Hey and salaams y’all. I am in my third semester of the Digital Humanities MA program and work full-time as a software developer working on publishing and content management systems, primarily using React and ProseMirror. I have some previous academic and professional experience in: humanities research, data and statistical analysis, writing and editing, interviewing, and project management.

For various roles we may take on this semester, in order of my experience:

Developer: Proficient. I work full-time as a developer and have experience working both with back-end (Ruby, Python, Node.js) and front-end (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) technologies. My least favorite thing to do in this arena is to figure out project builds and deployment. If I were to work on a project other than my own, I would be willing to support development work but hesitant to take on too, too much on since it is my 9-to-5.

Research/Documentation:  Advanced.  I have experience in research from undergrad, the past two semesters of grad school, as well as professional work in journalism. I also have experience with documentation from my work in software and education. I would feel really comfortable taking on a role in this realm.

Project Manager:  Advanced.  I have a lot of experience with this work from my professional roles and also managing my own creative writing projects I could really enjoy taking on this role for a team, particularly if it is well-structured and defined.

Public Speaking: Advanced. I love public speaking and presenting, and have had stints doing speaking engagements at professional conferences. I would happy to support the team in this.

Outreach/Social Media:  Upper Intermediate.  I used to run social media outreach in for different news orgs; I am very comfortable with drafting outreach with different tones for different audiences. That said: 1) I’m taking a pause from social media and a little ideologically-opposed to having too much of a presence on most platforms these days and 2) I’m doing a lot of this for some personal projects right now, which could possibly make it overwhelming to take on for coursework as well.

Design/UX:  Elementary. Meh. I have some basic design skills and a decent eye, but I don’t really know how to embody design thinking. I can execute the front-end code to implement designs but don’t always love the little fine details of UX problem-solving.