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 Lawrence Evalyn, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, 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.
Dipa Desai, Public Policy Ph.D Student
DITI Assistant Director, Fall 2023- Spring 2024
- Digital Mapping (KnightLab StoryMaps, ArcGIS, QGIS)
- Data Visualization and Presentation (Canva)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Text Analysis (NVivo, Voyant, Lexos, WordTree)
- Website Building (WordPress, Wix)
- Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs, Drive, Forms) and Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive)
- Digital Archives (Omeka)
- Citation Management (Zotero)
- Quantitative Coding (Python)
- Data Analysis (STATA)
- Survey Analysis (Qualtrics)
Claire Lavarreda, World History Ph.D. Student
DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Fall 2023- Spring 2024
- Digital Storytelling (StoryMaps, Google MyMaps)
- Podcasting/Oral History (Audacity, SoundCloud, Zoom)
- Text Analysis (Voyant)
- Digital Archives (Omeka-S, Omeka Classic)
- “Exploratory” DH (Basic overviews in Twine, Unity, SketchUp)
- Website Building (WordPress)
- Web Hosting (Reclaim)
- Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs, Drive)
- Canva
Liam MacLean, History Ph.D. Candidate
DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Summer 2023
- 3D Modeling (Sketchup, Blender)
- Computer Aided Design (TinkerCAD, OpenSCAD)
- Virtual Reality (Unity)
- 3D Printing (FDM Printers)
- Website Construction (WordPress)
- Podcasting, other Audio Editing (Audacity)
- Video Editing (Adobe Premiere)
- Photo Editing (Adobe Photoshop)
- Citation Management (Zotero)
Sara Morrell, Political Science Ph.D. Student
DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Fall 2023
- Data Analysis (R, Stata, Tableau)
- Social Network Analysis (Gephi, Python)
- Mapping (ArcGIS)
- Topic Modeling (Python)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Digital Storytelling (StoryMaps)
Hunter Moskowitz, World History Ph.D. Student
DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Summer 2023
- Video editing (Premier Pro)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Mapping (ArcGIS)
- Digital storytelling (ArcGIS StoryMaps, Google MyMaps)
- GitHub
- Literature Management (Zotero)
- Website building (WordPress)
Kasya O’Connor Grant, History Ph.D. Candidate
DITI/NULab Research Fellow, Summer 2023
- Website Building (WordPress)
- Mapping (ArcGIS, CSV, Google MyMaps)
- MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
- Literature Management (Zotero)
- Digital Storytelling (KnightLab, StoryMaps, Omeka)
Emily Sullivan, English MA Student
NULab Coordinator, Fall 2023-Spring 2024
- MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms)
- Digital Storytelling (KnightLab StoryMaps, Google MyMaps)
- Website Building (WordPress, Wix)
- Data Visualization and Presentation (Canva)
- Podcasting (Audacity)
- Survey Design (Qualtrics)
- Text Analysis (Voyant)
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