Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships

scholars in the fellowship program having a lively discussion at the conference table

The Simpson Center offers annual summer fellowships for faculty and graduate students to pursue research projects that use digital technologies in innovative and intensive ways and/or explore the historical, social, aesthetic, and cross-cultural implications of digital cultures. The program has three primary goals:

  • To animate knowledge—using rich media, dynamic databases, and visualization tools
  • To circulate knowledge—among diverse publics
  • To understand digital culture—historically, theoretically, aesthetically, and generatively

The Simpson Center gratefully acknowledges the support of a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as well as many donors to the endowment which is underwriting these fellowships.

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2025 - 2026 Digital Humanities Summer Fellows

Paul Atkins
Professor
Asian Languages & Literature
Adrienne Mackey
Assistant Professor
School of Drama
Anna Preus
Assistant Professor
English
Mark Letteney
Assistant Professor
History
Rhema Hokama
Assistant Professor
English
Runjie Wang
Graduate Student
Cinema & Media Studies
Siddharth Bhogra
Graduate Student
English
Sikose Sibabalwe Mjali
Graduate Student
English
Herman Chau
Doctoral Candidate
Mathematics
Nikki Yeboah
Assistant Professor
School of Drama

2018 - 2019 Digital Humanities Summer Fellow

James Gregory stands outside wearing glasses.

James Gregory (he/him/his)

Professor, Williams Endowed Professor, and Associate Chair

Continuing the Mapping American Social Movements Project

This online project is developing data and publishing interactive maps about dozens of social movements that have influenced American life and politics during the 20th century. I am using mapping and visualization tools to reveal the complicated political geography of the left and derive new understandings of the historical role of social movements. The project began in 2015 and now includes maps and data for 18 social movements. The fellowship allows me to expand the scope and explore interactions between social movements.