ABSTRACT
The personal digital humanities histories of the editors and contributors varies, as explicit attention has not traditionally focused on incorporating technology into the professional activities of the Humanist, leaving most scholars without well-worn paths to becoming digital humanists. Of the various practices in the digital humanities, Constance Crompton arrived through the digital edition creation and text modeling that characterizes encoding using the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines (see Chapters 7 and 14). When she started her graduate studies there were not many digital humanities courses or programs in Canada. Training in the digital humanities had to be pursued outside of the systems of formal academic credit – a worthwhile venture, formal recognition notwithstanding, as the digital techniques she engaged served her scholarship and interests in nineteenth-century literature and culture, queer history, and scholarly editing well. She is currently associate director of the DHSI and an Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, where she directs The Humanist Data Lab.
