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Hannah Jacobs

Prof Library Staff
Duke University Libraries
90193, 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
411 Chapel Drive, Box 90193, Durham, NC 27701

Research Interests


Hannah is interested in challenges of conducting and representing historical research via data and visualization; project management in digital humanities; applications of digital technologies in humanities pedagogies; and potentials of visual interactive storytelling for scholarly communications, public outreach, and education.

Selected Grants


Virtual and Augmented Reality for Digital Humanities Institute (VARDHI)

ConferenceAnalyst · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2017 - 2020

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: AAA Lab: Art, Archive, Asylum; or Race and Mental Health in the Southern United States · 2021 Co-Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
Seed Grant: Art, Art History and Visual Studies Anti-Racist Pedagogy Forum · 2021 Co-Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office for Faculty Advancement This forum will convene monthly during 2021-2022 for presentations and discussions of themes proposed by AAHVS graduate students, faculty and teaching staff. Themes will address one or more of the following goals: share anti-racist methodologies and strategies already in use; identify opportunities to incorporate anti-racist pedagogies into teaching practices; and identify areas in AAHVS curricula in which pedagogies and approaches to disciplinary content can be implemented or augmented. https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/2021-faculty-advancement-seed-grants-awardees