About the HASTAC Scholars Program

The HASTAC Scholars Program was initiated in 2008 with the dual goal of recognizing graduate and undergraduate students working across the areas of technology, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences, while also using their expertise and collaborative energy to develop HASTAC into a more dynamic and interactive virtual institution.  HASTAC was created to look toward the future of higher education in a digital age, and it is in keeping with that vision that we turn to students todaythose who are most engaged in participatory learningto be the eyes and ears of HASTAC.  In the wake of the crisis facing traditional news media, the HASTAC Scholars are "Citizen Journalists" exploring the next-generation possibilities for intellectual dialogue imaginable through digital technology.

The HASTAC Scholars report on the work happening on their campuses and in their region to an international audience by blogging, tweeting, vlogging, podcasting and other forms of networking with the online HASTAC community and with their local communities. The HASTAC Scholars also orchestrate a regular discussion forum on the HASTAC web site (www.hastac.org). Open to all, these expansive forums initiate rich insights and meaty exchanges on timely issues related to digital media and learning and the digital humanities more broadly. 

Beginning with the 2009-2010 cohort, the HASTAC Scholars are nominated by HASTAC members who are faculty or staff at institutions of higher education.  Each scholar receives a small fellowship for their contribution, funded by their home institution.  

For inquiries or more information about the HASTAC Scholar Program, please contact the program director, Fiona Barnett.

The beautiful HASTAC Scholars logo was designed by HASTAC Scholar Ana Boa-Ventura, a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin.