Digital and Data Humanities Summer Fellowships Cohort Archive

2026 - 2027 Summer Fellows

Mal Ahern looks at a roll of film that has been unwound.
Mal Ahern
Assistant Professor
Cinema & Media Studies
Ashfaq Ahmed
Ashfaq Ahmed
PhD Candidate
Jackson School of International Studies
Vanessa de Veritch Woodside
Vanessa de Veritch Woodside
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Tacoma
Andrew Hedding
Andrew Hedding
Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Meichun Liu
Meichun Liu
Assistant Professor
School of Art + Art History + Design
Nikoloz Nadirashvili
Nikoloz Nadirashvili
PhD Candidate
School of Art + Art History + Design
Paul Jason Perez
Paul Jason Perez
PhD Candidate
Information School
Zhifan Sheng
Zhifan Sheng
PhD Candidate
Asian Languages & Literature
Jingrui Yan
Jingrui Yan
PhD Candidate
Cinema & Media Studies

2025 - 2026 Summer Fellows

Paul Atkins
Paul S. Atkins
Professor
Asian Languages & Literature
Siddharth Bhogra
Siddharth Bhogra
Graduate Student
English
Herman Chau
Herman Chau
Doctoral Candidate
Mathematics
Rhema Hokama
Rhema Hokama
Assistant Professor
English
Mark Letteney
Mark Letteney
Assistant Professor
History
Adrienne Mackey
Adrienne Mackey
Assistant Professor
School of Drama
Sikose Sibabalwe Mjali
Sikose Sibabalwe Mjali
Graduate Student
English
Anna Preus
Anna Preus
Assistant Professor
English
Runjie Wang
Runjie Wang
Graduate Student
Cinema & Media Studies
Nikki Yeboah
Nikki Yeboah
Assistant Professor
School of Drama

2024 - 2025 Summer Fellows

Oya Rose Aktaş
Oya Rose Aktas
Doctoral Candidate
History
Jesse Cavalari
Jesse Cavalari
Doctoral Candidate
History
Heekyoung Cho looks to the left while wearing glasses.
Heekyoung Cho
Associate Professor
Asian Languages & Literature
Amelia Lehosit
Amelia Lehosit
Doctoral Candidate
English
LaShawnDa Pittman
LaShawnDa Pittman
Associate Professor
American Ethnic Studies
Anna Preus
Anna Preus
Assistant Professor
English
Adair Rounthwaite sits on a blue chair wearing a pink sweater.
Adair Rounthwaite
Associate Professor and Chair
Art History
Diana Flores Ruíz
Diana Flores Ruiz
Assistant Professor
Cinema & Media Studies
Jingrui Yan
Jingrui Yan
PhD Candidate
Cinema & Media Studies

2023 - 2024 Summer Fellows

Mal Ahern looks at a roll of film that has been unwound.
Mal Ahern
Assistant Professor
Cinema & Media Studies
Portrait photo of Taiko against a white curtain background
Taiko Aoki-Marcial
Doctoral Candidate
English
Photo of Gabrielle Benabdallah wearing a dark shirt and standing in front of a beige wall.
Gabrielle Benabdallah
Doctoral Candidate
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Melinda Cohoon looks into the camera while standing in front of a dark background.
Melinda Cohoon
Doctoral Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Portrait of Hannah Frydman standing in front of a brown wall wearing glasses.
Hannah Frydman
Assistant Professor
French & Italian Studies
A close-up portrait of Bettina Judd wearing glasses and a dark shirt.
Bettina Judd
Assistant Professor
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Nathanael in front of a backdrop of green foliage, smiling while wearing a blue blazer and floral shirt.
Nathanael Elias Mengist
Doctoral Student
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Cristina Sánchez-Martín looks into the camera while standing in front of a white wall.
Cristina Sánchez-Martín
Assistant Professor
English
Headshot of Melanie Walsh standing in front of a grey wall wearing glasses.
Melanie Walsh
Assistant Professor
Information School

2022 - 2023 Summer Fellows

Andreas P. Bassett stands in front of a large shrubbery while wearing a dark jacket blue shirt and tie.
Andreas P. Bassett
Doctoral Candidate
English
A black and white portrait of Sarah Choi.
Sarah Choi
Doctoral Student
Cinema & Media Studies
Sonia De La Cruz looks to the right while standing behind a camera on a tripod.
Sonia De La Cruz
Assistant Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Tacoma
A portrait of Jasmine Mahmoud standing in front of a bookcase.
Jasmine Mahmoud
Assistant Professor
School of Drama
Sarah Moore stands outside while wearing a read cardigan and white shirt.
Sarah Nickel Moore
Doctoral Candidate
English
Anna Preus
Anna Preus
Assistant Professor
English
A portrait of Leah Rubinsky standing in front of a body of water.
Leah Rubinsky
Doctoral Candidate
Comparative Literature
Christopher Teuton sits in front of a bookcase wearing a maroon shirt.
Christopher Teuton
Professor and Chair
American Indian Studies
Samantha Thompson stands in front of a beige wall while wearing glasses and a jacket.
Samantha Thompson
Doctoral Candidate
Geography

2021 - 2022 Summer Fellows

Profile of Beatrice in front of a book case. She has short brown hair and is wearing a sweater while smiling at the camera.
Beatrice Arduini
Associate Professor
French & Italian Studies
Close-up portrait of Gözde in black white. She is smiling at the camera with her hair parted to the side, half in front of her shoulder and on the other side behind her shoulder.
Gözde Burcu Ege
PhD Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Jin-Kyu smiling at the camera in a blue sweater with blurred book stacks in the background
Jin-Kyu Jung
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Nora smiling at the camera, shoulder length hair framing her face, wearing a black a v-neck sweater and standing in front of a gray background
Nora Kenworthy
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
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Yandong Li
Doctoral Candidate
Cinema & Media Studies
Ayda smiling at the camera in a beige blazer and white shirt, curly hair pulled halfway back and a gray background
Ayda Apa Pomeshikov
PhD Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
profile of Juliet Shields: short red hair, smiling at the camera, wearing a black blazer and shirt
Juliet Shields
Professor
English
profile of Maya Smith smiling at the camera, hair pulled back with some curls along the left side, wearing a red top under a blue blazer with a necklace
Maya Angela Eipe Smith
Associate Professor
French & Italian Studies
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Hope Reidun St. John
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Anthropology

2020 - 2021 Summer Fellows

Laurie Marhoefer
Ying-Hsiu Chou stands in front of a white wall wearing a dark shirt.
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Asian Languages & Literature
Melinda Cohoon looks into the camera while standing in front of a dark background.
Melinda Cohoon
Doctoral Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Cricket Keating sits behind a desk wearing a red and grey sweater.
Christine (Cricket) Keating
Associate Professor
Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
A black and white portrait of Leila Kate Norako
Leila Kate Norako
Assistant Professor
English
Portrait of Solmaz Shakerifard wearing glasses.
Solmaz Shakerifard
Doctoral Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Taylor Soja wears a black shirt and tan jacket.
Taylor Soja
Doctoral Candidate
Department of History
Geoffrey Turnovsky stands outside wearing a black shirt and grey jacket.
Geoffrey Turnovsky
Chair and Associate Professor of French
French & Italian Studies

2019 - 2020 Summer Fellows

Portrait of Jennifer Bean
Jennifer Bean
Associate Professor
Cinema & Media Studies
Portrait of Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Assistant Professor and Curator of Northwest Art
Art History
Portrait of Ellen Y. Chang standing in front of a blurred background and wearing a blue collared shirt.
Ellen Y. Chang
Graduate Student
Cinema & Media Studies
Portrait of Amanda Doxtater
Amanda Doxtater 
Associate Professor
Department of Scandinavian Studies
A black and white portrait of Leila Kate Norako
Leila Kate Norako
Assistant Professor
English
Isaac Rivera
Isaac Rivera
Doctoral Student
Department of Geography
Portrait of Judy Twedt
Judy Twedt
Graduate Student
Climate Data Sonification
Portrait of Rachel Schlotfeldt
Rachel Schlotfeldt
Doctoral Candidate
English

2018 - 2019 Summer Fellows

Ted Hiebert
Abraham Avnisan stands in front of a white wall wearing a patterned shirt.
Abraham Avnisan
Assistant Professor
School of Emerging Media and Technology and School of Media and Journalism at Kent State University
Kristin Dew stands in front of a dark wall wearing a white shirt and dark jacket.
Kristin Dew
Assistant Teaching Professor
Human Centered Design & Engineering
James Gregory stands outside wearing glasses.
James Gregory
Professor, Williams Endowed Professor, and Associate Chair
Department of History
Jin-Kyu smiling at the camera in a blue sweater with blurred book stacks in the background
Jin-Kyu Jung
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Verena Kick stands in front of a bookcase wearing glasses and a dark shirt.
Verena Kick
Doctoral Candidate
Department of German Studies
Jocelyn Moon stands outside wearing a dark shirt.
Jocelyn Moon
Doctoral Candidate
School of Music
Sarah Ross sits on a beach looking toward the water.
Sarah Ross
Doctoral Candidate
Cinema & Media Studies
Phillip Thurtle wears a blue shirt and glasses.
Phillip Thurtle
Professor and Director
Comparative History of Ideas

2017 - 2018 Summer Fellows

Negin Dahya
Portrait of Dan Berger leaning against a brick wall
Dan Berger
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Portrait of Michael Degerald
Michael Degerald
Doctoral Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Portrait of José I. Fusté
José I. Fusté
Assistant Professor
Ethnic Studies
Portrait of Roneva Keel
Roneva Keel
PhD Graduate
History
Portrait of alma khasawnih
alma khasawnih
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Portrait of Eleanor Mahoney
Eleanor Mahoney
Doctoral Candidate
History
Portrait of Jade Power-Sotomayor
Jade Power-Sotomayor
Assistant Professor
Performance Studies
Sarah Ross sits on a beach looking toward the water.
Sarah Ross
Doctoral Candidate
Cinema & Media Studies
Portrait of Sasha Welland
Sasha Su-Ling Welland
Associate Professor
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

2016 - 2017 Summer Fellows

Matthew Bellinger stands in front of a white wall wearing a patterned shirt and glasses.
Matthew Bellinger
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Communication
A black and white image of Darren Byler wearing glasses.
Darren Byler
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Anthropology
Josephine Ensign stands in front of a gray wall wearing a purple scarf and shirt..
Josephine Ensign
Professor
School of Nursing
Benjamin Gardner sits in front of a black wall.
Benjamin Gardner
Associate Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Stephen Groening looking at a computer monitor
Stephen Groening
Associate Professor
Cinema & Media Studies
Brian Gutierrez stands in front of a door wearing a suit and tie.
Brian Gutierrez
Senior Instructional Designer
University of Washington
Minda Martin sits outside wearing a denim jacket and patterned shirt.
Minda Martin
Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, UW Bothell
Jane Wong stands in front of a patterned wall wearing a grey shirt.
Jane Wong
Doctoral Candidate
English

2015 - 2016 Summer Fellows

Headshot of Tyler Babbie
Tyler Babbie
Part-Time Lecturer
English
Portrait of Luke Bergmann
Luke Bergmann
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Portrait of Tad Hirsch
Tad Hirsch
Professor
Art + Design
James Gregory stands outside wearing glasses.
James Gregory
Professor, Williams Endowed Professor, and Associate Chair
Department of History
K. Mehmet Kentel
K. Mehmet Kentel
Doctoral Candidate
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Portrait of Sarah Kremen-Hicks
Sarah Kremen-Hicks
Doctoral Candidate
English
Phillip Thurtle wears a blue shirt and glasses.
Phillip Thurtle
Professor and Director
Comparative History of Ideas
Portrait of Shuxuan Zhou
Shuxuan Zhou
Doctoral Candidate
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

2014 - 2015 Summer Fellows

Annie Fee sits in front of a dark wall wearing a blue shirt.
Annie Fee
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Comparative Literature
P. Joshua Griffin sits in front of a gray wall wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket.
P. Joshua Griffin
Assistant Professor
American Indian Studies
Portrait of Michelle Habell-Pallán
Michelle Habell-Pallán
Professor
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Jeffrey Knight wears a plaid shirt and glasses.
Jeffrey Todd Knight
Associate Professor
English
Pamela Pietrucci stands in front of a brick wall wearing glasses an a green shirt.
Pamela Pietrucci
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Communication
Sonnet Retman sits in front of a dark wall wearing a grey shirt and green necklace.
Sonnet Retman
Associate Professor
American Ethnic Studies
Portrait of Sasha Welland
Sasha Su-Ling Welland
Associate Professor
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

2024 - 2025 Digital Humanities Summer Fellow

Oya Rose Aktaş

Oya Rose Aktaş (she/they)

Doctoral Candidate

As a Digital Humanities Summer Fellow, Aktaş will map shared urban spaces of Istanbul and Seattle at the turn of the twentieth century to reveal the relational identities and encounters that were disrupted through state violence and migration. The Istanbul map focuses on Jewish and Armenian neighborhoods, and the Seattle map focuses on Turkey-born settlers (many of them Jewish and Armenian) in the Pacific Northwest.

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