{"596651":{"#nid":"596651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inside Higher Ed: Lauren Klein applauded as \u0022The New Wave in Digital Humanities\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt from \u0026quot;The New Wave in Digital Humanities\u0026quot; written by\u0026nbsp;Will Fenton in Inside Higher Ed\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHow can you do digital humanities at an engineering school? Klein models how to both practice digital humanities and cultivate a broad interest in the humanities. Working at a large public research institution, Klein founded the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dhlab.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDH Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to create meaningful research opportunities for students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Students tend to come in with computational questions, and it\u0026rsquo;s my job to introduce them to humanistic ones,\u0026rdquo; she explains. While her undergraduates are eager to perform portfolio-worthy technical research, Klein also brings students to the annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.adho.org\/conference\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EADHO\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;conference, where they present on humanities work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKlein\u0026rsquo;s own scholarship deploys data visualization in conjunction with literary and critical techniques, calling attention to people and stories that might otherwise be overlooked. Janet Murray, associate dean for research and faculty affairs, observed, \u0026ldquo;Lauren\u0026rsquo;s work is among the most sophisticated technically and critically of those practicing digital humanities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/digital-learning\/article\/2017\/08\/02\/rising-stars-digital-humanities\u0022\u003ERead full story\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lauren Klein, one of leaders of DILAC lab was praised as a \u0022rising star\u0022 of the digital humanities on Inside Higher Ed."}],"uid":"34566","created_gmt":"2017-09-28 20:59:06","changed_gmt":"2017-09-28 20:59:06","author":"kkim733","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"577981","name":"Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center (DILAC)"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"54931","name":"Digital humanities"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}