Convolutional Neural Networks and HDBSCAN for Tagging Handwritten Archival Material

Handwritten archival materials present a unique challenge for automated tagging and categorization, as traditional optical character recognition (OCR) techniques often struggle with their variability and complexity. Consequently, documents typically require...

Mustaches, Unibrows, and Shalwar Khameezes

In April 2024, The Verge posted a story about attempting to create an Asian man with a white woman. The article found that many image generators gave the woman “Asian...

Prompt Exploration of AI Image Diffusion Models for Students

For several years now, I have had my students explore AI image generation using text prompts. It’s been fascinating to see how the technology has progressed and what students can...

Exploratory Analysis of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Data

In 2023, the New York Times released data about the number of unaccompanied migrant children who have crossed into the United States. The U.S. Department of Human Health and Services...

An Undue Burden: A Look at Digital Humanities Conference Travel

In 2022, I updated my GIS time-lapse map looking at the disproportionate travel that digital humanities scholars in the Global South undertook to attend the annual Digital Humanities conference. The...