Fellowships

Daniel Lin '23, 2023-2024 & 2024-2025 Fellow

Education: B.A. in Sociology and Music

Daniel Lin ‘23 (he/him), from San Jose, CA, double majored in Sociology and Music (with focuses in Asian American Studies and Black Creative Music). His research on the history of Asian American activism at Dartmouth led to a Sociology course and digital exhibit in Winter 2023. While an undergraduate student, Daniel was heavily involved in the arts, playing and singing in the Dartmouth Cords (a cappella), the Coast Jazz Orchestra (piano/cello), and the Gospel Choir. He has also acted and music directed for the Department of Theater, the New London Barn Playhouse, and Northern Stage. Outside the arts, Daniel was an Undergraduate Advisor (UGA), part of the Dartmouth Asian American Studies Collective (DAASC), and a leader in People of Color in the Outdoors (POCO), a sub-club of the Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC). Daniel is very passionate about creating community through art and noticing the beautiful, little things around us :).

The Edward Connery Lathem '51 Digital Library Fellow joins the Digital by Dartmouth Library team for a full year, to learn about, engage in, and contribute to the work of the Library's digital programs. The position, open to recent Dartmouth graduates, is flexible to fit the skills and interests of each individual fellow, and could include a larger independent project designed by the fellow.

Robert Abel '24, 2024-2025 Fellow

Robert (Robbie) Abel is the Digital Media Fellow for 2024-2025. He has a B.A. in Film & Media Studies and Theater from Dartmouth College, with interest in sound design and technical management in performing arts. His work aims to facilitate the use of technology and (sometimes daunting) equipment into creative works in Jones Media Center and around campus. 

The Jones Memorial Digital Media Fellowship provides an opportunity for a graduating student or recent graduate of Dartmouth College to spend a year learning digital media technology as applied to the academic curriculum and careers in librarianship. The fellowship may be tailored to the individual interests of the candidate where their skills support the mission of the Jones Media Center.

Kira Parrish-Penny '24, 2024-2025 Fellow

Kira is a '24 from Oakland, California who graduated from Dartmouth with a major in Sociology modified with Psychology and a minor in English. As an undergraduate, Kira was involved with Rauner Special Collections Library for several years as an assistant to Jay Satterfield. In the spring of 2023, she also completed Rauner’s Historical Accountability Fellowship. Her full-time, term-long archival research culminated in an extensive essay detailing the lead-up to, and effects of, coeducation, as well as the disturbing and revealing history of sexual violence at the College. She eventually adapted this work into a Sociology thesis, titled “Taming the ‘Dartmouth Animal’: Masculinity and the Coeducation Transition.” This deep dive into gender, Greek Life, and advocacy continues to shape her interests as the Lathem fellow and her perspective on Dartmouth culture today.

The Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Special Collections Fellowship offers recent Dartmouth graduates an opportunity to work in Rauner Special Collections Library and gain valuable experience with archives, manuscripts and rare books. The fellow will work on a major project or several smaller projects tailored to his or her skills and interests while gaining a general overview of a career in special collections.