Meet the people who make Digital Matters possible. We are a team of researchers, librarians, staff, and students coming from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds to make for a vibrant culture of learning.
Digital Matters Staff
Kaylee Alexander
Interim Co-Director
I am a Research Data Librarian at the Marriott Library and the former ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow for Digital Matters (2022–23). With a background in art history, my research interests lie at the intersection of visual culture, monument studies, and data analytics. My first book, A Data-Driven Analysis of Cemeteries and Social Reform in Paris, 1804–1924, analyzes a largely text-based body of archival material as proxy evidence for visual material that has been lost due to systematic, and legally sanctioned, acts of erasure. As Interim Co-Director for the 2024–25 academic year, I work in collaboration with our five partner colleges to ensure the continued success of digital humanities research, mentorship, and instruction across the U.
Elizabeth Callaway
Interim Co-Director
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, where I work at the intersections of digital humanities, environmental humanities, and contemporary literature. My first book, Eden’s Endemics: Narratives of Biodiversity on Earth and Beyond investigates the stories we tell in literature and science about the multiplicity of life on Earth. My current book project, The Black Box and the Blue Marble, examines the relationship between artificial intelligence and the natural environment. I was a selected participant in the National Humanities Center’s Program in Responsible AI for which I have developed three courses for the U that look at AI from humanities perspectives. I was a postdoctoral fellow for Digital Matters in 2019, and I have been on the advisory committee since 2020.
Rebekah Cummings
Director (on leave 2024–25)
As the Director of Digital Matters I work closely with our partner colleges to coordinate digital humanities research, instruction, and support at the U. I have been a librarian at the Marriott Library since 2013, serving in a variety of roles including Assistant Director of the Mountain West Digital Library (2013-2015), Data Management Librarian (2015-2018), and Digital Matters Librarian/Director since 2018. My research interests include humanities data management, copyright, collections as data, and library advocacy.
Jack Burton
Digital Matters Program Assistant
As the Program Assistant, I coordinate Digital Matters events, create promotional content, and help facilitate operations of the space. I am a graduate student pursuing a Masters in Architecture degree at the University of Utah and letting my growing experience in the digital humanities inform design choices throughout my education and practice.