CDE Staff

Jennifer E. Stertzer is Director of the Center for Digital Editing and Senior Editor at the Washington Papers. With the Papers of George Washington since 2000, Stertzer has served as project manager of the Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, overseeing the conversion of legacy print volumes into a digital edition, developed Word-to-XML workflows, and is editor of the Papers of George Washington Financial Papers project. At the CDE, Stertzer consults on project conceptualization, technical solutions, workflow, editorial methodologies, and engagement strategies. She teaches Conceptualising and Creating Digital Editions at the University of Victoria’s Digital Humanities Summer Institute, serves on the faculty of the Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, and is past president of the Association for Documentary Editing.

Erica Cavanaugh is Project Developer at the Center for Digital Editing and a Research Editor at the Washington Papers. Since 2013, Cavanaugh has assisted with all aspects of technical and editorial work on the digital editions of the Washington Papers, including the Papers of George Washington Digital Edition and the George Washington Financial Papers Project. She is also responsible for the development of several Drupal-based content management systems, ranging from complex editorial production and publication platforms to exhibit-focused projects concentrated on metadata collection, searchability, and display. She also has experience working with XML, CSS, HTML, PHP, and JavaScript.

Kathryn Blizzard is the Communications Specialist and Research Editor for the Center of Digital Editing. She curates editorial content for use in outreach and publicity, and assists in editorial work. In addition to these responsibilities, Kathryn serves as the communications specialist for The Washington Papers. Before coming to the Center, Kathryn interned as an associate editor for the cultural magazine Gadfly Online, as a web communications editor for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and as the coordinator for the Virginia Shakespeare initiative, an eighteen-month long project organized in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Kathryn Gehred is a Research Editor at the Center for Digital Editing. She joined the Washington Papers in 2015 as an editor on the Martha Washington Papers. Aside from her editorial experience, she has a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities from George Mason University, has created public history websites using Omeka and Drupal content management systems, and has built data visualizations using Gephi, Palladio, ArcGIS, Tableau, Voyant, and Mapbox. She helped conceptualize and design the Jefferson Weather & Climate Records website, and is editing a digital edition of Bushrod Washington’s correspondence.
CDE Contractors

David Hoth
The John Dickinson Writings Project

Sarah Tran
The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
The George Washington Financial Papers Project
Portfolio of Work
The Naval Documents of the American Revolution
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
The George Washington Financial Papers Project
Portfolio of Work
The Naval Documents of the American Revolution
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work

Mary Wigge
The George Washington Financial Papers Project
The Papers of Martha Washington
The Papers of Martha Washington

Christopher Minty
The John Dickinson Writings Project
CDE Students

Margaret Davis
The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
The Bushrod Washington Papers
The Bushrod Washington Papers

Madeline Pannell
The George Washington Financial Papers
“Shoemaker Will”: A Timeline of William Lee’s Life
“Shoemaker Will”: A Timeline of William Lee’s Life

Carly Dotson
The George Washington Financial Papers
Ricketts’ Circus in Philadelphia
George Washington Sees Automatons in Action
George Washington Sees the Circus: Examining the President’s Household Accounts
Ricketts’ Circus in Philadelphia
George Washington Sees Automatons in Action
George Washington Sees the Circus: Examining the President’s Household Accounts

Alexa Chavara
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Owen Firnstahl
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Jake Berger
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Margaret Knox
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Matthew Simon
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work
CDE Student Alumni

John P. Connor
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Daniel Crystal
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Reese Fulgenzi
The George Washington Financial Papers
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Prajeeth Kumar Koyada
The George Washington Financial Papers
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work

Heather Thompson
The George Washington Financial Papers
Portfolio of Work
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
Portfolio of Work
The Papers of Martin Van Buren
Portfolio of Work
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