About the HASTAC Scholars Program

The HASTAC Scholars Program was initiated in 2008 with the dual goal of recognizing graduate and undergraduate students working across the areas of technology, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences, while also using their expertise and collaborative energy to develop HASTAC into a more dynamic and interactive virtual institution.  HASTAC was created to look toward the future of higher education in a digital age, and it is in keeping with that vision that we turn to students today—those who are most engaged in participatory learning—to be our eyes and ears, our national “citizen journalists” on matters digital. 

This group of select Scholars from institutions across the nation bring the work that is happening in their home centers, campuses and beyond to the attention of the larger HASTAC community, at the same time strengthening HASTAC’s role in these diverse projects. The Scholars spend their appointed year as part of a virtual community of approximately fifty students creating, reporting on, blogging, vlogging, and podcasting events related to digital media and learning for an international audience.  The HASTAC Scholars also orchestrate a regular discussion forum on the HASTAC web site (www.hastac.org) featuring their own ground-breaking research and interests alongside those of leaders and innovators in the digital humanities.

HASTAC Scholars are nominated by leading participants from HASTAC institutions.  Each scholar receives a small fellowship for their contribution, funded by their home institution.  

For inquiries or more information about the HASTAC Scholar Program, please contact the program director, Erin Gentry Lamb, at erin.gentry@duke.edu.

The beautiful HASTAC Scholars logo was designed by HASTAC Scholar Ana Boa-Ventura, a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin.