COPRAH(COmputingPRActicesintheHumanities)

AClassicsProfessorneedstoevaluateanundergraduatefinalpaperthatmakesanalgorithmic
analysisofRomanComedy.AComparativeLiteratureProfessorwantstogeneraterubricsto
evaluate3DprintingandmodelingprojectssubmittedbynonmajorSTEMstudents.An
experimental,cotaughtwritingcourseinTheaterStudiesleadstogamebasedundergraduate
projectsthatchallengetheprofessorstowelcomegametheoryanddesignaspartoftheirfuture
courseofferings.Increasingly,facultyacrosshumanitiesdisciplinesareencounteringan
undergraduateenthusiasmandoutputofdigitalandcomputationalworkbeyondresearch
projects,thesefacultyareinterestedinacquiringknowledgeandbestpracticestointegrate
humanitiescomputingprinciplesandpracticesintheircourses,developadigitalpedagogy,and
evaluateandsupportundergraduatework.

AsacomplementtotheXSummerInstitute,athreedayworkshopbeginningsummer2XXXis
proposedforfacultyandadvancedgraduatestudentsontwotracks:a)datavisualization,andb)
topicmodelinganddatamining(withR).Thisworkshopdiffersfromcurrentvisitinglectures
andworkshopsinthreeways:First,itisforfaculty,postdoctoral,andadvancedgraduate
studentsincludingnonXapplicants.Second,itisfocusedonevidencebasedpracticesthat
expandresearchandlearningopportunitiesintheclassroom(similartomissionoftheX
SummerInstituteSeries).Third,itistailoredtohumanistlearningandpedagogy(inother
words,accessibletohumanitiesfacultywithnofluencybeyondthebasictheoryofcomputer
scienceandmathematics).Recentlysurveyedfacultyexpressedinterestinthefollowingtypes
ofsupport:

a. Facultytrainingtotakeplaceduringathematicseriesinfallorspringbreaka3day
workshopinearlyJuneoranongoingseriesforprogramming
b. Ateachingandlearningresourceswebsitethatincludesonlinetrainingand
documentationofusecasesatXaworkingbibliographylinkstoconferences,grants,
andpublishingopportunitiesalistofsupportcentersandcontactsatXanddemosof
projectsindifferentphaseswithdescriptionsaboutprojectmanagementandunique
problemsforeachprojectorphase
c. Ateachingandlearningforumforthefacultythatislinkedtotheresourcessiteand
moderatedactivelybyagroupofdedicatedandskilledstaff

Requirementsforattendance

Facultyandgraduatestudentswillcompleteanapplicationtoattendtheworkshopseries
prioritywillbegiventofaculty.Aspartofthatapplication,theyidentifyagoalforintegrating
aprojectorlearningmoduleonthetopicintoanundergraduatecourse.Theywillbeaskedto
returntotheworkshopseriesasalumnitopresenttheiroutcomes,andtoprovideacopyofthe
syllabusorprojectdescriptionandrubric,sampleprojects,andstudentandfacultyevaluations
oftheoutcomesofthisintegration,nolaterthantheendofthefollowingterm.

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Proposedtopicsforrecurringannualseries

FacultysurveyedatXaskedforpedagogicaltraininginthefollowing(orderofrequest):
1. topicmodelingandtextanalysis
2. GISandspatialtools
3. dataminingandtextanalysis
4. datavisualization
5. cocitationanalysis
6. toolsforlinguisticanalysisandtranslationtechniques
7. programminglanguages:Python,R

Importantly,thisworkshopisfacilitatedbystaffandvisitinginstructorswhoareexperiencedin
deliveringtechnicalmaterialsandtheoriestohumanistscholarsthroughhandson,relevant
activitieswhoareinvestedinprovidingmentoringaftertheworkshopsendandwhoareable
tohelpfacultydevelopandevaluateaminiprojectbythefinaldayoftheevent.

SupportandWorkshopStaff

SeveralpartiesatXhaveexpressedinterestinofferingservicesandsupport,funding,securing
visitingfacilitators,ormaterialsandrequestedresources:

1. ITS(X)
2. Library(X)
3. CenterforTeachingandLearning:(X)
4. OtherCampusCenters:(X)

MethodandOrientation

Wewilloffertwoconcurrenttracks,withtargetgroupsof1520applicantsattendingeach
track.Aprimaryfacilitatorwillleadeachworkshoptrack,with12graduatestudentsorstaff
whowillactassatellitesandoffercustomsupporttoindividualsorgroups.Theworkshopwill
comprisetheoryandmethod,activelearning,presentation,andincludeanoverviewofuse
casesandprojectmanagement.Becauseitiscriticalthatattendeescomeawaywitha
pedagogicalprojectinprogress,andwithideasabouthowtodeveloptheprojectandsolicit
supportbeyondtheworkshopsscope,theworkshopwillconcludewithattendeesresponseto
abriefsurveyandwriteupofanintendedactionplan.Athreedayworkshopmightbe
organizedasfollows:

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Day1

Day2

Day3

7:30
8:30

RegistrationandWelcome
Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

8:30
10:30

LectureandTraining

LectureandTraining

ActiveLearning

10:30
12

Design1

Design

Presentations

12
1:30

Lunch:fieldtripand/orspecial
guest

Lunch:fieldtrip
and/orspecialguest

Lunch:fieldtrip
and/orspecialguest

1:30
3:30

ActiveLearning

ActiveLearning

Presentations

3:30
3:45

Break

Break

Conclusion:Survey
andActionPlans

3:45
5:00

Colloquium

CaseStudiesand
ProjectMgmt

*LectureandTrainingisspeakercenteredandconsistofdeliveringknowledge,facilitating
discussion,andstaginggrouporindividualactivities
**ActiveLearningisfacultycentered,andcomprisesindividualworkperiodsduringwhichthe
facultymembers(individually,oringroups)developtheirprojectormaterialswhilethe
speakerandstaffoffersupport

Funding

Anestimatedbudgetof$40,000wouldbeneededannuallytohostaworkshopwithtwoareas
offocus,brokendownasfollows:

Stipendsforexpertfacilitator(2x$10,000)
Stipendsforkeynotespeakers(2x$1,000)
Stipendforgraduateassistants(4x$500)
Stipendforvisitinglunchtalks(3x$500)
Localcostsforresources,provisions($5,000)
Housingandtravelcostsforvisitingfacilitatorsandstaff($7,000)
Stipendforcontingentfacultyorgraduatestudentstotravel(4x$625)

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ProposedSpeakers,VisitingProfessors,andOnSiteVisits

Alistofpossiblespeakerswithbasicbackground,specialty,and
howtheirpresentationwouldaddressafacultyperceivedneed.

*SpeakersandPresenters
**Note:Fortheinauguralworkshop(June2015),wepropose:Spiro(Keynote),Unsworth
(ProjectManagementtalk),Nowviskie(datamining/topicmodeling),Vershbow(data
visualization)orJockers(R),Bellinger(lunchandtourYDC2),BrownandBreir(lunchon
collaborativeteachinganddigitaltools),Posner(lunch,alumnatalk)

KeynoteSpeaker
LisaSpiro

is
theexecutivedirectorof
DigitalScholarshipServices
atRice
UniversitysFondrenLibrary.SheservesastheCommunicationsOfficerforthe
Allianceof
DigitalHumanitiesOrganizations
(ADHO),isamemberoftheExecutiveCouncilof
the
AssociationforComputersandtheHumanities
,andwasthefoundingeditoroftheDiRT
wiki(now
BambooDiRT
)whereshecurrentlyservesonitsadvisoryboard.Sheworkedas
directorofNITLELabs,andwillpublish(2016)theglobalresearchreportonDigital
HumanitiesCenters.

KeynoteSpeaker
JohnUnsworth
isProfessorofEnglish,UniversityLibrarian,andChief
InformationOfficeratBrandeisUniversity.Hehassupervisedresearchprojectsacrossthe
disciplinesinthehumanities.Hehasalsopublishedwidelyonthetopicofelectronic
scholarship,aswellascodirectingoneofninenationalpartnershipsintheLibraryof
Congress'sNationalDigitalInformationInfrastructurePreservationProgram,andsecuring
grantsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities,theNationalScienceFoundation,the
GettyGrantProgram,IBM,Sun,theAndrewW.MellonFoundation,andothers.

Presenter
StephenBronack
isChairofEducationatUWestGeorgia.Heis
aneducator,
researcher,andperformanceimprovementprofessional,specializingintheapplicationofsocial
andimmersivemediasuchassimulations,3Dvirtualworlds,gamesandaugmentedrealityto
helppeopleandorganizationsdevelopmosteffectivelyandefficiently.Heisinterestedinthe
useofinnovativeinstructionalstrategiesandemergingmediatomakeeducationamore
pragmaticandrelevantprocessforbothlearnersandthosewhofacilitatethem.

Presenter
DanCohen
istheDirectoroftheDigitalPublicLibraryofAmerica.Hewasa
ProfessorofHistoryinthe
DepartmentofHistoryandArtHistory
at
GeorgeMasonUniversity
andtheDirectorofthe
RoyRosenzweigCenterforHistoryandNewMedia
until2013.His
personalresearchhasbeenindigitalhumanities,broadlyconstrued:theimpactofnewmedia
andtechnologyonallaspectsofknowledge,fromthenatureofdigitizedresourcesto
twentyfirstcenturyresearchtechniquesandsoftwaretoolstothechanginglandscapeof
communicationandpublication.

Presenter
RebeccaFrostDavis
isDirectorforInstructionalandEmergingTechnologyatSt.
EdwardsUniversityinAustin,TX.Previously,sheservedasprogramofficerfortheNITLE,
andasanAssistantProfessorofClassicalStudiesatRhodesCollegeandDenisonUniversity.
Sheblogsaboutnewdigitalmethodsonscholarship,networking,andcommunicationandhow
theyareimpactingtheclassroom.Herresearchexploresthemotivationsandmechanismsfor
creating,integrating,andsustainingdigitalhumanitieswithinandacrosstheundergraduate
curriculum.SheholdsaPhDinClassicalStudiesfromUPenn,andaBAfromVanderbilt.

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Presenter
QuinnDombroski
istheResearchApplicationsDeveloperandDigitalHumanities
CoordinatorinthecentralresearchITunitatUCBerkelywithafocusondigitalhumanities.
Priortothat,sheworkedatUniversityofChicagoastheManagerofScholarlyTechnology.
SheisamanagerfortheDiRTwebsiteandlibrarygraffitiexpert.

Presenter
JuliaFlanders
isProfessorofthePracticeofEnglishandDirectorofDigital
ScholarshipGroupandtheWomenWritersProjectatBrownUniversity.Herrelevantresearch
areasincludedigitalhumanities,textualediting,humanitiesdatamodeling(forwhichsheis
coeditingabookwithFotisJannidis).

Presenter
MatthewJockers
isAssociateProfessorof
EnglishattheUniversityofNebraska,
Lincoln
,FacultyFellowinthe
CenterforDigitalResearchintheHumanities
andDirectorof
theNebraskaLiteraryLab.Hisresearchandteachingisfocusedoncomputationaltextanalysis,
specificallyanapproachcalledmacroanalysis.Hehastaughtcoursesandgivenseminarson
textencodingwithTEIXML,textanalysisusingphp,andtextminingwiththeprogramming
language
R
.Hisnonliteraryworkwithtechnologyhasencompassedeverythingfromsystems
administrationanddatabasedesigntowebdevelopmentandtechnicalsupport.

Presenter
JeffMcClurken
isProfessorofHistoryandAmericanStudies&SpecialAssistant
totheProvostforTeaching,Technology,andInnovationattheUniversityofMary
Washington.

Presenter
BethanyNowviskie
isDirectorofUniversityofVirginiasScholarsLaband
librarysDirectorofDigitalScholarship.Herscholarlyresearchinterestslieintheintersection
ofalgorithmicorproceduralmethodandtraditionalhumanitiesinterpretation.Shedeveloped
softwareandsocialsystemsfor
NINES
,thenetworkedinfrastructurefornineteenthcentury
electronicscholarship.Theseincluded
Collex
,
Juxta
,andthe
IvanhoeGame
.

Presenter

MiriamPosner
isaYalegraduateandformerInstructionalTechnologyGroup
Fellowshecoordinatesandteachesinthe
DigitalHumanitiesprogram
atUCLA.

Presenter
LisaRhody
istheprojectmanagerfor
WebWise2013
atthe
RoyRosenzweig
CenterforHistoryandNewMedia(RRCHNM)
.ShereceivedherPh.D.inEnglishlanguage
andliteraturefromthe
UniversityofMaryland
,whereherresearchwassupportedbya
MarylandInstituteforTechnologyintheHumanities(MITH)
WinnemoreDissertation
Fellowship.Herresearchcombinesadvancedcomputationalanalysiswithtraditionalliterary
methodstoexplore20thcenturypoetryandAmericanliterature,intersectionsbetweenvisual
andverbalmedia,andwomen'sliterature.

Presenter
BenVershbow
isManageroftheNewYorkPublicLibraryLab.AYalegraduate,
heisthefounderandmanagerofNYPLLabs,adigitalinnovationunitattheNewYorkPublic
Librarythathasbeenwidelyheraldedforitsinventiveapproachtoopeninguphistoricaland
archivalmaterialsonline.BasedatNYPLslandmark42ndStreetbranch,Labsoperatesasan
inhousetechstartup,workingcloselywithlibrariansandcuratorstohatchprojectsthatinvite
newkindsofinteractionwithlibrarycollections,oftenenlistingthepublicshelptoliberate
informationfromolddocumentsandtoproduceopendatasetsandtools.

Presenter
ScottWeingart
isanNSFGraduateResearchFellowandPhDstudentatIndiana
University,wherehestudiesInformationScienceandHistoryofScience.Hisresearchfocuses
ontheintersectionofhistoriographicandquantitativemethodologies,particularlyastheycan
beusedtostudyscholarlycommunicationsinthepastandpresent.Healsowritesablogcalled

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the
scottbotirregular
,aimingtomakecomputationaltoolsandbigdataanalyticsaccessibletoa
wider,humanitiesorientedaudience.

*FieldTripsandSpecialGuests

Precedents

Anappendixofprogramsfromanotherinstitutionortwowho
havedonethiswell,bothtovalidatetheclaimmadetogiveideas
orinspirationofwhatthismightbelikeatX.

DigitalHumanities@Bowdoin

NearlytwodozenBowdoinfacultymembersparticipatedina
fourdaycourseforfacultyaspartoftheCollegesnew
DigitalandComputationalStudies
Initiative
.

YaleSTEMSummerInstituteSeries

ThegoaloftheNationalAcademicSummerInstituteson
UndergraduateSTEMEducationatYale(YaleUniversity)istotransformscienceeducationat
collegesanduniversitiesbyimprovingclassroominstructionandattractingmorediverse
studentstoscience.

HumanitiesDigitalWorkshop
(WashingtonUniversity,St.Louis)
providesastructurefor
developinglongtermfacultydigitalprojectsinArts&Sciences.Itpromotestheuniversity's
activitiesinbothofitsbasicvectors:inresearch,byfacilitatingprojectsthatrequireorbenefit
fromdatacollectionandanalysis,orelectronicpublicationinteaching,bybringingstudents
intotheresearchprocessinconcretewaysthatcanberareinthehumanities.

DigitalHumanitiesDataCurationInstituteworkshops
(MarylandInstituteforTechnologyin
theHumanities)areaimedathumanitiesresearcherswhethertraditionalfacultyor
alternative(altac)professionalsaswellaslibrarians,archivists,otherinformation
professionals,andadvancedgraduatestudents.Togiveparticipantsbothatheoretical
frameworkfordatacurationaswellasexposuretorealworldscenarios,learningwillbelargely
casebased,supplementedbyshortlectures,guestpresentations,andpracticalexercises.

FalevyMemorialLibraryDigitalHumanitiesWorkshop
(VillanovaUniversity)willbehosting
aseriesofDigitalHumanitiesworkshopsinconjunctionwiththeGraduateStudiesdivisionof
theCollegeofLiberalArts&Sciences.Theseworkshopswillbeopentocurrentlyenrolled
graduatestudentsatnocost.

NINCHBuildingBlocksWorkshop

(NationalInitiativeforaNetworkedCulturalHeritage,
Washington)isthefirststepintheComputerScienceandtheHumanitiesinitiative,designedto
createaframeworkofsharedunderstandingsandvocabularywithwhichtobuildpractical
agendasforworkingwithcomputerscientists.Themeetingwillalternateworkshopsessions
specifictoeachofthefields,withtopicalsessionsdesignedtoinformthefieldmeetingswith
leadingexamplesofcurrentproblemsolvingprojects.Thesepresentationswillbefollowedby
crossdisciplinarydiscussiongroupstoconsidertheramificationsofthetopicalpresentations.
Everydaywewillalsoholdplenarymeetingsinwhichwecanalldiscusstheresultsoffield
meetings,topicalsessionsandcrossdisciplinarydiscussions.

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