Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia is Vice Chair of the Digital Humanities Program at UCLA, where she teaches introductory and advanced digital humanities courses, training students to conduct original research that employs digital tools to analyze data sets and historical primary sources. She holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialization in Digital Humanities from Michigan State University. A comparative colonial historian, her research explores the development of settler colonies in the United States and French Algeria. In addition to her manuscript, “Between Two Fires: The Origins of Settler Colonialism in the United States and French Algeria” (under consideration at the University of Nebraska Press), she is also the author or co-author of a number of publications in the field of digital humanities, including a chapter on building a DH program, which will appear in the forthcoming book Institutions, Infrastructures at the Interstices. Currently, she is working on two articles that use both digital and traditional historical methods to explore the history of Constantine, Algeria under Ottoman rule.
Erin Caracristi is a senior at UCLA graduating with a degree in Political Science with a specialization in American Politics and a minor in Digital Humanities. She recently completed an internship in the Film Acquisitions and Co-Productions department at Lionsgate Entertainment, and hopes to begin a career in the entertainment industry working in either in Film Acquisitions, Film Strategy, or Digital Media. Her area of study includes the interaction of social media, entertainment, and technology, and the impact social media has had on accessibility and audience reaction.
Matthew Huang is a senior at UCLA set to graduate in June 2019 as a Business-Economics major, with a minor in Digital Humanities. His interest in interdisciplinary studies and technology led him to his minor and ultimately this project, since he believes strongly in the complementary layering of skills and perspectives from different disciplines. He will begin his professional career as a Business Analyst at a financial technology start-up in San Francisco starting in August, after working on a farm for a month in Hawaii.
Leia Yen is a fourth-year transfer student in the English major, Digital Humanities minor, and Global Studies minor programs at UCLA. She is interested in studying the ways that digital technology allows more narratives to be represented in an increasingly connected world. Her hope is that by interrogating the intersections of technology, globalization, and human narratives, digital platforms and tools can be used to empower the representation of marginalized communities without violating their autonomy or cultural integrity. After graduating, Leia plans on continuing her research in graduate school with the goal of eventually teaching in higher education.
Leegeo (Lizhou) Fan is a third year undergraduate student with Statistics Major and Digital Humanities Minor at UCLA. His interests include data-driven methods for social sciences and humanities, social statistics, and data journalism. He is currently working with Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia on the DH199 capstone project of “Digital Native American History”. He going to work with Prof. Todd Presner as a research assistant of data analysis and visualization projects related to Holocaust and genocide testimonies.
Austin Kim is a graduating senior at UCLA as an English major and Digital Humanities minor. Starting his college career at Cal Poly Pomona, he withdrew after 1 quarter and somehow ended up at UCLA 2 years later. His former positions include small business consulting and sales at Aflac and customer experience specialization at Tesla Motors. He is still doing interviews but is planning on pursuing a career in financial advisory and business marketing. His goal is to make sure his parents retire as soon as possible.
Jane Kim is fourth-year senior student in the Sociology major and Digital Humanities minor. She is interested in Digital marketing and the ways of how the world market is shifting toward digital world where there become more varieties of consumers all over the world with much easier and faster ways of exchanging goods and cultures at the same time. Also, she likes to study about how social issues can be related with this well developed digital world. She is currently working in advertising market agency as social media and account intern. After graduating, Jane plans to continue working on marketing field, especially related to digital market and media.
Danny Rivera is a fourth-year History major and Digital Humanities minor. He intends on using his newly-acquired knowledge of textual analysis in his future journalistic endeavors in order to set himself apart from other job candidates. When he’s not writing papers or parked on the 405 freeway during rush hour, you can find him creating award-winning cocktails in various bars and lounges around Los Angeles, as well as sneaking into the lower bowl at Los Angeles Kings games.
Andy Nguyen is a fourth-year senior Economics and Digital Humanities minor graduating this Spring. His experience and knowledge gained through his digital humanities minor has led to his contribution to this capstone research. In the future, he plans on utilizing the skills he has obtained from his digital humanities minor for his e-commerce ventures and digital marketing agency.