Dear CSDH / SCHN members, You should have just received an invitation to vote in the CSDH / SCHN Executive elections. The email contains your Voter ID and Voter Key. You can also access the election a the following link: https://vote.electionrunner.com/election/N1gSj The election closes in one week, so please take the time to vote. The following positions have been acclaimed because there was only one nominee: President - Harvey Quamen Harvey Quamen (he/him) is Professor of English and Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta, where he also serves as the Academic Director of the Digital Scholarship Centre. He has been a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College, London, and has participated in several large collaborative research teams, including Editing Modernism in Canada, the Canadian Writers Research Collaboratory, and the Implementing New Knowledge Environments Project. His research interests include “big data” humanities, including text mining, network analysis, database construction, and data visualization. Recent publications include “Codework: The Pedagogy of DH Programming” in What We Teach When We Teach DH and “Stylometry without Words: Analyzing John Milton’s Grammatical Style” in a volume of Renaissance and Reformation dedicated to “Digital Approaches to John Milton,” which he co-edited. Vice President - Kim Martin Kim Martin (she/her) is an Associate Professor of History and Culture & Technology Studies at the University of Guelph. She is passionate about community and works hard to support graduate students and postdocs as Associate Director of THINC Lab. She is the Research Board Chair of Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS), sits on the Mathematical Humanists advisory board, and is a member of Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE), centerNet, and the Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities (CC::DH). Her research interests include serendipity in digital environments, linked open data, diversity in makerspaces, and interdisciplinarity. She recently edited a collection on Linked Data for Reviews in DH with Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller and has an upcoming paper with Sarah Roger, titled “People as Infrastructure: Visibility, Sustainability, and Labour in the Collaborative Creation of Linked Open Data”, in Cultures of Scale: Disciplines, Data, and Labor, part of the Debates in the Digital Humanities Series. Vice President, EDID - Vera Zoricic Vera Zoricic: I view my role with CSDH in a light that emphasizes advocacy and interconnectedness within the broader academic community. Diversity within the Digital Humanities community is well-established and requires consistent care and attention. As a potential EDID Vice-President or student representative for CSDH, I prioritize this and seek to improve experiences for our equity-seeking members. My experience as Co-President of the Tri-University Graduate Student Association, where I actively promoted events through social media and participated in discussions on graduate student well-being, has prepared me well for a role within CSDH. My background in Digital Humanities, demonstrated through my engagement with the University of Waterloo Library to acquire digital archives and my use of digital research platforms, has equipped me to connect with a broad audience within the university community. As a potential EDID Vice-President or student representative, I am committed to fostering a more inclusive CSDH by amplifying marginalized voices, facilitating community, and supporting structural change. --- Congratulations, Harvey, Kim, and Vera and thank you for agreeing to serve on the executive! The following positions are up for election: Member at Large: 2 candidates for 1 position: Chelsea Miya is an Assistant Professor in the Culture and Technology Studies program and the School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing at the University of Guelph where her research focuses on questions of ethics, gender, and sustainability in the context of data cultures and digital design. She is a Research Affiliate of the SpokenWeb Network and a member of Strategies for Intersectional Gender Justice, Networked Action, and Liberation (SIGNAL). She has held Postdoctoral Fellowships at McMaster University’s Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship and the University of Alberta’s Digital Initiatives. You can read her article, “Platitudes: The Carbon Weight of the Post-Platform Scholarly Web,” co-authored with Geoffrey Rockwell, in the upcoming special issue of The Journal of Electronic Publishing on publishing and climate change. John Bessai is an independent scholar and media practitioner whose interdisciplinary work explores the intersections of public storytelling, digital media, and cultural policy. With a background in documentary filmmaking and a PhD in Canadian Studies from Trent University, his research focuses on the role of art as a public service and the evolving landscape of public media in Canada. His current work engages the National Film Board of Canada (NFBC), interactive documentary, and the Canadian aporetic condition to investigate how digital storytelling contributes to democratic discourse and cultural memory. He brings a strong commitment to bridging scholarly inquiry with creative practice in the digital humanities. More about his research and media work can be found at www.johnbessai.com<http://www.johnbessai.com/> Student Representative: 6 nominees for 2 positions: William Bouchard is a first-year Ph.D. student in Digital Humanities at the Université de Montréal. He has an interest in ancient languages and the intersection of classical studies and technology. In his research, he explores how programming and digital tools can support the study of classical texts. Alongside his academic work, he directs theatre, teaches ancient languages, and creates content to make the ancient world accessible to a broader audience. He is interested in contributing to the CSDH community by representing student perspectives, especially from francophone universities, and supporting engagement across disciplines. A K M Iftekhar Khalid is a second-year Ph.D. student in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) at the University of Lethbridge (UofL), housed in the Department of English and Humanities Innovative Lab (HIL). He is committed to fostering a vibrant cultural community grounded in the principles of cultural awareness and inclusivity. His research examines the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the English language to preserve linguistic diversity and cultural heritage in a rapidly evolving world. Parham Aledavood<https://llm.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/doctorantes-doctorants/parham-aledavood-illui/> <https://llm.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/doctorantes-doctorants/parham-aledavood-illui/> is a doctoral candidate in Literature and Digital Humanities at the Université de Montréal. His doctoral research is supported by a grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). Bringing together postcolonial theory, planetary studies, and digital humanities, his current research focuses on a computational analysis of trauma and genre in contemporary novels of migration. He is the recipient of multiple academic awards, including the 2024 Ian Lancashire Award<https://csdh-schn.org/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2024-ian-lancashire-award-for-student-promise-parham-aledavood/>. As of September 2024, he is the associate director of Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI). June Yao is a Master’s student in Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta, where she will begin her PhD in media and cultural studies this fall. Her research lies at the intersection of game studies and literary narratology, with a particular focus on how digital platforms can represent passive resistance movements such as “lying flat” and “quiet quitting.” She is currently developing Lying Flat, a Unity-based game that simulates the existential struggles of young people facing economic and ideological pressures in contemporary China. The project integrates narrative design, social media data, and AI-driven discourse analysis to create an interactive experience grounded in real-world cultural tensions. Augustine Farinola is currently a 2nd year PhD student at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Prof Geoffrey Rockwell. He has over 10 years experience in conducting UX/UI research, software development, and recently in developing AI driven applications. His research work focuses on the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Experimental Philosophy, Machine and Deep Learning Algorithms and its integration with Digital Humanities (DH) Tools. As a member of F2D2 Research Team<https://fd2d.org/> , Amii AICARP<https://www.amii.ca/research-talent/talent-development>, and Bridging Divide Lab at UofA<https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/bridgingdividesuofa/home>, he is currently working on leveraging machine learning to address societal challenges, particularly in medicine and cognitive sciences. He is a member of His most recent DH publications include Hermeneutical postphenomenology: Computational tools and the lure of objectivity. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 38(3): 1078-1087, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqac074 and Towards a Yoruba Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities. International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing. 16(2): 153-165, (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ijhac.2022.0288. Some of his DH projects include Philosophy of AI Gallery<https://www.philosophyofartificialintelligence.com/>, Africanpedia<https://www.africanpedia.com/>, PhiLos-DH<https://www.thephilosophyonline.com/>, Mindscape<https://mindscape-ai-ethics-games.vercel.app/> (AI Ethics Game) and Paint-Me-Black.<http://paint-me-black./> Davide Pafumi is currently a PhD student in English at the University of Lethbridge. I have experience with committee work in several organisations: Acting Chair of the Union of Lethbridge Graduate Assistants (ULGA), ex-officio member of the Graduate Student Association (GSA), executive member of the board of Digital Medievalist Post-Graduate Committee and member of the Advisory Board of the International Courtly Literature Society (North American Branch). Abhik Hasnain is currently a second-year student in the MA in Digital Humanities program at the University of Alberta. I've been an active member of the departmental student organizations both during undergrad and grad school. So far, I've organized four student conferences and moderated three discussion panels. I believe, if given the opportunity, I can contribute meaningfully to the CSDH team. ------- Best, Paul Barrett CSDH/SCHN Secretary