Center for Black Digital Research, known as #DigBlk, is excited to announce its Center Scholars Program
This program provides graduate research assistantship with the opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary cohort including graduate student leaders, undergraduate researchers, post-docs, librarians, IT specialists, scholars, and community and university partners from within the institution and beyond.
The Center for Black Digital Research (CBDR) houses the award-winning Colored Conventions Project, Douglass Day, and the Black Women’s Organizing Archive, projects committed to Black archive-building and that utilize digital methods and public engagement to introduce buried histories of Black organizing to scholarly and broader public audiences.
Center Scholars receive:
- Enhanced funding packages
- Summer support and digital training opportunities at institutions such as DreamLab: Digital Humanities Training Institute, Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching (HILT) and Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI)
- Professional development funds to advance your research and training opportunities
- Start up funds
- Intellectual community and cohort support
Center Scholar assistantship activities may include:
- Weekly meeting with Center staff, students, post-doctoral fellows, and research assistant cohort
- Archival and digital research
- Communications and community and campus outreach
- Conference and symposium planning
- Support for public engagement and partnerships
- Building and editing digital exhibits
2020-2021 Scholars
Sabrina Evans
Hayden Lamphere
Courtney Murray
Justin Smith
Moyra Schauffler
Nakisha Wittington