Virtually and In-Person, New Rochelle, New York
September 19-20, 2025
PROGRAM
Friday, September 19th
3:00pm — Welcome
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, Room 201
3:15-5:00pm — DIGITAL SPACE AND PLACES IN EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, Room 201
- Christy Hyman, Taking Stock of Historical GIS
- Maeve Kane, Taking Stock of Social Network Analysis (virtual)
- Shannon Mason, Intimate Digital History
5:00-6:30pm — ROUNDTABLE ON AI
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, Room 201
Online: via Zoom
* This hybrid portion of the workshop is free and open to the public. Please join us in person or on zoom (https://iona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i6cNKH4xT16tf8rYfBB_DA).
- Stephanie Buongiorno
- Gillian Macdonald
- Anne Mishkind
- Robert K. Nelson
- Nora Slonimsky
- Jeri E. Wieringa
6:30-7:30pm — Reception
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, 3rd Floor Terrace
Saturday, September 20th
9:00am — Welcome and Continental Breakfast
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, 3rd Floor Terrace
9:30-11:15am — DIGITAL PUBLICS AND DIGITAL PEDAGOGIES IN EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, Room 201
- Jim Ambuske, Narrative Podcasting
- George D. Oberle and Wendi Manuel-Scott, Reimagining Teaching Historical Methods Through Exploring Local Black Communities and Teaching Using Affective Historical Praxis in Early American History
- Molly Nebiolo, Digital Creativity and Play in the Classroom: An Analysis of Early American History Visualization Activities
11:15-1:00pm — Lunch
LaPenta School of Business, 3rd Floor Terrace
1:00-2:45pm — DATA AND THE DIGITAL IN EARLY AMERICAN STUDIES
In-person: LaPenta School of Business, Room 201
- Edward J. Blum, “Until the States Shall Have Furnished the Proper Data”: The Revolutionary Lack of Data and the Excess of it in the Digital Age
- Christopher F. Minty, Taking Stock of Scholarly Editions and Metadata
- Ben Pelling, Taking Stock of Topic Modeling (virtual)
