Stephanie Ling (Wesleyan, Mathematics and minor in Data Analysis) worked with David Gary Shaw using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to develop methods and techniques to visualize and analyze the movement of bishops throughout Medieval England. In addition to her work in the Traveler’s Lab, Stephanie worked as both a GIS and course assistant for Wesleyan’s Quantitative Analysis Center. Following her graduation in May 2016, Stephanie traveled to Europe before moving to Washington D.C. in the fall to join Booz Allen Hamilton. She and Professor Shaw still hoped to publish their article on Episcopal mobility.
Class of 2017:
EthanYaro (Wesleyan, College of Letters and German Studies) worked with Prof. Torgerson as a Summer 2016 Research Assistant on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. He developed a method for encoding the chronicle’s geographic referents with the textual analysis tool MaxQDA. He continued this encoding and began developing analytical models with a Summer 2017 Quantitative Analysis Apprenticeship.
Melissa Mischell (Wesleyan, Mathematics and minor in Data Analysis) worked with Professor Shaw using Geographic Information System (GIS) in the Friars Settlement Project and to visualize and analyze the movement of Parliament members.
Nadja Shannon-Dabek (Wesleyan, Religion and English) worked with Prof. Torgerson and Connor Cobb on the Reimagining Constantinople project through the GIS Apprenticeship program. In Spring 2017 she was a course assistant, helping to oversee the integration of this database into the project-based course, Constantinople: from Rome to Istanbul.
Class of 2018:
Caroline Diemer (Wesleyan, College of Letters) worked with Prof. Torgerson on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. Caroline explored the analytical possibilities of the new linked data annotation tool, Recogito. She continued this work as a Research Assistant in Summer 2017.
Dominic Frank Brown (Wesleyan, History and Gov) worked as a research assistant with Gary Shaw on his “Travelling to the Future” project.
Natasha Nurjadin (Wesleyan, History and Earth & Environmental Science) worked with Professor Gary Shaw in mapping the movements of aristocratic nobility. This included the movements of John of Gaunt, the king’s uncle in the fourteenth century and notable aristocratic women.
Class of 2019:
Avellana Ross (Marlboro College) worked on both the Aragonese Royal Itineraries project and the Datini Letters project through the Marlboro Digital History Seminar in the spring of 2017. She checked Datini data and assisted in preparing the work for mapping and research for the itineraries project.
Jonathan Oh (Wesleyan) worked on the Mapping Accommodation project with Professor Shaw.
Kelly Kong (Wesleyan, History & Data Analysis Minor) worked with Professor Shaw on curating bishop’s itineraries for inclusion on GitHub. She worked in the lab for two years.
Class of 2020:
Maia Reumann-Moore (Wesleyan, History) worked with Professor Gary Shaw on the Friars Settlement project. As a 2016 Quantitative Analysis Summer Apprentice, she attempted to reexamine existing narratives about friars and friaries in medieval England through GIS mapping and spatial analysis. In 2016, she worked on this project by developing a database of monastic sites for integration into GIS data.
Ezra Kohn (Wesleyan, College of East Asian Studies) worked with Prof. Torgerson on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. Ezra previously worked on extracting data from MAXQDA and is now a part of the team creating a comprehensive geographical database of all mentions of physical infrastructure within the Chronicle of Theophanes.
Rachel Chung (Wesleyan, Economics and Government) worked with Prof. Torgerson on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. Her primary focus was working on data management, analysis, and visualizations.
Class of 2021:
Jesse Simmons (Wesleyan, Anthropology and Biology) worked with Prof. Torgerson on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. Working with Grant van Inwegen, Jesse used ArcGIS to create a database and map of all geographic mentions within the Chronicle of Theophanes.
Tinatin Omoeva (Wesleyan, History) worked with Professor Shaw on the Early English Highways project.
Class of 2022:
Oscar Zou(Wesleyan, History and Art History) worked with Prof. Torgerson on the Geography and Narrative in the Chronicle of Theophanes project. Oscar was a part of the small team creating a comprehensive geographical database of all mentions of physical infrastructure within the Chronicle of Theophanes.
Henry Reade (Wesleyan, History) worked with Professor Shaw on the Early English Highways project.
Class of 2024:
Chloe Wang (Wesleyan, History, College of East Asian Studies, Class of 2023) worked with Professor Torgerson on the Constantinople as Palimpsest project. She focuses on data tabulation with Excel and ArcGIS, constituting an interactive, space-based encyclopedia of Byzantine Constantinople.
Class of 2025:
Laura Morris (Wesleyan, History, American Studies) worked with Professor Torgerson on the Constantinopalia: A Database of East Rome (CDER) project.
