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Dr. Elizabeth M. Alexander | brown bag talk
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Dr. Elizabeth M. Alexander | brown bag talk

Dr. Alexander designs and develops across digital and print media, with a critical and creative research practice focused on Black women’s technoculture, the embodied lifecycles of cultural and personal data, and the Southwest Side of Chicago. They have held a Mellon Editorial Fellowship at Northwestern University Press, co-produced the episode “Growing a Greater Englewood” with Change Agents the Podcast, and is a member of the Immersive Realities Lab for the Humanities digital experimental wor

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Where to find us!

Where to find us!

Right now you are reading our events and news microsite at https://aadhum.umd.edu/news To learn more about AADHum more...

We 🖤 #BlackDH | Legacy Russell's BLACK MEME

We 🖤 #BlackDH | Legacy Russell's BLACK MEME

We love amplifying #BlackDH work! In 2022, AADHum completed a double issue of Reviews in DH, guest-edited by...

Greenscreening Diaspora :: Friday, April 28 at 12pm EST (Open Lab ⇢ in-person & streaming)

Greenscreening Diaspora :: Friday, April 28 at 12pm EST (Open Lab ⇢ in-person & streaming)

Guest speaker Dr. Van Tran Nguyen will lead a hands-on video editing workshop showcasing the use of green...

Deep dives & sweet explorations at the AADHum Scholars' retreat

Deep dives & sweet explorations at the AADHum Scholars' retreat

January saw us host our first AADHum Scholars Retreat. For this day-long retreat, held at AADHum's UMD studio...

Animate your physical world w/ Snapchat AR ⇢ 2/21 & 3/9

Animate your physical world w/ Snapchat AR ⇢ 2/21 & 3/9

Join us for a series of augmented reality (AR) workshops, offered by AADHum's Visiting Research Professor Andrew W....

Ebbs and flows, loving and losing...

Ebbs and flows, loving and losing...

The end of 2022 was a time of immense win and loss in BlackDH. In October it was...

Black Covid Care Launch Exhibition and Website

Black Covid Care Launch Exhibition and Website

December saw the launch of one of AADHum's current Residency projects, Allie Martin's Black Covid Care project!

You're invited! Visit AADHum this Weds ⇢ 1 - 4pm

You're invited! Visit AADHum this Weds ⇢ 1 - 4pm

Guess what? AADHum has opened a small humanities research and design studio, and we would like for you...

We 🖤 #BlackDH | Reviews in DH + Jamila Pewu Moore

We 🖤 #BlackDH | Reviews in DH + Jamila Pewu Moore

We love amplifying #BlackDH work! In 2022, AADHum completed a double issue of Reviews in DH, edited by...

Black Food Justice, Digital Storytelling, & Community Partnerships :: Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5pm EST (online)

Black Food Justice, Digital Storytelling, & Community Partnerships :: Thursday, Dec. 8 at 5pm EST (online)

This Thursday at 5pm EST, AADHum is pleased to present Growing Greater, a virtual event exploring digital storytelling...

Catch some inspiration

Catch some inspiration

We recently came across this Tik Tok video, shared by Sam Sanders on Twitter. It's by user @emmanuelreddish,...

Welcome The Graduate AADHum Scholars

Welcome The Graduate AADHum Scholars

The Graduate AADHum Scholars Program (tGASP) is specifically designed to support local students whose digital work is or...

Welcome AADHum's Newest Residents!

Welcome AADHum's Newest Residents!

The AADHum Residencies provide humanities-centered scholars and artists with financial, conceptual, and technical support toward the implementation of...