Author Biographies

Stefan Bornhofen Stefan Bornhofen was born in 1972. He studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Mainz (Germany), and received a PhD degree in computer science from the University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France in 2008. He fills a teaching and research position at the CY Tech engineering school in Cergy near Paris, where he is the head of the master's program Visual Computing specializing in computer graphics, computer vision and human-computer interaction. Stefan has strong interests in interactive visual experiences and visual user interfaces.

George Buchanan George Buchanan is Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Research) in Computing Technologies at RMIT University and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

David Carlin David Carlin is Professor of Creative Writing at RMIT University and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Andrew A. Cashner Andrew A. Cashner, PhD (University of Chicago, 2015), is the author of Hearing Faith: Music as Theology in the Spanish Empire (2020) and the winner of the 2015 Alfred Einstein Award from the American Musicological Society. He published two volumes of digital critical editions of Villancicos about Music from Seventeenth-Century Spain and New Spain with the Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music, and has created digital-humanities projects on music in the history of computing (https://www.arca6150.info) and on Native American music. With the support of a Fellowship for Digital Publication from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he and Seneca faithkeeper Bill Crouse, Sr., are coauthoring the website and digital book, Songs at the Woods’ Edge: The Earth Songs of the Seneca Nation. He has taught music at the University of Southern California and the University of Rochester. He is active as a pianist, organist, and ensemble director, and teaches in the ROC Music after-school program in Rochester, New York. For more information, see http://www.andrewcashner.com/.

Erik Champion Erik Champion is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Tianxiang Chen Tianxiang Chen is a Master’s student in English Language Literature at Harbin Engineering University, China.

Hugh Craig Hugh Craig is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Nat Cutter Nat Cutter is the Mary Lugton Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne, and former Research Coordinator and Cultural Data Research Fellow for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Scott East Scott East is a Lecturer of Art and Design at the University of New South Wales and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Rachel Fensham Rachel Fensham is Professor of Dance and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne and former Lead Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Lisa Given Lisa Given is Director of the Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University, and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Chris Hay Chris Hay is Professor of Drama at Flinders University and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Diane K. Jakacki Diane Jakacki is Digital Scholarship Coordinator and associate faculty in Comparative & Digital Humanities at Bucknell University. Dr. Jakacki’s research focuses on digital humanities scholarship and pedagogy, early modern British literature and drama (especially its intersection and enhancements using DH tools and methods). She is principal investigator of the Liberal Arts Based Digital Editions Publishing Cooperative at Bucknell and co-lead of LEAF (the Linked Editing Academic Framework virtual research environment).

In 2022-23 Dr. Jakacki is a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Gulph, and she serves as Executive Board Chair (2023-2025) of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO).

Edgar Lejeune In 2021, Edgar Lejeune received a PhD from the University Paris-Cité (France). He has been a postdoctoral researcher at TEMOS (University of Angers) and is now at the Centre Alexandre-Koyré (CNRS, EHESS, MNHN). His research aims to tell a history of the transformation of textual cultures at the digital age.

Rui Liu Rui Liu is a PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Melbourne and an affiliated researcher for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

John Macarthur John Macarthur is Professor in Architecture at the University of Queensland and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

David McMeekin David McMeekin is Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Curtin University and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Joanna Mendelssohn Joanna Mendelssohn is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Justin Munoz Justin Munoz is an independent scholar and former data scientist for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Jacob Pleasants Jacob Pleasants is an Assistant Professor of Science Education at the University of Oklahoma. Through his teaching and research, he works to bring issues that lie at the intersection of science, engineering, technology, and society into STEM education.

James Smithies James Smithies is Professor of Digital Humanities at the Australian National University and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Tyne Daile Sumner Tyne Daile Sumner is an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Australian National University and former Cultural Data Research Fellow for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Céline Thobois-Gupta Céline Thobois-Gupta is a PhD researcher in the Department of Drama at Trinity College Dublin. Her thesis – supervised by Nicholas Johnson and funded by the Irish Research Council – investigates the interactions between the human, technology and the environment in Samuel Beckett’s drama. Her publications have appeared in Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui, Beckett and Technology and Theatre Journal. She is currently co-editing Samuel Beckett and Ecology (Bloomsbury, 2024) and the Anthropocene issue of the Journal of Beckett Studies (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). She co-convenes the Samuel Beckett Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research with Trish McTighe.

Deborah van der Plaat Deborah van der Plaat is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Queensland and a Chief Investigator for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.

Rada Varga Rada Varga was born in 1983. She studied ancient history and archaeology at the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, where she also received her PhD in 2012. She is currently a researcher at the same university, working with a focus on Roman provincial archaeology and digital humanities.

Lili Wang Lili Wang is a Professor of English at Harbin Engineering University, China. Her major research interests include Digital Humanities and African American literature. She published Recovery from Trauma: A Study of Black Women’s Trauma in Toni Morrison’s Fiction (2014).

Ivy Zheng Ivy Zheng is an independent scholar and former data engineer for the Australian Cultural Data Engine.