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Applications for Spring 2024 Semester will be available in late 2023

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Brooke Guthrie
Research Services Librarian
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Archival and Digital Expeditions introduces Duke graduate students to teaching with digital and physical primary sources. Each student partners with a Duke faculty sponsor to design an undergraduate course module that incorporates primary source material tailored to a specific class taught by that faculty member. Students have the option of drawing on the physical special collections of the Rubenstein Library or primary source databases and digital collections available at Duke or elsewhere. This program is based on the successful Data Expeditions program.

Graduate students will be expected to spend 70-75 hours during a semester consulting with their faculty sponsor, library staff and other experts and researching, developing and testing the module. The students will work with their faculty sponsor to establish the expectations and parameters for the module prior to applying to the program. A module can take a variety of shapes and be adjusted to fit different courses, disciplines, and goals of the faculty sponsor. Each module should be designed to allow for roughly 1-2 weeks of time within an existing course or 10-20 student hours. These hours can be a combination of in-class and out-of-class activities. Modules drawing on physical special collections must include student time with the original material from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Successful applicants will join a cohort of other Archival and Digital Expeditions graduate student instructors. They will participate in a brief orientation at the beginning of the program and meet a few times during the semester to share experiences and lessons learned. Students will be compensated $1,500 for their work and have the option of an additional $500 if they help teach the module in a subsequent semester. Students and faculty sponsors will present their modules as part of a showcase and panel discussion at the end of the semester. The course module will also be made available on the Archival and Digital Expeditions website under a CC-BY NC Creative Commons license, allowing other faculty and students to learn from and reuse it.

Eligibility

Any Duke graduate student who has completed 1 academic year at Duke may apply.  The applicant must secure a letter of support from the faculty sponsor and complete the Archival Expeditions Application.  Applications will be reviewed by a panel of faculty members and librarians. Please review the "Frequently Asked Questions for Faculty Sponsors"  with your faculty member to be clear about expectations. Applicants are encouraged to review their project proposal with a librarian before submission. 

Previous Fellows

2023

Katherine Carithers, English  Sponsor: Dr. Gabriel Rosenberg  
Course: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies 
Module: Reading Sedgwick Through Her Archives
Download: Lesson Plan, Student Worksheet, and Group Project Assignment

2022

Ann Chapman, Religious Studies
Sponsor: Dr. Jennifer Knust 
Course: The New Testament and Women in the Christian Tradition 
Module: Gender in the Production and Use of Sacred Texts in Medieval European Christianity
Download: Lesson Plan and Student Worksheet

Ninel Valderrama-Negron, Romance Studies 
Sponsor: Dr. Victoria Szabo and Dr. Trudi Abel
Course: Digital Durham  
Module: A Previous Epidemic: The Cholera Pandemic of 1831-1833
Download: Lesson Plan

SaeHim Park, Art, Art History & Visual Studies 
Sponsor: Dr. Kristine Stiles 
Course: Imaging Trauma in Asia 
Module: Art and Performance in Independent Films: Zhang Mengqi's "Self-Portrait" Series 
Download: Lesson Plan 

2021

Nicole Y. Gaglia, Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Sponsor: Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld
Course: The Tokyo Idea: Visualizing a Global City
Module: Protest Tokyo: Anpo Through the Lens
Download: Lesson Plan and Student Worksheet

Ellie Vilakazi, English
Sponsor: Dr. Karin Shapiro
Module: Exploring the South African Experience Beyond Apartheid
Download: Lesson Plan 

Fall 2020

Tayzhaun Glover, History
Sponsor: Dr. Laurent Dubois
Module: Teaching Caribbean History with Maps
Download: Lesson Plan 

Dana Hogan, Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Galletti
Course: Italian Baroque ArtModule: Women’s Work, Women’s Art
Download Lesson Plan 

Kelsey Zavelo, History
Sponsor: Dr. Nancy MacLean
Course: History of U.S. Social Movements
Module: U.S. Social Movements in Global Perspective
Download: Lesson Plan and Student Worksheets

Summer 2020

Sinja Küppers, Classical Studies
Sponsor: Dr. Erika Weiberg
Course: Lyric and Hellenistic Poetry
Module: Textual Transmission of Female Greek Lyric Poets
Download: Lesson Plan 

Garrett McKinnon, History
Sponsor: Dr. Dirk Bönker
Course: History of Modern Warfare
Module: Post-Colonial People’s War in Vietnam
Download: Lesson Plan 

Krishni Metivier, Religion
Sponsor: Heather Martin
Module: Recovering Black American Experiences with Hinduism and Buddhism
Download: Lesson Plan  

Joanna Murdoch, English
Sponsor: Dr. Sarah Beckwith
Course: Shakespeare in Nature
Module: Teaching Shakespeare and Nature with Primary Sources
Download: Lesson Plan 

Allison Raven, English
Sponsors: Dr. James Chappell and Dr. Cecilia Marquez
Course: History of the Present
Download: Black Lives Matter Lesson Plan, 2008 Recession Lesson Plan, Pandemics and Disasters Lesson Plan, Rise of the Internet Lesson Plan, The Transformation of American Politics Lesson Plan

Zexi (Jesse) Sun, Religion
Sponsor: Luo Zhou
Module: History of Modern China
Download: Lesson Plan  

2019

Kimberley Dimitriadis, English
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Charlotte Sussman
Course: Doctors' Stories
Module: Cure: Then and Now
Download: Lesson Plan

Jonathan Homrighausen, Religion
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Marc Brettler
Course: The Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Module: The Living, Material Bible
Download: Lesson Plan

Joseph Mulligan, Romance Studies
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. José María Rodriguez García
Course: Introduction to Spanish Literature
Module: Pedagogical Missions of Spain
Download: Lesson Plan

 

2018

Michael Freeman, Classical Studies 
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Clare Woods
Course: History of the Book
Module: Introduction to Papyrology
Download: Lesson Plan

Ashton Merck, History, and Helen Shears, History 
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Robinson
Module: Historical Contexts of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Downloads: Lesson Plans and Student Worksheet 

Alyssa Miller, Cultural Anthropology
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ellen McLarney
Course: Black Muslims
Module: Recovering Black Muslim Experiences
Downloads: Lesson Plan and Student Worksheet

Frequently Asked Questions for Faculty Sponsors

What is the faculty sponsor’s role?

The faculty sponsor will establish the expectations and parameters for the module with the graduate student and act as a consultant during the design and testing of the module. The faculty sponsor should expect to teach the course with the module within one year of completion. The graduate student may be involved in the module component of the course and will receive a one-time stipend of $500 for their participation.

What is the time commitment?

The faculty sponsor should expect to meet with the student to discuss the application, course, and module prior to the application deadline. The faculty sponsor and student should plan to meet at least once a month, more frequent meetings can be determined by the faculty sponsor and the graduate student.

What is a module?

A module can take a variety of shapes and be adjusted to fit different courses, disciplines, and goals of the faculty sponsor. Each module should be designed to allow for roughly 1-2 weeks of time within an existing course or 10-20 student hours. Students drawing on the physical special collections of the Rubenstein Library must include student time with the original material from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

If my student needs support finding material or building the module who should they contact?

The primary liaison for the student is the faculty sponsor, who can communicate their vision for the module.

The Rubenstein Library contact is Brooke Guthrie, Research Services Librarian, and the digital primary source contact is Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Head of Humanities Section and Librarian for Literature and Theater Studies. Brooke and/or Arianne will connect the student with the appropriate curators, subject experts, and technology resources to create an effective teaching module.