Digital Integration Teaching Initiative

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 Nick Beauchamp, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Sarah Connell, NULab Associate Director. The current team members are listed below, along with some of the skills they are able to bring to class partnerships.

Ayah Aboelela, World History Ph.D. Student

DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Summer 2024–Spring 2025

• Coding & data analysis (R, Python, Jupyter & Colab notebooks)
• Website building (WordPress)  
• GitHub
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Dipa Desai, Public Policy & Urban Affairs Ph.D. Candidate

DITI/NULab Research Fellow & DEIB Lead, Fall 2025

• Qualitative analysis (NVivo)
• Text analysis (Voyant, Lexos)
• Quantitative analysis (Python, Jupyter and Colab notebooks)
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• Digital Storytelling (Knight Lab StoryMaps, Timeline JS)
• Podcasting / Oral History (Audacity)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Website Building (WordPress)
• Canva
• Survey Design (Qualtrics)
• Digital Mapping (ArcGIS, QGIS)

Zhen Guo, Network Science Ph.D. Student

DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Summer 2025

• Coding & data analysis (R, Python, Jupyter & Colab notebooks)
• GitHub
• Canva
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Website Building (WordPress, Wix)
• Qualitative analysis (NVivo)

Claire Lavarreda, World History Ph.D. Candidate

DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Fall 2025

• Podcasting/Oral History (Audacity)
• Digital Archiving (Omeka Classic, Omeka-S, Omeka.net)
• Digital Storytelling (StoryMaps, Google MyMaps)
• Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs, Drive)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Text Markup (TEI)
• Text Analysis (Voyant)
• Website Building (WordPress, Wix)
• Data Visualization (Canva)
• Citation management (Zotero)

Sara Morrell, Political Science Ph.D. Student

CSS Research and Teaching Coordinator, Fall 2025

• Data Analysis (Python, R, Stata)
• Network Analysis (Gephi, Python)
• Mapping (ArcGIS, StoryMap)
• Qualitative Analysis (NVivo)
• Basic Audio Editing (Audacity)

Shannon Peifer, English MA Student

NULab Coordinator, Fall 2024

• Website building (WordPress, Wix, Drupal)  
• Survey Design (Qualtrics)
• Data Analysis (Tableau, Google Data Studio)
• GitHub
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Canva

Emily Sullivan, English Ph.D. Student

DITI Assistant Director, Summer 2025

• Digital Storytelling (StoryMaps, Google MyMaps)
• Podcasting/Oral History (Audacity)
• Survey Design (Qualtrics)
• Text markup (TEI)
• Text Analysis (Voyant)
• Website Building (WordPress)
• Canva
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs, Drive)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Mel Williams, English Ph.D. Student

DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Fall 2024

• Canva
• Citation management (Zotero)
• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
• MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Website Building (WordPress, Wix)