Jacquelyne Thoni Howard is an inaugural Professor of Practice at the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science. She earned a Ph.D. in U.S. History from Fordham University, an M.A. in History from the University of San Diego, and a B.A. in History with a minor in Secondary Education from Loyola University New Orleans. After completing her undergraduate degree, Thoni Howard became a certified secondary teacher and gained extensive professional experience in instructional design and educational technology.
As a historian, Thoni Howard’s teaching, research, and mentoring work centers on critical data studies, data literacy, surveillance studies, the history of empires and data, and women and technology. She also focuses on the cultural and social implications of data use and the application of equitable data practices in the digital humanities and data education spaces.
She is a founding editor of the nationally recognized guide Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online and has written about applying feminist practices while convening Digital Humanities Labs and communities.
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Interdisciplinary Technology Communities: Using Feminist Epistemologies and Pedagogy in a DH Lab to Promote Social Good through UndergraduateStudent Programming,
Jacquelyne Thoni Howard’s chapter titled “Interdisciplinary Technology Communities: Using Feminist Epistemologies and Pedagogy in a DH Lab to Promote Social Good through Undergraduate Student Programming,” was recently published in Urszula Pawlicka-Deger and Christopher Thomson‘s peer-reviewed edited volume, Digital Humanities and Laboratories Perspectives on Knowledge, Infrastructure and Culture. In this chapter, Thoni Howard discusses strategies for……
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From a Crisis Response to Feminist Talking Circles: Reconsidering Collaborative Feedback Practices in the Digital Humanities
A recently published peer-reviewed journal article, by Jacquelyne Thoni Howard and Rachel Tabor, discusses ways in which Zoom can increase the quality of feedback on digital humanities projects. Digital humanities (DH) scholars have examined how feminist methodologies promote inclusive practices to value all stages of the development process. DH scholars can learn from feminist educators,……
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2023 STEMINIST Zine
Thoni Howard co-edited with Rachel Tabor the 2023 STEMINISTS zine that was designed and produced by undergraduate interns of the Technology and Digital Humanities Lab of Newcomb Institute.
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This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books
Thoni Howard is a co-director with Dr. Kate Adams of the This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books database and recovery project that is currently under peer-review. Since 2017, she has oversaw the development of the database and digital strategy of the site. The database comprises more than 1,400 items written and edited by the original Women’s……
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Outstanding Mentorship of First-Year Students Awardee
Newcomb-Tulane College awards Thoni Howard with the 2023 Outstanding Mentorship of First Year Students Faculty based on student nominations.
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Tulane University’s 2023 Student Supervisor of the Year
Thoni Howard was awarded the 2023 Student Supervisor of the Year based on student nominations.