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HASTAC Scholars Program

Posted by on Friday, June 12, 2020 in Graduate Student Resources.

HASTAC Scholars

HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) is an “interdisciplinary community of humanists, artists, social scientists, scientists, and technologists changing the way we teach and learn” (https://www.hastac.org/about-hastac).  This global network of digitally-minded scholars has over 16,000 members across 400+ affiliate organizations.  Vanderbilt is one of those affiliates, and the HASTAC Scholars program at Vanderbilt is administered through the DH Center.

The HASTAC Scholars program at Vanderbilt provides an opportunity for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences to develop their DH skills through work with a faculty mentor at a partnering campus center.  Each Scholar receives a $500 stipend, as well as funding for a DH-related conference of their choice (HASTAC’s annual conference is one possible option:  https://www.hastac.org/hastac-conferences).  Scholars are eligible to participate for a second year if they wish and if their faculty mentor agrees.  In 2020-2021, we had 14 HASTAC Scholars across 9 campus partners.

Past sponsoring campus centers have included…

  • Robert Penn Warren Center
  • Center for Second Language Studies
  • Computational Thinking and Learning
  • Program in American Studies
  • Center for Digital Humanities
  • Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries
  • Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy
  • Nashville Sites Project
  • Center for Teaching

If you are interested in becoming a HASTAC Scholar, stay tuned for the call for applications–coming this fall!  If you are interested in becoming a sponsoring campus center, contact the DH Center.

2020-2021 HASTAC Scholars

Bryant White, Center for Second Language Studies

Steven Rodriguez, Center for Second Language Studies

Dasom Lee, Computational Thinking and Learning

Ashley Kim, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy

Tita Peterson, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy

Meghan McGinley, Center for Digital Humanities

Taryn Marashi, Center for Digital Humanities

Maren Loveland, Department of American Studies

Ricky Sakamoto-Pugh, Department of American Studies

Danielle Wilfong, Robert Penn Warren Center

Kayla Anderson, Nashville Sites

Rachel Hanebutt, Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries

Shatavia Wynn, Center for Teaching

George Schmidt, Center for Teaching