The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) provides a variety of opportunities for students to get involved with the center and learn about digital scholarship methods and tools. We understand that there are many demands on a student’s time and schedule, so we offer tiered levels of engagement that work with different stages of your academic career. From semester-long internships, asynchronous training opportunities (via the the ECDS Training Website), to graduate certificates, seminar series, and student employment opportunities, we are here to support your learning and professional development.
We provide student training and professional development through our innovative Digital Scholarship Training Program (DSTP). The Digital Scholarship Training Program (DSTP) presents an uncommon opportunity for graduate students to learn digital scholarship skills, theories, and methods relating to research and pedagogy.
Students selected for the program work regular shifts at the center, helping faculty, staff, and students with digital research and pedagogy-related questions. They are also paired with research projects in their area of interest and learn the necessary skills while gaining valuable experience in digital scholarship.
The program’s training and professional development aspects are designed to prepare all ECDS students to be successful in careers within, alongside, and beyond the academy through an array of opportunities such as:
This workshop series is intended as a collaborative intellectual environment to support any disciplinary and topic approach to Digital Scholarship.
The monthly meetings offer participants the chance to pre-circulate and discuss work-in-progress project ideas, prototypes, grant or article drafts, or bring any question they might have to a supportive group.
The workshops are open to all faculty, staff, and students. Please sign up here if you are interested in participating, and we will add you to the mailing list.
For more information on the program and it’s predecessors, the Graduate Community of Digital Scholars, and the Digital Dissertation Program, visit the program website here.
Experiential learning has the potential to enhance graduate students’ transition into a wide range of careers. ECDS offers one-semester internship opportunities for graduate students, providing training to broaden their skills and expand their career options. Interns will receive training in digital tools and methods, work on digital scholarship projects together with ECDS staff and graduate students, and learn how interdisciplinary research centers operate on a daily basis.
Interested students should be prepared to commit to coming to ECDS for eight hours per week for the duration of one semester. Remote participation is not possible at this time.
The program is currently only open for students enrolled in a degree program from the Laney Graduate School, since students will receive course credit for completing the internship through the “GRAD 705R: Graduate Internship Experience” class. Please refer to the information page from the Laney Graduate School for more details on the administrative process.
If you are interested in an internship with ECDS, please reach out to ECDS staff Alexander Cors at least two months before the beginning of the semester in which you would like to participate.
The Laney Graduate School awards a Certificate in Digital Scholarship and Media Studies (DSMS) upon fulfilling related requirements.
The certificate requires the successful completion of four courses from an approved list, one of which must be the Seminar in Digital Scholarship and Media Studies (DSMS 700), and one of which must be an approved internship in digital scholarship.
In addition, students choose two elective seminars from a list of campus-wide courses regularly taught in the Laney Graduate School that feature digital media and scholarship. The certificate program encourages additions to the list of eligible courses (e.g. new courses, cross-listed courses with other departments, or special topics.