Who am I?
My name is Clark Glymph (he/him) and I am new DSI (Digital Scholarship Intern) this fall working on the front end side of things. I am a current Junior and a member of the class of 2026! I was drawn to this job through my interest in Computer Science and Humanities and by taking an intro class in Digital Humanities last Winter. I love learning about design (huge Pinterest lover) and accessibility and I am excited to see the new skills I will gain from this internship in the coming months.
Note: I was going to share an image of my Pinterest homepage but unfortunately I would need to cite too many images for this to be possible for this blog post. Imagine lots of bight colors, fun cutout fonts, and oil pastel art, and you’ll get a little bit of the image.
What are we working on in during training?
From file management to discussions on how we use data we are learning important insights into the organization and role we have as interns and DHAs. As of day 2 we are looking at data visualizations and Data Feminism’s impact on our work in Digital Humanities. Some important take aways we gained from reading the intro of Data Feminism include the seven core principles. The principles talk about understanding power and the context in which we use and make data, as well as how sometimes we tend to view data as objective and emotionless (which isn’t true). These are great ideas to reflect on throughout the idea to make sure that our work shows the thought and intentionality we as creators put into it.
What skills am I interested in developing over the course of the year?
I’m definitely interested in working on my front-end development skills and am excited to see it’s application in our Digital Humanities projects. I think I’m curious to learn about multimedia narrative projects. I love my English classes and love to understand the foundations of what it means to tell a good story. Storytelling through the lens of the web definitely adds more layers into what it takes to make a story accessible and understandable while still being engaging in a web format. I am also excited to work on problem solving. I, like many others believe the best way to learn is through trying and failing in a variety of ways to understand what works and what doesn’t. I believe that this internship will give our group a great space to test out our ideas. One other goal of mine is also to get more familiar with GitHub, as a CS major this essential for group work and am excited to learn more about what it means to work in a collaborative project for the college and others.
