Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships Cohort Archive
![scholars in the fellowship program having a lively discussion at the conference table](/sites/default/files/styles/project_image/public/project_program_images/SummerMellon.jpg?itok=NepM4vOV)
The Simpson Center offers annual summer fellowships for faculty and doctoral students to pursue research projects that use digital technologies in innovative and intensive ways and/or explore the historical, social, aesthetic, and cross-cultural implications of digital cultures. The program has three primary goals:
- To animate knowledge—using rich media, dynamic databases, and visualization tools
- To circulate knowledge—among diverse publics
- To understand digital culture—historically, theoretically, aesthetically, and generatively
UW faculty and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply either on an individual basis or in teams for Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships every fall. Where research in the humanities is often undertaken by a single scholar, this program enables faculty and graduate students to collaborate with each other as well as with designers, information technologists, and librarians. Applications from scholars using the open-source multimodal authoring and publishing platforms are particularly encouraged; the Simpson Center is an affiliate of the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture. Review additional eligibility and application information for faculty and graduate students.
Up to 8 scholars—4 faculty and 4 doctoral students—will be selected each year; they will be required to be in residence for 6-8 weeks during the summer and will meet weekly to share their research. In addition to summer salary, each will have a research budget that can be used for expenses such as hourly support and software.
The Simpson Center gratefully acknowledges the support of a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as well as many donors to the endowment which is underwriting these fellowships.
2024 - 2025 Summer Fellows
![Oya Rose Aktaş](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/headshot.png?itok=9inKGp-E)
![Jesse Cavalari](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Pic.jpeg?itok=rCDO3lNd)
![Heekyoung Cho looks to the left while wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/HeekYoung%20Cho.jpeg?itok=GhyzIgSQ)
![Diana Flores Ruíz](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/D.RUIZ_.jpg?itok=vj3ROiXk)
![Amelia Lehosit](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Lehosit%20Headshot.png?itok=Iz1hOvuY)
![LaShawnDa Pittman](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Copy%20of%20Pittman%20headshot%20large%20file.jpg?itok=xk7juqcO)
![Anna Preus stands outside wearing a dark jacket and striped shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Anna%20Preus_0.jpg?itok=PpUYmSZF)
![Adair Rounthwaite sits on a blue chair wearing a pink sweater.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Rounthwaite%20bio%20photo%202022.jpg?itok=_ONGnmqj)
![Jingrui Yan](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/IMG_9671.jpg?itok=KrJCdAFC)
2023 - 2024 Summer Fellows
![Mal Ahern looks at a roll of film that has been unwound.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Mal%20Ahern.jpg?itok=Kb_88CWV)
![Portrait photo of Taiko against a white curtain background](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Taiko.jpg?itok=x6v3Jnbb)
![Melinda Cohoon looks into the camera while standing in front of a dark background.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Cohoon_DH%20photo.jpg?itok=CLoM30gF)
![Portrait of Hannah Frydman standing in front of a brown wall wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Frydman.png?itok=aNYOGjF9)
![A close-up portrait of Bettina Judd wearing glasses and a dark shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Bettina%20Judd.jpeg?itok=Wva136DA)
![Nathanael in front of a backdrop of green foliage, smiling while wearing a blue blazer and floral shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Mengist.jpg?itok=WZHRiTKg)
![Cristina Sánchez-Martín looks into the camera while standing in front of a white wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sa%CC%81nchez-Marti%CC%81n_0.jpg?itok=Xv1R5g9S)
![Headshot of Melanie Walsh standing in front of a grey wall wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Melanie%20Walsh.png?itok=WmuObE9V)
2022 - 2023 Summer Fellows
![Andreas P. Bassett stands in front of a large shrubbery while wearing a dark jacket blue shirt and tie.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Andreas%20Bassett.jpg?itok=AO1KyWz5)
![A black and white portrait of Sarah Choi.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sarah%20Choi.jpg?itok=KHWJ3u83)
![Sonia De La Cruz looks to the right while standing behind a camera on a tripod.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sonia%20De%20La%20Cruz.jpg?itok=t92_Hwwk)
![A portrait of Jasmine Mahmoud standing in front of a bookcase.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jasmine%20Mahmoud.jpg?itok=V7CTVnMd)
![Anna Preus stands outside wearing a dark jacket and striped shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Anna%20Preus_0.jpg?itok=PpUYmSZF)
![A portrait of Leah Rubinsky standing in front of a body of water.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Leah%20Rubinsky_0.jpg?itok=xeb0yNuG)
![Christopher Teuton sits in front of a bookcase wearing a maroon shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Chris%20Teuton.jpg?itok=wooiEO3e)
![Samantha Thompson stands in front of a beige wall while wearing glasses and a jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Samantha%20Thompson_0.jpg?itok=7mrWm3xF)
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.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Beatrice-Arduini-1500.jpg?itok=b9E21cgG)
![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.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Go%CC%88zde%20Burcu%20Ege.jpg?itok=g_JSLnNG)
![Jin-Kyu smiling at the camera in a blue sweater with blurred book stacks in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jung-Jin-Kyu-2019.jpg?itok=CJ9lxT8C)
![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](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Nora%20Kenworthy.jpg?itok=gAGo2VyA)
![medium close-up of Yandong. He is on the left of the frame in a black t-shirt looking at the camera. To the right is a light flare form the setting sun, while the background shows buildings and a park.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/y_li_photo.jpg?itok=r9EMNScm)
![Ayda smiling at the camera in a beige blazer and white shirt, curly hair pulled halfway back and a gray background](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/ayda.jpg?itok=XaPxtVPu)
![profile of Juliet Shields: short red hair, smiling at the camera, wearing a black blazer and shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Juliet%20Shields%20Author%20Photo.jpg?itok=9r8PRsKb)
![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](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Maya%20Angela%20Eipe%20Smith.jpg?itok=hD3xm7-h)
![Close up of Hope smiling at the camera, long hair parted the side and in front of her right shoulder, behind her left shoulder. She is wearing a green patterned top and the backdrop is a cream color.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/hrsprofile_2_0.jpeg?itok=nBuSc8qb)
2020 - 2021 Summer Fellows
![Ying-Hsiu Chou stands in front of a white wall wearing a dark shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Ying-Hsiu%20Chou.jpeg?itok=WTKlhT-3)
![Melinda Cohoon looks into the camera while standing in front of a dark background.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Cohoon_DH%20photo.jpg?itok=CLoM30gF)
![Cricket Keating sits behind a desk wearing a red and grey sweater.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Cricket%20Keating_0.jpeg?itok=loSqGCtP)
![Laurie Marhoefer stands in front of a white brick wall wearing a grey shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Laurie%20Marhoefer.jpeg?itok=ea0bUI5P)
![A black and white portrait of Leila Kate Norako](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Leila%20Kate%20Norako.jpeg?itok=O0QbveZ1)
![Portrait of Solmaz Shakerifard wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Solmaz%20Shakerifard.jpeg?itok=nmBgYjaD)
![Taylor Soja wears a black shirt and tan jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Taylor%20Soja.jpeg?itok=_CIA61Fz)
![Geoffrey Turnovsky stands outside wearing a black shirt and grey jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Geoffrey%20Turnovsky.png?itok=DZpWrBcr)
2019 - 2020 Summer Fellows
![Portrait of Jennifer Bean](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jennifer%20Bean.jpg?itok=y8f2B-gP)
![Portrait of Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/kathryn-bunn-marcuse_0.jpg?itok=A03ceroB)
![Portrait of Ellen Y. Chang standing in front of a blurred background and wearing a blue collared shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/ellen-chang.jpg?itok=1Qw8PCQo)
![Portrait of Amanda Doxtater](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/amanda-doxtater.jpg?itok=nF9OKg5m)
![A black and white portrait of Leila Kate Norako](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Leila%20Kate%20Norako.jpeg?itok=O0QbveZ1)
![Isaac Rivera](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/isaac.jpeg?itok=aJXeeR3r)
![Portrait of Judy Twedt](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Judy-Twedt.jpg?itok=HRrjuYDp)
![Portrait of Rachel Schlotfeldt](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Rachel%20Schlotfeldt.jpg?itok=TxFStwnY)
2018 - 2019 Summer Fellows
![Abraham Avnisan stands in front of a white wall wearing a patterned shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Abraham%20Avnisan_0.jpeg?itok=rIWwGcwY)
![Kristin Dew stands in front of a dark wall wearing a white shirt and dark jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Kristin%20Dew_0.jpeg?itok=1tNpCDsh)
![James Gregory stands outside wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/James%20Gregory.jpeg?itok=dWr2yHzh)
![Ted Hiebert sits in front of a dark wall wearing an orange shirt and googly eyes all over his face.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Ted%20Hiebert.jpeg?itok=dgGtTgi7)
![Jin-Kyu smiling at the camera in a blue sweater with blurred book stacks in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jung-Jin-Kyu-2019.jpg?itok=CJ9lxT8C)
![Verena Kick stands in front of a bookcase wearing glasses and a dark shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Verena%20Kick.jpeg?itok=9QF8pY1i)
![Jocelyn Moon stands outside wearing a dark shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jocelyn%20Moon.jpeg?itok=PWcrSPBP)
![Sarah Ross sits on a beach looking toward the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sarah%20Ross.jpeg?itok=YYXWx8sO)
![Phillip Thurtle wears a blue shirt and glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Phillip%20Thurtle.jpeg?itok=_fvW8rJG)
2017 - 2018 Summer Fellows
![Portrait of Negin Dahya](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Negin%20Dahya.jpg?itok=bJx229zx)
![Portrait of Michael Degerald](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/michael%20degerald.jpg?itok=C6JC35bM)
![Portrait of José I. Fusté](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/josefuste.jpg?itok=3Zn101Ci)
![Portrait of Roneva Keel](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Roneva-Keel_0.jpg?itok=ljojnska)
![Portrait of alma khasawnih](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/alma%20khasawnih.jpg?itok=W3JtFaic)
![Portrait of Eleanor Mahoney](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/eleanor_mahoney.jpg?itok=YrJVXKcT)
![Portrait of Jade Power-Sotomayor](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/jade-power-sotomayor.jpg?itok=kYIGQxS3)
![Sarah Ross sits on a beach looking toward the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sarah%20Ross.jpeg?itok=YYXWx8sO)
![Portrait of Sasha Welland](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/sasha-welland.jpg?itok=E2qwr8FZ)
2016 - 2017 Summer Fellows
![Matthew Bellinger stands in front of a white wall wearing a patterned shirt and glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Matthew%20Bellinger_0.jpeg?itok=4qJghOJY)
![A black and white image of Darren Byler wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Darren%20Byler.jpeg?itok=2HK5WQ5J)
![Josephine Ensign stands in front of a gray wall wearing a purple scarf and shirt..](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Josephine%20Ensign.png?itok=JHavSh4Q)
![Benjamin Gardner sits in front of a black wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Benjamin%20Gardner.png?itok=g757zw5z)
![Stephen Groening looking at a computer monitor](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Stephen-Groening.jpg?itok=gu1YR8BG)
![Brian Gutierrez stands in front of a door wearing a suit and tie.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Brian%20Gutierrez%20.jpeg?itok=UvmWhcRN)
![Minda Martin sits outside wearing a denim jacket and patterned shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Minda%20Martin.jpeg?itok=gxmV9Vh-)
![Jane Wong stands in front of a patterned wall wearing a grey shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jane%20Wong%20.png?itok=TOF2ADPJ)
2015 - 2016 Summer Fellows
![Headshot of Tyler Babbie](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/TylerBabbie.jpg?itok=U6H5WdUL)
![Portrait of Luke Bergmann](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Luke%20Bergmann.jpg?itok=eDHeUxuq)
![Portrait of Tad Hirsch](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Tad%20Hirsch.jpg?itok=3z1eKbFC)
![James Gregory stands outside wearing glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/James%20Gregory.jpeg?itok=dWr2yHzh)
![K. Mehmet Kentel](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/k._mehmet.kentel.jpg?itok=gZyDzNmp)
![Portrait of Sarah Kremen-Hicks](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/sarah-kremen-hicks.jpg?itok=wIKnlg00)
![Phillip Thurtle wears a blue shirt and glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Phillip%20Thurtle.jpeg?itok=_fvW8rJG)
![Portrait of Shuxuan Zhou](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/zhou_shuxuan.jpg?itok=tiZgFhqg)
2014 - 2015 Summer Fellows
![Annie Fee sits in front of a dark wall wearing a blue shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Annie%20Fee.jpeg?itok=TqJPFHtg)
![P. Joshua Griffin sits in front of a gray wall wearing glasses, a blue shirt, and a dark jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/P.%20Joshua%20Griffin.jpeg?itok=ATVtLr2z)
![Portrait of Michelle Habell-Pallán](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/michelle-habell-pallan.jpg?itok=0AhVbnXU)
![Jeffrey Knight wears a plaid shirt and glasses.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Jeffrey%20Knight.jpeg?itok=Nf0S86xd)
![Pamela Pietrucci stands in front of a brick wall wearing glasses an a green shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Pamela%20Pietrucci.jpg?itok=l6wCjUYp)
![Sonnet Retman sits in front of a dark wall wearing a grey shirt and green necklace.](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/Sonnet%20Retman_0.jpeg?itok=QcISifsN)
![Portrait of Sasha Welland](/sites/default/files/styles/about_page_people_225x250_/public/people_profiles/sasha-welland.jpg?itok=E2qwr8FZ)
2024 - 2025 Digital Humanities Summer Fellow
![LaShawnDa Pittman](/sites/default/files/styles/calendar_rollup_image_350_x_400_/public/people_profiles/Copy%20of%20Pittman%20headshot%20large%20file.jpg?itok=mU_vZjeP)