Avery Dame-griff
Lecturer, Women's And Gender Studies at Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAvery Dame-griff is a lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies at Gonzaga University and a scholar of digital LGBTQ histories who combines academic research with public-facing digital curation. She founded and curates the Queer Digital History Project, which archives pre-2010 online LGBTQ spaces, and is the author of a forthcoming book on the history of the transgender Internet. With a PhD in Women’s Studies and prior appointments across communication, digital technology, and gender studies programs, she blends humanities scholarship, multimedia storytelling, and digital praxis. Avery’s research traces how platforms like Usenet shaped transgender communities, a focus that informed her Winnemore Digital Dissertation Fellowship at MITH. As a Public Humanities Fellow she develops interactive exhibits and workshops that translate archival research into community-accessible learning. Her background in convergence journalism and mobile multimedia informs a teaching and public-engagement style that centers documentary rigor and digital preservation.
9 years of coding experience
Master's, American Studies, Master's, American Studies at University of KansasBachelor's, English, Bachelor's, English at University of AlabamaThe University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (15)
csv-parser6
encoding5
csv5
csv-parse5
csv-parsing5
api3
identifiable3
csv-reader3
python-requests3
validation3
yahoo2
python2
tar2
archiver2
archiving1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apdame/usenet-tools
Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
apdame/YG-tools
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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