We believe that every student, across all disciplines, needs basic computational skills to be successful in today’s world. The DITI team of graduate students, guided by faculty and staff leads, works with faculty across CSSH to incorporate digital proficiencies into existing syllabi. Rather than adding additional skills or assignments to courses, we work with faculty to integrate digital skills that enhance existing course learning goals. The aim is not to turn all students into computer scientists but to teach skills that will help them be successful in their studies at Northeastern and in the academic and professional work they pursue.
The DITI Team
The Co-Directors of the DITI are Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Distinguished Professor of English; Laura Nelson, Assistant Professor of Sociology; and Sarah Connell, NULab Assistant Director. The current team members are listed below, along with some of the skills they are able to bring to class partnerships.
Colleen Nugent, History Ph.D. Student
NULab Principal Coordinator, 2021–2022
- Mapping (CARTO, QGIS, ArcGIS, Google My Maps)
- Website building (WordPress, Wix)
- Digital storytelling (Knight Lab’s StoryMaps and Timeline)
- Video Editing (FinalCut Pro, Panopto, iMovie)
- Computational Text Analysis (Voyant, Lexos)
- Citation management (Zotero)
- GitHub
- R Studio
- MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Google suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Digital Publication (Scalar)
Tieanna Graphenreed, English Ph.D. student
NULab/ DITI Research Fellow, 2021–2022
- Website Building and Design (WordPress, Wix)
- Digital storytelling (Knight Lab’s StoryMaps)
- Citation Management (Zotero)
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Computational Text Analysis (Voyant, Lexos, WordCounter, WordTree)
- Citation management (Zotero)
- GitHub
- R Studio
- Google suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Digital Publication (Scalar)
- Qualitative Coding (NVivo, Dedoose)
- Data Ethics and Algorithmic Bias
Claire A. Tratnyek, History Ph.D. Student
DITI Assistant Director, 2021–2022
- Digital Publication (Scalar)
- Website building (WordPress, Wix)
- Digital storytelling (Knight Lab’s StoryMaps and Timeline)
- Citation Management (Zotero)
- Google suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Data Visualization (Tableau public)
- Video Editing (FinalCut Pro, iMovie)
Yana Mommadova, Sociology PhD Student
NULab/DITI Research Fellow, 2021–2022
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Citation management (Zotero)
- R Studio
- Python (Basic)
- Google suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides)
- NVivo
- Atlas.ti
Vaishali Kushwaha, Public Policy and Urban Affairs Ph.D. Candidate
DITI Research/Teaching Fellow, Fall 2021
- Data Visualization (Tableau public, R ggplot2)
- Statistical Analysis (R, STATA)
- Spatial Mapping (KnightLabs StoryMap, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS StoryMaps)
- Systems Thinking for Education and Research (STELLA)
- Network Mapping (NodeXL, Gephi)
- Website Design (Wix, Google Sites)
- Citation Management (Endnote)
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Google suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
Alumni
Milan Skobic, Sociology Ph.D. Student
DITI Research Fellow, Summer 2020; DITI Assistant Director, 2020–2021
Talia Brenner, History MA Student
NULab Co-Coordinator, 2020–2021
Caroline Grand, English Ph.D. Student
NULab/DITI Research Fellow, 2020–2021
Vaishali Kushwaha, Public Policy Ph.D. Candidate
DITI Research/Teaching Fellow, 2020–2021
Adam Tomasi, History Ph.D. student
NULab/DITI Research Fellow, 2020–2021
Julianna Wessels, English Ph.D. Student
NULab Co-Coordinator, 2020–2021
Colleen Nugent, History Ph.D. Student
DITI Research Fellow, Summer 2020
Jonathan Sullivan, Political Science Ph.D. Student
DITI Research Fellow, Summer 2020
Cara Marta Messina, English Ph.D. Candidate
DITI Assistant Director, 2018–2020
Laura Johnson, English Ph.D. Student
NULab Coordinator, 2019–2020
Garrett Morrow, Political Science Ph.D. Student
DITI Research Fellow, 2019–2020
Jeff Sternberg, Sociology Ph.D. Student
DITI Research Fellow, 2019–2020
Molly Nebiolo, History Ph.D. Candidate
DITI Research Fellow, 2019
Alexis Yohros, Criminology Ph.D. Student
DITI Assistant Director, 2018–2019
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