Marisa Parham Named Director
"Leading digital humanities scholar takes the helm of Mellon-funded initiative.
Renowned digital humanities scholar Marisa Parham has been named as the new director of the College of Arts and Humanities’ African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities (AADHum) initiative at the University of Maryland, effective July 1, 2020. Parham has also been appointed professor of English and the associate director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH).
Part of MITH, AADHum seeks to expand and institutionalize the field of Black digital humanities. The initiative, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Mellon Foundation), is an incubator for innovative scholarship and teaching and serves as an invaluable resource on African American history and culture in America.
Launched in January 2017, AADHum has emerged as a leader in the field of Black digital humanities, or BlackDH. The initiative has supported the establishment of a BlackDH framework, that is helping scholars and administrators advance the practice and ethics of African American and African Diaspora studies in the digital age."
Originally published here on March 6, 2020
