan, Judge Allie Greenleaf-Maldonado (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians), and Justice Megan Cavanagh of the Michigan Supreme Court, I am delighted to announce the release of the Anishinaabe Law: A Tribal Law Handbook for Michigan Legal Practitioners. Here is a link to … Continue reading Tribal Law Handbook Released
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Reflecting on my DH Journey
Hope College's Andrew C. Mellon Scholars Program My story of encountering and working with Digital Humanities has been a long one, now five years long and counting. Reflecting on this journey has provided a unique lens on my own growth and development in the field. It all began with Hope College's Andrew C. Mellon Scholars … Continue reading Reflecting on my DH Journey
Scholarly Communications
Scholarly Communication I really appreciated the focus on the burden of Open Access on young and precariously-situated scholars. Regarding embargoing one's dissertation, I agree with the AHA's guidelines and considerations to at least let newly-minted graduate scholars choose for themselves whether or not they want to embargo. The bigger issue I see with this whole … Continue reading Scholarly Communications
Open Access
This week we discussed the tricky topic of Open Access in academia. As a young scholar I find myself in a position of seeing the challenges of both sides of this "issue." On the one hand I can see where as a precarious young scholar, making my work widely available could lead to others easily … Continue reading Open Access
ODH Project Abstract
Across Time and Space: Empowering Undergraduate Researchers Through Virtual Community Building Taylor Elyse Mills My project aims to further the infrastructure and mission of the Undergraduate Network for Research in the Humanities (UNRH), an organization founded by and for undergraduates in order to reclaim student agency and reimagine the undergraduate role in innovative humanities research … Continue reading ODH Project Abstract
Digital Humanities Pedagogy
Of all the possible topics within the Digital Humanities, pedagogy is by far my favorite! I love exploring ways to not only incorporate Digital Humanities-based skills and tools into my teaching, but also ways of teaching the field of DH itself. I've had the opportunity to observe several styles of teaching Digital Humanities over the … Continue reading Digital Humanities Pedagogy
Text Mining
A Word Cloud of all the words I have used in all of my blogs. I will shout from the heavens that I love voyant-tools! Before Voyant I didn't have much of a concept or appreciation for text mining. I was first introduced to Voyant by Laura McGrath when I was a TA for the … Continue reading Text Mining
Visualization and Networks
This week focused on visualization tools with an emphasis on relationships or networks within data. I decided to pursue my more law-focused passions and see what such tools could show about the current state of immigration within the United States. After some quick searching I came across the United States government's Department of Homeland Security … Continue reading Visualization and Networks
Spatial and Temporal Visualizations
One of my favorite types of projects in Digital Humanities is mapping. Mapping can tell stories, argue, and reveal different perspectives. The readings from this week talked about several tools and platforms I have used before, but I was surprised by the sheer number of other tools of which I had not heard! The volume … Continue reading Spatial and Temporal Visualizations
Audience Engagement
This week in the DH865 course we were delayed by a true Polar Vortex, hence a delay in this post. However, the focus of the week, audience engagement, is one that can never be delayed when creating a digital project (in my opinion). I argue that it should drive the research project, and be one … Continue reading Audience Engagement