Sandy Burnley–New CHI fellow

Hi everyone. My name is Sandy Burnley. Sorry for the “late” post. Technology easily confuses me so this should be a fun semester. As for things with which I am a little more familiar: I am a fifth year doctoral candidate in the English Department with a...

James Blackwell

I am a 6th year doctoral candidate in African History at MSU. My dissertation narrates the experiences of Igbo labor migration between Southeastern Nigeria and British Southern Cameroon, 1900-1975. I explore the impact that labor migration had on the laborers, their...

Ramya, returning CHI fellow

Looking downstream of Detroit along the Detroit River Hi! I am Ramya, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of History. I am a returning fellow, and I am very much looking forward to getting to know new fellows and learn from them as I work on a new...

Ryan Carty, Returning CHI Fellow

I am a third year graduate student in the history department where I focus on African history. I am currently pursuing research on animal skins and leatherwork in twentieth-century West Africa. Most of my research is focused in Ghana, though I have taken brief...

Liao Zhang – New CHI Fellow

Hello! My name is Liao Zhang, and I am a doctoral candidate in the History Department at Michigan State University. It is my honor to join the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative and become a junior fellow in the 2019- 2020 academic year. My academic interest...

Titi Kou: Happy to be back

My name is Tianyi (Titi) Kou and I am a third-year PhD student in German Studies. My research focuses primarily on the ways in which the sociological phenomenon of football influences national and regional identities in Germany. As one of the returned fellows, I am...

Jen Andrella, New CHI Fellow

Hello! My name is Jen Andrella and I am excited to take part in the 2019-2020 CHI Fellowship. I am a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department. My current research explores Montana Territory as a case study to connect late 19th-century territorial...