Past Fellows Projects
Summer 2022
Telling the Story of Civil War Nashville with Storymaps | Mentors: Brandon Hulette, Stacy Curry-Johnson
Modalities of Textual Analysis: Exploring British Periodicals | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Spring 2022
21st Century Climate Fiction | Fellows: Amelia Hope Day, Hope Riley Graham, Farrah Hasan, Alyssa Larrinaga, Chandler Quaile, Julia Tilton | Mentors: Mary Anne Caton, Teresa A. Goddu
Archives and Storytelling: Exploring the Life of Dizzy Gillespie through Photographs | Fellows: Olutobi Akisanya, Isabel Campos, Emily Hall, David Mailman, Eleanor Vander Laan | Mentors: Zach Johnson, Holling Smith-Borne
Exploring Disinformation in Media and Society | Fellows: Ming Chen, Katie Cho, Brooke Gallaway, Biyao Gao, Sarah Beth Huntley, Morgan Johnson, Shaun Karakkattu, Chase Mandell, Sara Paik, Virali Patel, Jingyi "Annie" Wang, Rui Ya "Reya" Wang, Chuer "Sophia" Yan, and Justin Yu, Shiman (Miranda) Zhu | Mentors: Melissa Mallon, Bobby Smiley, Andy Wesolek
Modalities of Textual Analysis: Exploring British Periodicals | Fellows: Tahsinul Haque Abir, Obede Abraham, Chenxi Dong, Hunter Lee, Annabelle Littlejohn- Bailey, Yilin Liu, Serat Mahmud Saad, Deborah Sheng, and Ritvik Singh | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Tsuguharu Foujita and the Art of the Cat Exhibition | Fellow: Hanna Wooley; Mentor: Mary Anne Caton
Fall 2021
The American Presidency: Challenges of the Executive Branch | Fellows: Brennan Ferrington, Maeghan Grady, Jiale Jiang, Anton Kozyrev, Claire Reber, Davis Recht, Shravya Vasireddy | Mentors: Carla Beals, Teresa Gray, Nathan Jones, Frank Lester, Jason Schultz
Building a University: Vanderbilt’s Second Decade, 1885-1895 | Fellows: Muhang Ma, Samantha Olesen, Duncan Phillips | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton, Teresa Gray, Kathy Smith
Giving Voice to Afro-Hispanic Life and Culture through the Collections of Manuel and Delia Zapata Olivella | Fellows: Alexandra Bradford, Elvira Morell | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington
Modalities of Textual Analysis: Exploring British Periodicals | Fellows: Roman Brasoveanu, Jingyi Chen, Marco Georgaklis, Jan Kim, Suiyang Mai, Ludwig Noya, Kwan Nok Adrian Wong | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Gateway to Traditional Chinese Monuments: Data Curation and Web Development for Cultural Heritage Preservation | Fellows: Danni Huang, Xuliang Zhang | Mentors: Yuh-Fen Benda, Tracy Miller
The Artist's Workshop in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Curatorial and Collections Fellowship with the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery | Fellows: Matthew Bartlett and Anna C (Chloe) Davis | Mentors: Mary Anne Caton
From Golden Type to Wild Waves: Fine Press Books in Vanderbilt Special Collections | Fellow: Connor McCain (Canie) Brown | Mentor: Mary Anne Caton
Summer 2021
Modalities of Textual Analysis: Large-Scale Natural Language Processing on Spark/Databricks | Fellows: Peixuan (Ancher) Li, Zifeng Liang, Junyan (Johnny) Ou | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Telling the Story of Civil War Nashville through Storymaps | Fellow: Jordan Rhym | Mentors: Stacy Curry-Johnson, Brandon Hulette
The Art of Healing | Fellows: Shreya Gupta, Lia Okenkova | Mentor: Brandon Hulette
Spring 2021
The Artist's Workshop in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Curatorial and Collections Fellowship with the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery | Fellows: Matthew Bartlett, Anna C (Chloe) Davis | Mentors: Kali Mason, Emily Weiner
Books through the Ages: Genre in the Nineteenth Century | Fellows: Josanda Addo, Robby Jordan Espano, Hannah Alex Tsiao | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton, Rachel Lavenda
Gateway to Traditional Chinese Monuments: Data Curation and Web Development for Cultural Heritage Preservation | Fellow: Yuyang (Kathy) Zou | Mentors: Yuh-Fen Benda, Tracy Miller
Misinformation, Social Media, and the Effects on Society | Fellows: Giselle Fiestan, Yuna Jeon, Agneetta Moisio, Sophia Pearl Podolsky, Karen Chen Pu, Marissa Tessier, Kathir Sathi Venkat and Olivia Ann (Livvy) Whitmore | Mentors: Melissa Mallon, Bobby Smiley, Andy Wesolek
From Golden Type to Wild Waves: Fine Press Books in Vanderbilt Special Collections | Fellow: Connor McCain Brown | Mentor: Mary Anne Caton
Modalities of Text Mining: Exploring British Periodicals at Scale | Fellows: TingYan (Nicholas) Deng, Mark Grujic, Desiree Sagayno Hagg, Farouk Haroun, Ali A Hussain, Jiayi (Sunny) Li, Helen Qian, Cassandra Yermack | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Telling the Story of Civil War Nashville through Storymaps | Fellows: Alyssa L Bolster, Grant F Bowlds, Jacob Hale, Ao Qu | Mentors: Brandon Hulette, Stacy Curry-Johnson
Fall 2020
Building a University: Vanderbilt’s First Decade, 1875-1885 | Fellows: Tucker Apgood, Donyea James, Joshua Woods, Yisu Yang, Stanley Zhao | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton, Teresa Gray, Kathy Smith
Gateway to Traditional Chinese Monuments: Data Curation and Web Development for Cultural Heritage Preservation | Fellows: Waka Ogihara, Liyan Shen | Mentors: Yuh-Fen Benda, Tracy Miller
Modalities of Text Mining | Fellows: Emma Boldwyn, Shwe Khin, Rohit Khurana, Yuzhe Lu, Erskine Nyoike | Cliff Anderson, Mark Schoenfield
Privacy, Surveillance, and Intellectual Freedom | Fellows: David Cohen, Haylee Hayes, Emily Irigoyen, Induja Kumar, Matthew Sohn, Shannon Yan | Mentors: Melissa Mallon, Andy Wesolek
Summer 2020
The summer fellowship has been cancelled due to Covid-19.
“Now We Can Begin”: Women’s Activism After the Vote | Mentors: Rory Dicker, Mary Anne Caton
Spring 2020
Cursive & Recursive: Generating Transcriptions of Archival Documents Using Machine Learning | Fellows: Sahas Goli, Abrahan Liddell, Michelle Lin, Kai Malcolm, Indraneel Pai, Nilai Vemula, Rachel Wei | Mentors: Nathan Jones, Sarah Swanz
Encoding Music Manuscripts in Vanderbilt University Special Collections | Fellows: Anna Jandura-Cessna, Sara Clements, Cheston Humphreys, Jeremiah Kamtman | Mentors: Dr. Joy H. Calico, Jake Schaub
Ethics of Information | Fellows: Benjamin Bryce, JoJo Dong, Brian Duncan, Giselle Hengst, Chetan Immanneni, Jack Pantlin, Annie Zhou | Mentors: Sarah Burriss, Melissa Mallon, Bobby Smiley, Andy Wesolek
Gateway to Traditional Chinese Monuments: Data Curation and Web Development for Cultural Heritage Preservation | Fellows: Meilan Lu, Qisen Song, and Zheng Sun | Mentors: Yuh-Fen Benda, Dr. Tracy Miller
Netsuke: Gucci of the Edo Period | Fellows: Gawon Lee, Jiayi Hou | Mentors: Yuh-Fen Benda, Professor Gerald Figal, Kali Mason, Emily Weiner
Tending to Popular Thought: What People Read and Why | Fellows: Qingyang Cui, Emma Claire Geitner, Jessica Prus, and Gabrielle Rodgriuez | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton, Rachel Lavenda
Vanderbilt Historical Tree Tour | Fellows: Taylor Hopkins, Alex Ismodes, Yuehao Yang | Mentor: Steve Baskauf
Fall 2019
Strengthening Ties: Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Founding of Vanderbilt University | Fellows: Sterling Akers, Brigitte Jia, Grace LaFrentz, Linh Nguyen, Jacob Schroeder | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton, Celia Walker
The Evolution of the Peabody Esplanade | Fellows: Shrey Derasari, Alice Chen, Varsha Nair, Summer Rucker, Cole Sullivan, Robin Young | Mentors: Steve Baskauf, Stacy Curry-Johnson
Text Mining at Scale | Mentor: Cliff Anderson
2019 Spring
Our Crowd: Student Life at the University of Nashville | Fellows: Sharonda Adams, Eric J Asen | Mentors: Mary Anne Caton, Celia Walker
2018 Fall
Data Visualization and the Humanities | Fellows: Justin DeMello, Rusal Dent | Mentor: Bobby Smiley
The News as It Happened: Journalism in Vanderbilt’s Special Collections | Fellows: Skyler Froese, Jenna Moldavia, and Emma Oliver | Mentors: Kathy Smith, Sara Sterkenburg
2018 Summer
From Listeners to Leaders: A History of Women at Vanderbilt | Fellows: Leah Coffer, Emilie Martinez, Daniel Mativo, Molly Moreau, Brianna Nesbitt, Elizabeth Pearson | Mentors: Rory Dicker, Molly Moreau, and Brianna Nesbitt
2018 Spring
The Power of Propaganda | Fellows: Justine Hong, Jorge Salles Diaz, Mckalee Steen, David Zou | Mentors: Melissa Mallon, Nathan Jones
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Fellows: Julie Bones, Mary Catherine Cook, Will Dunham, Rachel Flores, Kerry Shawn, Abbey Labrecque, Akshay Soni | Mentors: Gabriela Ore, Richard Stringer-Hye
2017 Fall
The Once and Future Book | Fellows: Emma Dahill, Mason Eiss, Iksha Patra, Kelly Perry | Mentor: Valerie Hotchkiss
2017 Spring
Helguera Colombiana Exhibition | Fellow: Andrea Delgado | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Jodie Gambill, Kathy Smith, Sara Sterkenberg
Helguera Colombiana Exhibition | Fellow: Jessica Fletcher | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Jodie Gambill, Kathy Smith, Sara Sterkenberg
Tracing the Movement of Populations | Fellow: Janna Adelstein | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Kathy Smith
Tracing the Movement of Populations | Fellow: Dora Saclarides | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Kathy Smith
Visualizing Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building | Fellow: Ellen Dement | Mentors: Mary Anne Caton, Kevin D Murphy
2016 Fall
Augmented Reality Sandbox | Fellow: Christina Wang | Mentors: Lindsey Fox, Richard Stringer-Hye
Helguera Colombiana Collection | Fellow: Jorge Delgadillo | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Kathy Smith
The United States of America vs. Alfried Krupp, et al. | Fellow: Jennifer Alexander | Mentors: Laura Stark
2016 Summer
Creating a Vernacular Archive for the History of Medicine: Science & the Subject’s Perspective | Fellow: Jenifer Dodd | Mentors: Carla Beals, Morgan G Daniels, Pamela J Morgan, Laura Stark, Suellen Stringer-Hye
Mapping Access | Fellow: Tessa A. Eidelman | Mentors: Carla Beals, Lindsey Fox, Aima Hamraie
2016 Spring
The United States of America vs. Alfried Krupp, et al. | Fellow: Jennifer Alexander | Mentors: Laura Stark
Linked Data from the Medieval Middle East | Fellow: Alex Ayris | Mentors: Chris Benda, David Michelson, Suellen Stringer-Hye
Creating a Vernacular Archive for the History of Medicine: Science & the Subject’s Perspective | Fellow: Jenifer Dodd | Mentors: Laura Stark
Qualitative Analysis of Research Practices in Religion | Fellow: Mike Kohut | Mentors: Chris Benda, Bill Hook, Ramona Romero
Manuel Zapata Olivella Collection: The Ethnographic Collection | Fellow: Tiago Fernandes Maranhão | Mentors: Paula Covington, Lesley Gill, Kathy Smith
Manuel Zapata Olivella Collection: The Ethnographic Collection | Fellow: Brad Wright | Mentors: Paula Covington, Lesley Gill, Kathy Smith
Mapping Access | Fellow: Leah Samples | Mentor: Carla Beals, Lindsey Fox, Aimi Hamraie
Wisdom Digitized, Wisdom Multiplied | Fellow: Queen Stevenson | Mentors: Clifford Anderson, Deborah Lilton, Ifeoma Nwankwo
Wisdom Digitized, Wisdom Multiplied | Fellow: Nadejda Webb | Mentors: Clifford Anderson, Deborah Lilton, Ifeoma Nwankwo
2015 Fall
Folding, Printing, Binding, Cutting: Contemporary Artist’s Books Project | Fellow: Haley Brown | Mentors: Carla Beals, Mary Anne Caton
Creating a Vernacular Archive for the History of Medicine: Science & the Subject’s Perspective | Fellow: Jenifer Dodd | Mentors: Carla Beals, Morgan G. Daniels, Pamela J Morgan, Laura Stark, Suellen Stringer-Hye
Honoring the Life of Composer Alfred H. Bartles | Fellow: Brian Entwistle | Mentors: Jacob Schaub, Holling Smith-Borne
2015 Summer
19th Century Broadsides in the Helguera Colombian Collection | Fellow: Emma Banks | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Avery Dickins de Girón, Kathy Smith
Bioimages: a Semantic Web Resource | Fellow: Sean King | Mentor: Suellen Stringer-Hye
Interactive Research Tutorials in the Law Library | Fellow: Cecily Larison | Mentor: Catherine Deana
Responsive Web Design for the Revised Common Lectionary Website | Fellow: Lian Liu | Mentors: Jodie Gambill, Anne Richardson
2015 Spring
The Letters of Flannery O’Connor: A Social Network Analysis | Fellow: Molly Lasagna | Mentor: Suellen Stringer-Hye
Map Digitization Project | Fellow: Gabriela Oré Menéndez | Mentor: Kathy Smith, Richard Stringer-Hye, Ed Warga
Minecraft Project | Fellow: Anjelica Saulsberry | Mentor: Clifford Anderson
Wish You Were Here: Enrico Caruso Postcard Project | Fellow: Danielle Beaujon | Mentor: Mary Anne Caton
2014 Fall
Historical Tour of the University | Fellow: Corey Mackenzie Bowen | Mentor: Kathy Smith
Manuel Zapata Olivella Collections Correspondence | Fellow: Fernanda Bretones Lane | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Kathy Smith
Manuel Zapata Olivella Collections Correspondence | Fellow: Gretchen Selcke | Mentors: Carla Beals, Paula Covington, Kathy Smith
Recording History as It Happened: The Vanderbilt IMPACT Symposium | Fellow: Akailah Jenkins | Mentors: Kathy Smith, Tom Schwartz
Prepare to Practice | Fellow: Xueqing (Ashley) Shan | Mentor: Carolyn Hamilton
Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections Topics in Wikipedia | Fellow: Nicolette M. Kostiw | Mentor: Cliff Anderson
2013
Helguera Colombian Collection | Fellow: Gloria Clemencia Perez | Mentor: Paula Covington
Historical Tour of the University | Fellow: Robert C.P. Steiner | Mentor: Kathy Smith
Illustrated Editions of Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) by Charles Baudelaire | Fellow: Kevin Patrick Milewski | Mentor: Yvonne Boyer
Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections Topics in Wikipedia | Fellow: Yun Cha | Mentors: Cliff Anderson, Kathy Smith
Vanderbilt Libraries Website Visual Communications | Fellow: Taylor Elyse Bryant | Mentors: Hilary Craiglow, Dean Connie Dowell
Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Online Exhibit of Presidential Speeches | Fellow: M. Brielle Harbin | Mentors: Jody Combs, Carla Beals
2012 Spring
Photojournalist Jack Corn Collection | Fellow: Emily Carlton Cook | Mentor: Celia Walker