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Co-directors

Diane Mutti Burke

Professor, Department of History, Director of the Center for Midwestern Studies

Jeff Rydberg-Cox

Curators' Distinguished Professor, Department of English

Spencer D. C. Keralis

Head for Digital Scholarship Services, University Libraries

Staff

Michael Sprague

Digital and Public Humanities Coordinator
Email: spraguemr@umkc.edu

Chayanne Sandoval-Williams

Digital Collaboration Specialist, Digital Collaboration Studio
Email: umkcdss@umkc.edu

Katie Antrainer

Digital Scholarship Library Fellow, Create UMKC
Email: umkcdss@umkc.edu

Steering Committee

Virginia Blanton

Curators' Distinguished Professor, Department of English

Antonio Byrd

Associate Professor, Department of English

Sandra Enríquez

Associate Professor, Department of History

Viviana Grieco

Professor, Department of History

Andy Heise

Managing Director, Arts Entrepreneurship, Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Assistant Teaching Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management

Caitlin Horsmon

Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Associate Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

David Trowbridge

William T. Kemper Associate Research Professor in Digital and Public Humanities, Department of History

Affiliates

Becky Briggs Becker

University Archivist, Interim Head of LaBudde Special Collections, University Libraries

Andrew Bergerson

Professor, Department of History

Mitch Brian

Teaching Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

Scott Curtis

Teaching & Learning Librarian, University Libraries

Zach Frazier

Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

Brian Frehner

Professor and Chair, Department of History

Jane Greer

Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of English

Chuck Haddix

Curator, Marr Sound Archives, University Libraries

Stuart Hinds

Curator of Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries

Steve Kraske

Teaching Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism

Yugyung Lee

Professor, Computing and Engineering

Mardi Mahaffy

Head of Teaching and Learning, University Libraries

Mēgan Oliver

Head of Digital Projects, University Libraries

Alexis Petri

Associate Research Professor, Director of the Office of Research Development, and Senior Director of Faculty Support for CAFE

Michelle Smirnova

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Kati Toivanen

Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

Ye Wang

Professor and Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism