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DiDa Faculty:

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Gregory Hallenbeck

Instructor, Director of Digital and Data Studies

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning and AI
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Game Design
  • Interactive Fiction
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Melissa Haller

Instructor, Undergraduate Director of Digital and Data Studies

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Statistical methods and data visualization
  • Mapping and GIS
  • Economic geography, technology, and innovation
  • Community-engaged teaching and scholarship
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Francesco Agnellini

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Critical Theory
  • Critical Data Studies
  • Aesthetics
  • Machine Learning and Generative AI
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Ruth Carpenter

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Narratives, play, and gaming 
  • Information and data design 
  • Digital borders 
  • Minimal computing 
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Jin Chan

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies
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Rachel Fomalhaut

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Educational theory and practice, especially critical digital pedagogy; relational pedagogy; university design for learning (UDL); embodied learning; grades and assessment
  • Queer, feminist, critical disability, Indigenous, and decolonialist epistemologies and frameworks
  • Histories of technology
  • Digital and information literacy; data numeracy
  • Sustainable and just digital ecologies and tools
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Sarah Ford

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies
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Karolina Fucikova

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Biodiversity, ecology and evolution
  • Freshwater and terrestrial algae
  • Information and data literacy
  • Data visualization
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Chelsea Gibson

Director, 91社区 Codes! Program

Digital and Data Studies
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Jacopo Mazzoni

Lecturer

Digital and Data Studies

Research Interests

  • Creative Coding and Digital Media
  • Interactive Media Installations and Physical Computing
  • Creation of digital archives for Cultural Heritage
  • Community-Engaged Digital Scholarship
  • Computational Culture, Games, and Folklore Studies


DiDa Organizing Committee:

Kenneth Kurtz, Professor of Psychology
Andreas Pape, Associate Professor of Economics
Laure Spake, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Mary Tuttle, Assistant Librarian
Lisa T. Yun, Associate Professor of English.