Bio: dani garcia holds a B.A. Religious Studies, California State University, Fullerton; an M.A. in Linguistics, California State University, Long Beach; and an M.A. English, Arizona State University. A PhD Candidate in English, dani’s area of interest is 19th and 20th-century non-canonical American literature, focusing on literature by, for, and about migrant, immigrant, and underrepresented populations. This research integrates a range of digital tools for text mining to support critical literary analysis. As part of the fellowship program, dani has worked on Morris Eaves’ Blake Archive project and Michael Jarvis’ Digital Kormantin project. Currently, dani is working with the Rochester Public Library on the Archive of Black History project. Fall 2023 cohort. (dgarc20@ur.rochester.edu)