As interest in digital pedagogies and technologies in the classroom continued to rise in 2024, ECDS saw a total number of 2041 consultations conducted by full-time faculty and staff, graduate trainees, and graduate fellows for over 46 different departments, programs, & centers across the Emory enterprise. Whether one-on-one or in a group, scheduled or through walk-ins, the Center’s team advises on digital projects or problems with the technologies they specialize in, which include audiovisual production, monograph & journal publishing, data visualization, & mapping.
The Digital Scholarship Training Program (DSTP) is a paid training program for Emory Graduate Students from any department or academic discipline. It presents a unique opportunity for graduate students to learn digital scholarship skills, theories, and methods relating to research and pedagogy.
Students work with faculty, staff, and students on digital research and pedagogy-related questions. They are also paired with ongoing projects in their area of interest and learn the necessary skills while gaining valuable experience in digital scholarship.
The ECDS program offers opportunities for advancement, increased responsibility, and substantial CV-building. The program’s training and professional development aspects are designed to prepare all ECDS students to be successful in careers within, alongside, and beyond academia. ECDS is committed to supporting graduate students in their career trajectory. To this end, the Center hosts a variety of professional development workshops throughout the year. In 2024, offerings included workshop seminars on grant writing, job applications, finding funding opportunities, and preparing for alt-ac careers.
In addition, the graduate coordinator regularly met individually with students for one-on-one career counseling and to support students in developing their grant application materials.
In 2024, sixteen students participated in the DSTP. Our graduate students came mainly from the Laney Graduate School, with one additional student from the Rollins School of Public Health. This year, we also had two undergraduate students from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences join the DSTP. Overall, our students represented a wide range of disciplines: English, Sociology, Computer Science, Philosophy, Religion, History, Physical Therapy, Comparative Literature and more.
ECDS conducted a series of 13 workshops across Spring and Fall 2024, spanning the following topics:
463 people RSVPed to this synchronous line-up, averaging 35 people per class, a 40% increase from 2023. Workshop recordings were also hosted on the ECDS Workshop Scholarblogs page for continued asynchronous reference material.
