Meet the 2020 DSSF

Who are we?

We are the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows in 2020. Working with the Library departments of Amherst College, we apply digital tools to pursue self-directed research using sources supplied in the Amherst College Digital Collections database.

View videos of the DSSF 2020 presentations

Anisa Lacey

Student, Class of 2021

Alison Poussaint

Student, Class of 2023E

Haoran Tong

Student, Class of 2023

Vivian Wei

Student, Class of 2022

What have we done?

We decide the subject of research in 2020 to be “Disasters at Amherst”.

We are grateful to

Library Staff: Este Pope, Sarah McGowan, Alana Kumbier, Rachel Jirka, Mike Kelly, Bridget Dahill, Sara Smith, Kate Gerrity, Johanna Radding, Tim Pinault, and so many others;

Opinion Contributors: Libby Maxey, Matthew Hart, Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, and other members of the Amherst community who have given their valuable input to the project design and content;

Audience of various departments and classes, for your attention and encouragement.

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