Mith Welcomes Lisa Rhody As Winnemore Fellow

Doctoral Candidate in English joins the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities to complete her dissertation, "Ekphrastic Revisions: Models of Verbal-Visual Networks in Women’s Contemporary Poetry"

Doctoral Candidate in English joins the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities to complete her dissertation, "Ekphrastic Revisions: Models of Verbal-Visual Networks in Women’s Contemporary Poetry"

MITH is pleased to announce Lisa Rhody, doctoral candidate in the department of English at the University of Maryland, as the Winnemore Dissertation Fellow for Spring 2012. Rhody is completing her dissertation, “Ekphrastic Revisions: Models of Verbal-Visual Networks in Women’s Contemporary Poetry,” which theorizes a broader, more complex understanding of ekphrastic poetry—poems written to, for, or about works of visual art.

During the fellowship, Rhody will work on her final chapter “Review, Revise, Requery: New Methods for Studying Ekphrasis,” which argues that computational tools for text analysis can help scholars challenge existing assumptions about the genre’s tradition, tropes, and canon.

“I am thrilled to receive the Winnemore fellowship and look forward to working with MITH’s talented and knowledgeable team of graphic and web designers, programmers, and data curation specialists,” says Rhody. “MITH offers a wealth of digital humanities experience and success from which to draw lasting and meaningful lessons, affording my project a wider, deeper impact.”

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