ABOUT OUR TEAM
The OpenWorld Atlanta project is part of a consortium of international scholars and practitioners who seek to transform historical-geographical data and knowledge of urban settlements, including their development and morphology, into innovative and accessible digital resources. This website provides a venue for sharing the methodologies that transform archival maps, data, and research into visualizations, interfaces, and interpretive commentaries. The members of the Urban Spatial History consortia engage in each other’s projects from consultation to production to sharing resources with the aim of producing platforms and data sets that are open-access and open-source.
people behind owa
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Steve consults with faculty about how to incorporate video into teaching and research. He also develops video content for ECDS projects, typically for projects where video is embedded within web-based research and on occasion for stand-alone short films.
Ian works in the digital visualization lab on projects that push the boundaries of traditional humanities work with a strong visual or experiential focus. Many of his projects involve 3D modeling historic sites for the purposes of pedagogy, research, and cultural posterity.
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Yang is a Senior Software Engineer at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship and an Information Designer at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiries. He has been the UI/UX designer for this project since 2019 and completed visual design for the current site.
Michael manages map and data libraries, GIS infrastructure, and consults on research projects that have a geospatial technology/spatial data component. His primary research focus involves cartography, geospatial technologies, and urban geography, and his key projects include American Excavations Samothrace, Georgia Coast Atlas, and OpenWorld Atlanta. He is coauthor of Sacred Places: A Guide to the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta, Georgia. His maps have been published in many print and digital journals and books.
As the lead software engineer at ECDS, Jay takes the great ideas from the Emory community and turns them into code.
Primarily working in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript, he strives to develop usable and accessible applications to aid and showcase scholarly research. He enjoys creating new ways for people to interact with old stuff.
Jay also holds a master’s degree in User Experience Design from Kent State University.
Students
Arya Basu
[position]
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Alexander Cors
Digital Scholarship Specialist
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Alexander Cors
Digital Scholarship Specialist
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Managing Co-PI/ Corresponding Co-PI, HistorianÂ
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Web-Publishing Expert
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Geographer
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Software Engineer
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Geo-AI
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Pedagogy
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
[position]
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Arya Basu
[position]
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
3D Modeling
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Arya Basu
[position]
Arya creates, modifies, and configures 3D models using a variety of computer modeling, simulation software, and geospatial data. In partnership with faculty and ECDS staff, Arya prepares aesthetically composed digital media through graphic design, image processing, and data visualization for use in ECDS-supported digital scholarship projects. He also researches and explores new methods of visualizing data, including 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Alexander Cors
Digital Scholarship Specialist
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Alexander Cors
Digital Scholarship Specialist
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.
Alexander Cors
Digital Scholarship Specialist
A historian by training, Alexander leads the Historical Research Team. He develops research guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students on the project, collects materials in archives around Atlanta, and wrote the Cabbagetown ArcGIS Storymap example. Alex works with faculty and students on projects relating to mapping, digital publishing, project management, and community-engaged research.