Opportunities

Digital Scholarship Institute 2019:
Digital Methods in the Undergraduate Classroom

Do you want your students to engage with digital tools in your classes? Are you interested in digital humanities and digital scholarship, but not sure where to start?

The Digital Scholarship Lab will host a short institute in May 2019 for LSU faculty and graduate students who are interested in incorporating digital scholarship methods and tools in their undergraduate teaching.  The 3 ½-day institute will feature hands-on workshops for learning new skills along with pedagogical sessions focused on how to teach with these new skills.  In the hands-on workshops, participants will learn about different digital approaches such as online platforms for authoring and sharing work, tools for quantitative analysis of texts, and introductory data visualization (such as mapping).  The workshops will be paired with pedagogical sessions in which participants will discuss how to teach with these tools and methods, and plan and workshop an assignment for their own undergraduate class.  Participants will receive a $350 stipend.

No prior experience with digital scholarship required. 

Details
Dates: May 20-23 (May 20-22: 9a-4p; May 23: 9a-12p).
Location: LSU Campus
Led by: Lauren Coats (Associate Professor of English & Director of the Digital Scholarship Lab)

Workshops will cover topics and methods such as:

  • digital exhibits, digital writing
  • social media data
  • text analysis
  • topic modeling
  • introductory data visualization
  • developing, scaffolding, and grading assignments
  • teaching with technology

Application

To apply, please submit the following three documents as a pdf to dsl@lsu.edu by April 29, 2019. 

  • A CV
  • A statement of interest (350-500 words) that discusses why you’d like students to engage with digital tools in your classroom and your interest in digital scholarship tools and methods more generally.
  • A syllabus (or description if full syllabus is not available) for the course you’d like to develop with a digital scholarship component. 

Conditions of Participation

Participants agree to:

  • Attend and participate in all sessions.
  • Develop and workshop an assignment for a class to be taught in AY 2019-2020.
  • Share the developed assignment with the DSL for publication in an open-access repository of teaching examples.

Past Opportunities:

Digital Scholarship Start-Up Grants, 2019

The Digital Scholarship Lab is pleased to announce the Digital Scholarship Start-Up program, supported by the Center for Computation & Technology (CCT).  Funds are available to hire a graduate student to advance a digital scholarship project related to research or teaching. Digital tools and methods must be central to the project. Proposals can request from 25 up to 60 hours, for use in Spring 2019 or Summer 2019 (June only; work must be completed by June 30, 2019).

Please submit an application for funds by January 14, 2019.  Applications should be emailed as a word document to the Digital Scholarship Lab (dsl@lsu.edu), and consist of:

  • Project description: an overview of the overall project, and explanation of what work the student will do (300-500 words)
  • Requested time for support: Spring or Summer 2019
  • Student information:  how many hours the student would work (25-60), and the name and department of potential graduate student assistant(s)
Student assistantships

While grantees are responsible for finding the appropriate student, the DSL will coordinate the appointment. Graduate students assistantships are governed by LSU Graduate School policies. Appointment is contingent upon accordance with those policies and approval by the Graduate School. For most graduate students, the appointment would be “extra compensation,”which requires approval by the student’s director and department as well as the Graduate School. For more information, see the Graduate School’s FAQ on graduate assistanships.

Conditions of Award
  • Grantees will have a brief consultation with the DSL Director upon receipt of grant, and as needed.
  • Grantees will submit a brief report upon completion of the grant term.
  • Grantees will supervise the student work to ensure that the project progresses and funded hours are completed.