Event Title

Case Studies and Business Plan Development Workshop on Strategies for Creating a Program for Paid Student Internships/Assistantships in the Digital Humanities

Presenter Information

Poushali Bhadury
Julian Chambliss
Helene Huet
Brian Keith
Laurie Taylor
Kalle Westerling

Location

NSC-112

Start Date

3-11-2017 1:45 PM

End Date

3-11-2017 4:45 PM

Description

The proposed workshop "Strategies for Creating Programs for Paid Student Internships/Assistantships in the Digital Humanities" will provide case studies of programs that have implemented and refined programs for student internships and assistantships in the Digital Humanities. These case studies will build into facilitated discussions and workshop development of business plans for proposing and implementing internship and assistantship programs at workshop participant institutions. Speakers include those from different size, scale, and types of institutions (both private and public), and different methods for creating and supporting student internships and assistantships. This workshop builds upon the ongoing conversations and work by many groups including the DH 2016 conference workshop "Building Capacity with Care: Graduate Students and DH work in the Library" (http://dhgradlabor.github.io/dh2016workshop/), which asked about the models in place for student work in DH in the library, sharing practical advice, and serving as a starting point for an ongoing discussion on student labor in DH. This workshop extends that ongoing conversation to focus specifically on compensation and paid student work in DH, both in libraries and through other areas within/across institutions, as part of the critical infrastructure for capacity, care, and generous and generative communities of practice.

Following the case study presentations, the workshop facilitators will review business plan elements and critical path development for proposals. The workshop will include time to develop initial drafts of business plans, sharing of those plans, and sharing for next steps for program development at the local institution and in collaboration with others as part of the community of practice.

Proposed workshop format and schedule (total of 3 hours):

Workshop Schedule Time

Introductions by all attendees 15 minutes

Short presentations by workshop leaders on their programs

Presentations will focus on methods employed for developing programs, budgets (considerations including paying a living wage, and other compensatory factors including course credit, experience, and networking), exploration of methods with local organizational concerns and goals 1 hour

Writing a 1-2 page business plan

Review of business plan elements (Problem/Opportunity; Solution for maximizing on opportunity; Requirements; Considerations) for types of compensation, including paid graduate student internships and assistantships in DH, specific to each institution and the participant's roles

Creating critical path for business plan process with constituents and budget

• Identification of stakeholders (e.g., Department Chairs, Deans)
• Identification of community of practice (e.g., collaborators within and outside the institution)
• Budget needs and scope (e.g., proposing a single year pilot with a set limit on internships; donor funds or development for a larger scale program initially or in a second phase)
• Establishing the community of practice and resources for ongoing support of community involved in internships (e.g., collaborative participants, committees, roles for directors of internships, training resources)
• Considerations for care, generosity, and generative potential 45 minutes Participants draft initial business plans 30 minutes

Sharing of business plans and considerations, next steps 30 minutes