Newcomb Institute calls for the proposals of Digital Scholarship and Digital Media projects to sponsor. If selected, the Digital Research Internship Scrum team (a pre-selected group of undergraduates) will work on your project during the 2020-2021 year.
To model standards in the technology industry, interns work on a scrum team, an agile framework. The team works together on multiple projects at a time. The week-to-week workflows are managed by Dr. Jacquelyne Howard.
If the proposal is accepted, the Product Owner will work with Dr. Jacquelyne Howard to create a project plan and work with the Product Developer Intern throughout the semester. The Product Developer will continuously communicate with the Product Owner about the team's progress. Owners will be invited throughout the semester to join the team meetings and open houses.
Tulane faculty, graduate students, staff, or New Orleans community members who incorporate or want to incorporate computing into their research and advocacy work are eligible. As a Product Owner, you must be willing to:
- work within the Scrum model framework.
- work with the product developer intern by providing feedback and answering any questions.
- collaborate with Dr. Jacquelyne Howard to write a syllabus/project plan with goals, objectives, deadlines, and a sustainability plan. The project plan will be due by the first day of Fall classes.
- allow Newcomb Institute to promote the project and interns' work through a digital poster and write-ups shared on social media and the Technology and Gender zine and website.
- provide acknowledgment of Newcomb Institute in any publications and websites relating to the project.
The project proposal must meet one or more of the criteria listed below. This criterion has been modified from the National Endowment for the Humanities:
- creating or enhancing experimental, computationally-based methods or techniques that contribute to the humanities, sciences, or community;
- pursuing scholarship that examines the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society, or explores the philosophical or practical implications and impact of digital scholarship or gender and STEM; or
- revitalizing and/or recovering existing digital projects that promise to contribute substantially to scholarship, teaching, or public knowledge.
This program accepts proposals throughout the semester on a rolling basis. To apply, fill out the application.
For more information, contact:
Jacquelyne Thoni Howard, Ph.D.
Adm. Assistant Professor of Technology and Women's History
Newcomb Institute
jhoward8@tulane.edu
