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Announcing the 2018-19 FHI-NCCU Digital Humanities Fellows

The Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University is pleased to announce the 2018-19 cohort of FHI-North Carolina Central University Digital Humanities Fellows…

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Kathryn Wymer & Tony Frazier at National Humanities Center DH Conference

Drs. Wymer and Frazier spoke on the growing DH community at the Digital Humanities Nuts and Bolts conference (10/2/18)

Title page of NCCU Now alumni magazine article "Humanities in the Digital Age," featuring photoshop image of fellow Lenora Helms Hammond in iPad

Fellows Featured in NCCU Now Magazine

The FHI-NCCU Digital Humanities Fellows program was featured in the NCCU alumni magazine, NCCU Now. Read it here (in PDF)!

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Equity & Access in DH: Dispatch from the 2018 FHI-NCCU Fellows Symposium

On Saturday, May 5, 2018, the Franklin Humanities Institute – North Carolina Central Digital Humanities Initiative held its second annual symposium.

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Reflections on Digital Humanities and Technical Communications, Part 3 — Developing a Case Study to Teach Digital Image Use

I’ve been working a long time on developing course materials that help writers understand their obligations and rights when borrowing images to use in their own work. Serendipity gave me a chance to expand my teaching repertoire on this recently.

Reflections on Digital Humanities and Technical Communications, Part 2 — Refocused: Digital Composing and Publishing

For spring 2018, I have refocused my pedagogical intentions on a class I have taught more than 20 times — intro to technical writing.

Reflections on Digital Humanities and Technical Communications, Part 1 — 8 Things I learned with My Professional Writing Class

I implemented more digital projects in my Professional Writing elective class than the previous time it was taught because the fellowship made me brave (reckless?). Here’s some of what I learned.