Digital Humanities Fellows Presentations

The 2025 Digital Humanties Fellowship presentations will be on Thursday, July 24, from 2:30pm-4pm in the Pennsylvania Hall Lyceum. A Teams option will also be available for remote viewing.

• Street Art Now: Crime, Capital, & Community by Kathryn Gilbride ‘26
• United States and Vietnam War: Where Memories Converge by Aella Nguyen ‘27
• Claimed & Contested: The Politics and Process of Artifact Repatriation by Kate Robinson ‘26

Kathryn Gilbride ’26 is a rising senior at Gettysburg College from Yardley, Pennsylvania. After earning an Associate degree in Pre-Professional Psychology from Bucks County Community College, she is completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Gettysburg, along with a minor in Environmental Studies. She is seeking a career in social science research, with great interest in psychological and environmental issues, especially those impacting marginalized communities. Kathryn was intrigued by the DH fellowship because it offered the opportunity for independent research on a topic of choice, resulting in a creative digital scholarly project accessible to everyone on the internet.

Aella Nguyen ’27 (she/her) is a rising junior at Gettysburg College, originally from Vietnam. She is majoring in Mathematical Economics with minors in Business, Finance, and Data Science. Aella is passionate about cross-cultural storytelling and historical memory, particularly how the Vietnam War is remembered differently in Vietnam and the United States. As a 2025 Digital Humanities Fellow, her project draws on oral histories, archival letters, and digital tools like WordPress and ArcGIS to explore these contrasts and bridge generational gaps. A key source in her research is the Stephen H. Warner Collection, which reflects a Gettysburg alum’s evolving view of the war. This fellowship has allowed Aella to combine her interest in narrative, identity, and technology to create an accessible and thought-provoking project. She is also pursuing a career in finance and sees data visualization and digital storytelling as essential tools for both historical advocacy and investment strategy.

Kate Robinson ’27 is a Political Science and Global Studies double major and a Middle East and Islamic Studies minor. Kate is passionate about analyzing the political and legal systems, along with the foreign policies of nations around the world. This Fellowship is enabling her to explore aspects of foreign governance systems in a way that complements her personal interest in historic artifacts and museum management. Her project seeks to utilize digital tools in order to foster discussion around the significance of repatriating contested artifacts and to make this knowledge accessible and engaging for diverse audiences. On campus, she works as a User Services Assistant at Musselman Library and holds two executive positions in her sorority, Delta Gamma.

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