VISION
The GW Digital Humanities Institute is a hub of research, teaching, and outreach activities around digital and new media. It is founded upon the core belief that the arts and humanities actively transform and are transformed by digital cultures. We support — through grants, workshops, symposia, and exhibitions — collaborative endeavors in scholarship and multimodal venues of teaching and learning. We seek to increase public engagement with digital humanities projects within and beyond the GW community and greater DC area.
Co-founded by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy, the GW Digital Humanities Institute was launched in 2013 through initial funding by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, and the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. Administrative support is generously provided by the Department of English.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all events are currently on hold. In Fall, 2021, we plan to offer a mix of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. We remain a connecting place for local and virtual communities. Please stay tuned to our Facebook page for the latest news and live streaming or video recordings of our events.
PEOPLE
The Digital Humanities (DH) is a thriving intellectual community at George Washington University in downtown Washington, D.C.
Our Co-Directors:
Alexa Alice Joubin is Founding Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Institute and Professor of English, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Theatre, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and International Affairs, and former Director of the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program. She is the founding co-editor of MIT Global Shakespeares, an open-access digital archive of performances of films.
Jonathan Hsy is Founding Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Institute and Associate Professor of English. He specializes in late-medieval literature and culture, and his research and teaching interests span the fields of translation studies and disability theory. He is the co-founder of the digital humanities project and online community Global Chaucers.
Administrative support is provided by the Department of English.
Our Webmaster:
Seth Blackburn is our IT assistant. He is an undergraduate intern through the program GW Coders who helped to revamp our website in 2021.
![Above: Graduate students with Patrick Murray-John (George Mason University) workshop on using Omeka for digital curation. Below: Undergrads, faculty, and librarians attending a DH lecture. [Photos: M Bychowski, Alexa Huang]](http://gwdhi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gw-community.png)
Faculty Affiliates:
The list of our faculty affiliates includes faculty and staff across many units of the university and a few local institutions (note: this information was current as of Spring 2015).
Ex Officio Board Members:
- Steven Lerman, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Leo Chalupa, Vice President for Research
- Paul Schiff Berman, Vice Provost for Online Education and Academic Innovation
- Stephen Ehrmann, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
- Geneva Henry, Vice Provost for Libraries
- Geralyn Schulz, Associate Dean for Research, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
- Derek Malone-France, Executive Director of the University Writing Program
- Robert McRuer, Chair, English Department
Faculty and Librarians:
- Eric Arnesen, Professor of History
- Karim Boughida, Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Content Management (GW Libraries)
- Patricia Chu, Associate Professor of English
- Diane H. Cline, Associate Professor of History
- Kavita Daiya, Associate Professor of English
- Daniel DeWispelare, Associate Professor of English
- Holly Dugan, Associate Professor of English
- Joe Fruscione, Former Adjunct Professor of Writing, University Writing Program
- Shoko Hamano, Chair of East Asian Languages & Literatures, Professor of Japanese and International Affairs
- Eric Johnson, Director of Digital Access, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Kathryn Kleppinger, Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies
- Randi Kristensen, Deputy Director of Writing in the Disciplines, Assistant Professor of Writing
- Robert McRuer, Chair and Professor of English
- David T. Mitchell, Professor of English
- Rachel Riedner, Writing and Women’s Studies, Director of Writing in the Disciplines
- Dolsy Smith, Librarian for the Humanities (GW Libraries)
- Margaret Soltan, Associate Professor of English
- Laura Schiavo, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies
- Christopher Sten, Professor of English Emeritus
- Gayle Wald, Professor of English and of American Studies
- Sarah Werner, Digital Media Strategist, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Amelia Wong, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies
- Christine Zink, Director of the University Writing Center and Assistant Professor of Writing