The Freedman Center is supported by a wide range of KSL staff. On this page, meet the experts in digital scholarship who can answer queries and consult on digital projects.
R David Beales (book with me) has a background in supporting interdisciplinary research R and Python, and he is building expertise in machine learning and language models. He runs the Digital Scholarship Workshop series and coordinates the Freedman Fellows program.
Jared Bendis (book with me) supports research on augmented, extended, and virtual realities; game design; photogrammetry; and virtual worlds. He provides expertise on digitization projects on almost all forms of media and experiments with generative AI in art and media creation.
Karen Caputo (book with me) provides guidance to researchers on copyright and fair use and funder publication requirements. She supports CWRU's open access initiatives, including the faculty OA policy and OA publisher agreements. She manages Scholarly Commons, CWRU's OA repository.
R Benjamin Gorham (book with me) has a background in archaeology, classics, and digital mapping and modeling. He supports research in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), network analysis, text analysis, and photogrammetry. He advises the campus community on best practices for research data management and supports CWRU's instance of Open Science Framework.
Kate Ozment (book with me) has a background in English literature, book history, and women's and gender studies. She directs the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship.