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The SF Nexus is the work of many people across many institutions. This page lists team members past and present.
Temple University Libraries#
Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio#
- Alex Wermer-Colan (opens in a new tab), Academic and Research Director; Director of SF Nexus
- Matt Shoemaker (opens in a new tab), Head of Scholars Studio
- Jasmine Clark (opens in a new tab), Digital Scholarship Librarian
- Jordan Hample (opens in a new tab), Academic Information Technology and Support Technician
Special Collections Research Center#
- Margery Sly, former Director of Special Collections
- Kimberly Tully, Curator of Rare Books
Metadata and Digitization Services#
- Holly Tomren (opens in a new tab), Head of Metadata and Digitization Services
- Casey Shiflet, Digital Collections Specialist
- Anne Casey, Bibliographic Assistant III
- Michael Carroll, former Digital Collections Librarian
- Stefanie Ramsay, former Digital Collections Librarian
- Matthew Ducmanas (opens in a new tab), Special Collections Cataloguer
Library Technology Development#
- Gabriel Galson (opens in a new tab), Technology Projects Librarian
Student research assistants#
Digitization (2017–2020)#
- Jeff Antsen (opens in a new tab), Ph.D. Political Science
- Bethany Farrell, Ph.D. Art History
- James Kopaczewski (opens in a new tab), Ph.D. History
- Nicole Lemire-Garlic (opens in a new tab), Ph.D. Media and Communication Studies
- Gary Scales (opens in a new tab), Ph.D. History
- Crystal Tatis, MBA Marketing
- Vivien Wise (opens in a new tab), MFA Fiber Arts
- Asher Quentin Riley, B.A. Greek and Roman Classics
Data curation and web development (2022–2023)#
- Megan Kane, Ph.D. English
- SaraGrace Stefan, Ph.D. English
Advisors#
- Sarah Potvin (opens in a new tab), Associate Professor of English, Texas A&M University
- Jeremy Brett (opens in a new tab), Special Collections, Texas A&M University Libraries
- Elspeth Healey (opens in a new tab), Special Collections Curator, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Institutional partners#
- HathiTrust Digital Library: Natalie Fulkerson (opens in a new tab), Collections Specialist
- Science Fiction Collecting Libraries Consortium (opens in a new tab)
External researchers#
- Dez Miller (opens in a new tab), Emory University: Word2Vec study of climate fiction
- Brianna Brinkley, “Memory in the Apocalyptic Archive: A Literary and Computer Textual Analysis of A Canticle for Leibowitz” (opens in a new tab) (2019)
- Tai Xiang, Sentiments of Science Fiction (opens in a new tab) (GitHub)