Category: Introductions
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Morgan Hill | CHI Fellow 2023-2024
Hello everyone, I’m Morgan Hill, currently a second year MFA graduate with a concentration in Studio Arts. I am born and raised in Baltimore County, Maryland, but also frequent to the DC and NYC area. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Towson University and decided to pursue an MFA to cultivate my…
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Jessica Pettengill | 2023 CHI Fellow
Welcome! I’m Jessica Pettengill, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Information and Media program in the School of Journalism. My journey to a Ph.D. and the CHI fellowship began in 2019 while I was an assignment editor at a broadcast station in my hometown of Sacramento, California. It was my first paying job in the…
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Aubree Marshall, CHI 2023-2024 Grad Fellow
Hi everyone! My name is Aubree Marshall, and I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in anthropology. More specifically, my specialty lies in bioarchaeology. By studying human remains from archaeological contexts, we can learn more about past behaviors and lived experiences of those individuals and populations studied. My research area is in Mesoamerica, specifically in Belize,…
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Priyanka Jayakodi | CHI 2023-24 Grad Fellow
Hi CHI Community! I’m Priyanka Jayakodi, a Cultural Anthropology PhD student. My research examines the entanglements of state violence, medical discourses, and environmental issues in Sri Lanka. I use ethnographic and visual methods such as photography and sketching in my research. I studied Sociology for my BA (2015) and MA (2016) at the University of…
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Greetings, CHI Community!
Greetings, CHI Community! My name is Cara Jacob, I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology, and I am incredibly excited to be a CHI Fellow for the very first time. In my research, I use a Feminist Political Ecology framework to understand and explain the gendered and racialized impacts of urban water insecurity…
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Hello again, CHI!
Hello again, CHI! My name is Vee Lawson, a returning CHI Fellow for 2022-23 and a fourth-year PhD candidate in Writing and Rhetoric. Last year, I had the privilege of learning from an incredible cohort of colleagues across a range of academic fields, and I look forward to doing the same this year! In my…
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Hello, CHI!
Hello, CHI! My name is Vee Lawson, an incoming CHI Fellow for 2021-22 and a third-year PhD student in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. I previously earned my MA in English from the University of Arkansas with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies. I’m honored to be included in this group of fellows, and…
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Hello again!
I have been offered a returning fellow position at the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative (CHI). I was not expecting it, but I am happy and very honored to come back.
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Introducing Myself: An Archaeologist Learning Digital Tools
My name is Jeff Burnett, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and an incoming CHI Fellow. When not in CHI I work as Campus Archaeologist, a student position in MSU’s Campus Archaeology Program. My dissertation research is an archaeological investigation of a historic resort in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. My work there focuses…
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Michael J. Albani | New CHI Fellow 2020-2021
Boozhoo! My name is Michael Albani, and I am excited to be joining the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative as a graduate fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year. I am a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Michigan State University where I am currently entering my fifth year. My dissertation, tentatively titled “Racializing Indigenous…