About Us
The University of Michigan Libraries – Digital Project Studio offers support for a wide range of visualization related activities and projects. We provide resources, consulting, instruction and support for small and large projects. We are located on the third floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library (3169).
We can offer guidance for static, dynamic, and interactive visualizations depending on the needs of your research and the audience it is intended for. We can also help with finding and manipulating diverse types of data as well as brainstorming and scoping projects. The library also provides a variety of additional services to support visualization activities on North and Central Campus and the Medical Campus. More information about the breadth of services available can be found here.
Our blog serves as a space to share tutorials and troubleshooting for various approaches to digital data visualization. It is also meant to provide unique ideas for data utilization for researchers in a variety of fields. Our team members use existing data sets from various projects around the world to extend their use and/or test the possibilities of particular software to collect and manipulate data. The blog posts narrate the journeys of our researchers through these technologies, their possibilities and challenges.
Our Team
Justin Joque
Project Coordinator and Blog Editor
As a Visualization Librarian at the University of Michigan Library, Justin primarily assists users in finding, manipulating, analyzing and visualizing diverse types of data. He provides consultations on data visualization and other data related issues. He also teaches workshops on visualization techniques, literacy and tools.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in History. He completed his Master’s of Science of Information at the University of Michigan – School of Information with a focus on Information Analysis and Retrieval and his PhD in Communications at the European Graduate School.
Lihan Zhu
Intern 2017-2019
Lihan (Neil) is a Master’s student in the School of Information focusing on human-computer interaction. He also received Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Architecture from the University of Michigan and Zhejiang University respectively. As an empathetic designer and energetic learner, Neil is particularly interested in exploring different ways and technologies of visualizing data innovatively and interactively. He is a UX designer whose portfolio is available here.
Hope Tambala
Intern 2018-2019
Hope is a Master’s Candidate at the School of Information focusing on User Experience Research and Design. As a developer, Hope is passionate about engineering user-centered products for effective mobile and data visualization experiences. A portfolio of his design and development work can be found at hopetambala.com.
Jordan Earnest
Intern 2018-2019
Jordan is a second-year Master’s student in Data Science at the School of Information. They are interested in natural language processing and big data pipelines. Upon graduation they will work as a software engineer at Twilio in San Francisco.
Rheagan Martin
Intern 2017-2019
Rheagan Martin is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art focusing on late medieval manuscripts and early printed books. Rheagan is interested in the intersections between data visualization and digital humanities.
Hannah VanWingen
Intern 2018-2019
Hannah is earning a Bachelors of Science in Physics and Complex Systems with a Minor in Computer Science. She is particularly interested in network analysis, cellular automaton, and physical modeling.
Emily Lin
Intern 2018-2019
Emily is a Bachelor’s student in the School of Information with a focus in Information Analysis. Emily is passionate about data visualization because it helps people see trends they cannot see otherwise. Emily is particularly interested in various visualizations in R and Python libraries.
Josué Reyes
Intern 2017-2018
Josue received his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan, School of Information, where he focused on human-computer interaction. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at Rutgers University as a Psychology and Information Technology & Informatics double major. Josue is interested in journalism and storytelling through interactive data visualizations.
Julie Cruz
Intern 2017-2018
Julie Cruz is an alumn of the Master’s of Science in Information. Her work revolved around visualizing African American housing on campus via interactive mapping. She currently works as a UX Designer for a financial tech startup in Ann Arbor.
Daniel Tanner
Intern 2016-2018
Dan is a Master’s student in the School of Natural Resources and Environment in the Environmental Informatics track, where he focuses on GIS and spatial analytics. He received a Master’s degree in mathematics from Rice University before doing Peace Corps in The Gambia. Dan is excited about how spatial intuition can make visualizations more understandable.
Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña
Intern 2016-2018
Zoë is a Master’s student in the School of Information specializing in information analysis and retrieval. She received her B.A. in Anthropology from Macalester College and has since worked in research and public & academic libraries. Zoë is especially interested in grappling with ambiguous and messy data, as well as crafting compelling narratives using data visualization techniques.
Junhui Li
Intern 2016-2017
Junhui received his Master’s degree from the School of Information with a focus on Information Analysist and Retrieval & Human Computer Interaction. Proud to be a Wolverine!
Maria-Carolina Simao
Intern 2016-2017
Carolina is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, where she received a certificate in Spatial Analysis in 2016. She received her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Rice University. Carolina is particularly interested in data visualization and using it to help make science communication more accessible.
Bhawana Mishra
Intern 2015-2016
Bhawana is a Master’s candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information with skills in Data Mining and Data Visualization, and a former Business Intelligence Developer with a strong hold of Data Warehousing techniques, Query languages and BI tools.
Daina Andries
Intern 2015-2016
Daina completed an MSI at the University of Michigan School of Information. She worked at the Clark Digital Projects Studio from the spring of 2015 to the end of the summer of 2016. She currently works as a data scientist at Red Oak Strategic, a full-stack data science and analytics consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.
Joseph Klein
Intern 2015-2016
Joe is a Master’s candidate at the School of Information focusing on data analytics and information visualization. He received his bachelor’s in Literature from the University of Michigan and is interested in the data sciences.
Kristen Sheppard
Intern 2015-2016
Kristen is earning a Master’s of Science in Information at the University of Michigan’s School of Information with a focus in Human-Computer Interaction and Entrepreneurship. Kristen is passionate about digital-literacy and enjoys collaborating with researchers on data-visualization techniques and text analysis projects.
Luciana Aenasoaie
Intern 2015-2016
Luciana is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan. She received a Museum Studies Graduate Certificate in 2011 and her undergraduate degree in History, both from University of Michigan. She has been working with the University Library for the past few years as a research supervisor, exhibit curator, and program assistant.
Noureen Dharani
Intern 2015-2016
Noureen is a Master’s candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information specializing in Human Computer Interaction. She received her B.Comm from University of Calgary. She has a keen interest in Data Visualization and Information Architecture.