Here is the merry band of Dickinson students who came back to campus a week early to participate in the second annual Digital Boot Camp.
2015 DH Boot Camp participants met in the Waidner-Spahr Library at Dickinson the week of January 12, 2015
Led by Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Patrick Belk, the eleven students completed online tutorials at home the week of January 5, and convened on campus for further instruction and to work on their own projects. Other instructors included Michael D’Aprix, Daniel Plehkov, Leah Orr, and Don Sailer. Topics included ArcGIS, Drupal, XML, and discussions of metadata and other DH principles (full schedule here). Most of the projects they are working on represent collaborations with faculty, departments, or student organizations on campus.
Make sure to stop by the digital poster session, at which the students will show off what they have accomplished in this intense period of work and discovery.
What: Digital Boot Camp Poster Session
When: Thursday January 29 12:00-1:15 p.m.
Where: HUB Social Hall East
Here is a list of the students and their projects linked here (still works in progress):
Masculinity in Advertising
Victoria DeLaney
Sophomore
English, Spanish
Mapping Sustainability at Dickinson College
Jackie Goodwin
Sophomore
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Cultural Mapping: A Documentation of Yarmouth Maine
Wesley Lickus
Sophomore
Environmental Science
The Peddler
Nick Bailey
Junior
International Business, Management
Maryland Folklore Project
Andrew McGowan
Junior
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
EDDC Archive: Digital Library for the English Department
Harris Risell
Junior
English
Renaissance Music Database
Maurice Royce
Junior
Computer Science, Mathematics
Student Curation at the Trout
Anna Leistikow
Senior
International Studies
Education Reform
Melissa Pesantes
Senior
Italian Studies, Anthropology
Mapping the Aeneid
Katherine Purington
Senior
Classical Studies
Exploring the Invisible Universe
Olivia Wilkins
Senior
Chemistry, Mathematics
The Digital Boot Camp @ Dickinson was made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It was supported by members of the Digital Humanities Advisory Committee (or DHAC), and Archives & Special Collections, Waidner-Spahr Library. The students, instructors, and organizers taking part in this year’s boot camp would like to thank the following people: Dan Confer, Ryan Burke, Jim Ciarrocca, Chuck Steel, Maureen Dermott, Meredith Brozik, Tricia Contino, Dottie Warner, and Malinda Triller Doran.