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ANTONY ADLER, PH.D. CANDIDATE Antony Adler is a doctoral candidate in the History of Science. His disserta- tion project, "The Ocean Laboratory: Exploration, Fieldwork, and Science at Sea," presents a com- prehensive transnational history of the changing practices of scientific oceanic fieldwork from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century using British, French, and American case studies. By tracing this history, he hopes to show how scien- tific field practices have shaped our understanding of the natural world, how scientists have altered the natural world to conform to the requirements of accepted scientific practice, and how the field gained acceptance as a legitimate space for scientific obser- vation and analysis. Adler's dissertation research has involved a stay at the French Marine Biological Laboratory at Roscoff in northeastern Brittany and a visit to the private archives of the Prince of Monaco. Closer to home, he engages his passion for the history of oceanogra- phy with the Sea History Insight Project (S.H.I.P.), a self-curated oral history project comprised of a series of short interviews with professional oceanographers that he films and makes accessible on his website: antonyadler.weebly.com/ship.html. His article, "The Capture and Curation of the Cannibal 'Vendovi': Reality, and Representation of a Pacific Frontier," which origi- nated as his MA thesis, will appear in the Journal of Pacific History in late 2014. ELEANOR MAHONEY, PH.D. CANDIDATE Eleanor Mahoney is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History. Her dissertation examines changes in American land use patterns in the post World War II period. In par- ticular, Mahoney's work traces connections between the rise of environmentalism and the decline of industry, revealing that innovative approaches to land manage- ment often emerged in areas most impacted by economic change, particularly in regions where shifting production and consumption patterns endangered not only natural resources, but also cultural practices and traditions. Mahoney holds an MA in Public History from Loyola University Chicago. She serves as associate editor of the Living Landscape Observer (livinglandscapeobserver.net), has been an associate edi- tor of the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights History Project, and, in 2012, curated an exhibit on visual arts and the New Deal in Washington State (depts.washington.edu/depress/visual_arts_ index.shtml). During 2008-09, she worked for the National Park Service as Assistant National Coordinator for Heritage Areas and has also held a variety of public history positions in Appalachia, the Chesapeake Bay region and New Mexico. Mahoney is the co- editor of Above the Smoke: A Family Album of Pocahontas County Fire Towers, an oral history collection focused on conservation in West Virginia and Virginia. Graduate Student Profiles Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students at the University of Washington are engaged in a wide variety of public history initiatives, including many that embrace new and emerg- ing digital technologies. This year, acknowledging that the world of historical scholarship, teaching, and publishing is changing rapidly, the Department of History formed a Digital History Steering Committee. "Digital History" encompasses an array of endeavors including online archives, online publishing, online public history, new map- ping and visualization technologies, new research tools, online teaching and course materials, scholarship based on digitally for- matted data, and scholarship involving new forms of data analysis. With this broad range of work in mind, the Department of History launched a Digital History Fellows program during Summer 2014 to enable graduate students to do digital history work. The inaugural Digital History Fellows are Britta Anson, Mary Anne Henderson, Eric Johnson, Roneva Keel, Eleanor Mahoney, Kevin McKenna, and Sarah Zaides. They received fellowships to either pursue digital work related to their dissertations or to assist faculty members in furthering their ongoing digital history projects. Go online to explore the following digital history projects by our faculty: BattleofAdwa.org, Professor Raymond Jonas battleofadwa.org Blackpast.org, Professor Quintard Taylor blackpast.org The Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects, Professor James N. Gregory depts.washington.edu/labhist Sephardic Studies Initiative, Professor Devin E. Naar jewishstudies.washington.edu/the-sephardic-studies-initiative Silk Road Seattle, Professor Dan Waugh depts.washington.edu/silkroad/ South Lake Union Stories, Professor Margaret O'Mara faculty.washington.edu/momara/omeka/ Department Public and Digital History Projects PAGE 10 University of Washington

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