About
Bonnie Russell (MLIS, Wayne State University) is the Product Manager for
Humanities Commons, Project Manager for
MESH Research, and Digital Specialist for
HuMetricsHSS. She has extensive experience in technical project management, UX design, QA testing, technical documentation and training, and metadata management.
Ms. Russell has been active working with digital humanities scholars since 2012, helping scholars shape projects and identify technology needs. She’s currently taking part in the 2023-2024 cohort for
NetWorkLab: Remote Collaboration Methods and Best Practices for Digital Humanities Scholarship; the Digital Library Foundation’s
Digital Accessibility Group Policies and Workflows Committee; serving a 3-year term on the Michigan State University
Academic Specialist Advisory Committee (2022-2025); and is
an affiliated faculty member in Digital Humanities at MSU (DH@MSU). She loves cats, bats, dinosaurs, and Godzilla.
The School of Information Science at Wayne State University recently
interviewed me for their alumni spotlight feature. I’m thrilled to be included. The College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University
covered the release of our OER,
Publishing Values-based Scholarly Communication in February 2023.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Education
MLIS, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
BA, Film Studies, minor in Theatre, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Work Shared in CORE
Books
Abstracts
Bibliographies
Blog Posts
Presentations
White papers
Other Publications
Articles
Burton, Kath, Cocks, Catherine, and Russell, Bonnie. ‘
Recognizing and Harnessing the Transformational Power of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for Publicly-engaged Scholars’. 6 Nov. 2023 : 1 – 6.
Open Educational Resource
Publishing Values-based Scholarly Communication by Kath Burton, Catherine Cocks, and Bonnie Russell
Building the Commons
Trailer: From Pilot to Platform – A new series about project management on the Commons
Platypus, the Humanities Commons Team Blog
Five Years by the Numbers – a deep dive into the growth of the HC community
Commons Highlights
A new series highlighting groups, sites, and organizations that make the Commons their home. We’re asking users who have created vibrant and thriving communities on how they did it, and the lessons they have learned.
Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard
The Global Digital Humanities Symposium
The Composers of Color Resource Project
The Open Access Books NetworkBlog Posts
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It’s Fat Bear Week!
(Bonnie Russell,
2023-10-04)
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What’s up with all the AI hype?
(Bonnie Russell,
2023-06-22)
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Mastodon 101 – a short, simple guide to getting started in the Fediverse
(Bonnie Russell,
2023-06-07)
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Values and Website Inclusivity
(Bonnie Russell,
2023-04-18)
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I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole
(Bonnie Russell,
2023-03-28)
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Trailer: From Pilot to Platform
(Building the Commons,
2023-01-18)
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CORE is transitioning to FAST metadata subject headings
(Platypus,
2022-06-21)
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New and Updated Support and Sustaining Sites
(Platypus,
2022-04-12)
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WordPress 5.9 and Full Site Editing
(Platypus,
2022-03-11)
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CORE maintenance is complete – reopen for deposit
(Platypus,
2022-02-03)
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CORE Migration Winter 2022
(Platypus,
2022-01-28)
Projects
Events:
MSU Commons: An Introduction, October 13, 2021 (workshop)
Online Communities and Transformative Justice CORE Deposit Party, March 30, 2021
Design and Build
Video:
MSU Commons: Intro to Profiles — Script and video build, Michigan State University
MSU Commons: Intro to CORE — Script, voiceover, and video build, Michigan State University
Introducing MSU Commons — Script, voiceover, and video build, Michigan State University
Manifold:
Walking the Talk: Toward a Values-Aligned Academy – HuMetricsHSS
Web:
AI Controversies article collection
Commons Help & Support, Michigan State University
MSU Commons Instructor Toolkit, Michigan State University
HuMetricsHSS, Michigan State University
WayneOpen.org, Wayne State University Press (
video explaining the project)
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Previous Talks and Conferences:
August 16, 2023 – Reclaim Community Chat – The Federated Commons (
recording)
July 24-26, 2023 –
INSciTS 2023
July 13, 2023 – WPCampus:
Building a large-scale, decentralized academic social network with WordPress and ActivityPub
June 14, 2023 – Digital Humanities Summer Institute:
Project Management in the Humanities
June 12, 2023 – Digital Humanities Summer Institute:
Open/Social/Digital Humanities Pedagogy, Training, and Mentorship
August 17, 2022 – NISO Roundtable: “
Building Support for Non-Traditional Scholarly Outputs”
September 22, 2021 – WPCampus Panel: “
Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic”
