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Erin studied Physics and English Literature at Carnegie Mellon University, and worked as a software developer before completing her PhD in 19th century English literature at the University of Sheffield. Since then, she has worked in digital support for Arts and Humanities research. Through the Digital Hub, she is broadening the support she offers to include digital innovations in teaching and learning.

erin.snyder@nottingham.ac.uk

Matt provides access and support to staff and students who wish to use the digital equipment and software to enhance their research with digital content. He also provides advice and runs workshops on the creation, manipulation and use of digital images in teaching, research and on heritage projects. 

Matt manages two paid postgraduate Research Associates and recruits and mentors a team of student volunteers who learn digital and transferable skills and gain work experience. The volunteers also work on digitisation projects and events which Matt organizes and supervises in collaboration with academic staff and external partners. 

matt.davies@nottingham.ac.uk

Leah Guy

Leah is a part-time PhD student at the Centre for Research on Cuba, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. Her thesis uses popular culture to investigate labour histories in 1930s Cuba. Leah's academic interests include the cultural and social histories of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Leah works Wednesdays 10-5 in the DTH where she will supervise student volunteers on the Hennessy Digitisation Project to digitise 1960s editions of the Cuban newspaper, Granma. She will also support Faculty of Arts students and staff with enquiries, requests for borrowing and/or using equipment in the DTH.

Find out more about the Hennessy Digitisation Project

Kristina Gaddy

Kristina is a second-year PhD in the Department of Music, working with Dr. Joanne Cormac on 'The Cultural Legacies of the British Empire: Classical Music's Colonial History (1750-1900).' Her dissertation examines the music-making of free and enslaved people of African descent in Barbados from the 1780s to the 1830s. She has previously written about music in the Americas in her books Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History  and Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music of the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo, co-authored with Rhiannon Giddens. She also plays fiddle and banjo. 

Having previously worked in marketing roles for nonprofits and small businesses in the US, Kristina will supervise student volunteers on the digital marketing project. She will also support Faculty of Arts students and staff with enquiries, requests for borrowing and/or using equipment in the DTH.

Find out more about the Digital Marketing Project