About Us

The Center for Digital and Public Humanities is a collaborative environment for UMKC faculty and students, where specialists from a range of departments support one another in their individual and personal research projects. The center is also a co-partner within the Kansas City Monuments Coalition (KCMC), a partnership of preservation and commemorative organizations across Kansas City that is funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Diane Mutti Burke

Professor, Department of History, Director of the Center for Midwestern Studies

Jeff Rydberg-Cox

Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Department of English

Spencer D. C. Keralis

Head of Digital Scholarship Services, University Libraries

Michael Sprague

Digital and Public Humanities Coordinator
Email: spraguemr@umkc.edu

Chayanne Sandoval-Williams

Digital Collaboration Specialist, Digital Collaboration Studio
Email: umkcdss@umkc.edu

Graduate Research Assistant

Katie Antrainer

Digital Scholarship Library Fellow, Create UMKC
Email: umkcdss@umkc.edu

Research Assistant
Email: kpmcpartland@umkc.edu

Research Assistant
Email: neelm@umkc.edu

Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant

Becky Briggs Becker

University Archivist, Interim Head of LaBudde Special Collections, University Libraries

Andrew Stuart Bergerson

Professor, Department of History

Virginia Blanton

Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Department of English

Antonio Byrd

Associate Professor, Department of English

Scott Curtis

Teaching & Learning Librarian, University Libraries

Sandra Enríquez

Associate Professor, Department of History

Zach Frazier

Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

Brian Frehner

Professor and Chair, Department of History

Jane Greer

Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of English

Viviana Grieco

Professor, Department of History

Andy Heise

Managing Director, Arts Entrepreneurship, Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Assistant Teaching Professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Management

Stuart Hinds

Curator of Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries

Caitlin Horsmon

Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Media, Art and Design

Steve Kraske

Teaching Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism

Yugyung Lee

Professor, Computing and Engineering

Mardi Mahaffy

Head of Teaching and Learning University Libraries

Mēgan Oliver

Head of Digital Projects, University Libraries

Alexis Petri

Associate Research Professor, Director of the Office of Research Development, and Senior Director of Faculty Support for CAFE

David Trowbridge

William T. Kemper Associate Research Professor in Digital and Public Humanities, Department of History

Ye Wang

Professor and Chair, Department of Communication and Journalism