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Program Outcomes & Impact
Although Fondren Fellows (FF) projects vary in scope and format, they all demonstrate the knowledge and skills that students can develop in collaboration with mentors. Some projects focus on mapping historical events, while others create digital collections documenting particular communities. Other projects investigate ways to improve library services or collections, or they enrich the library's training in data literacy.
Learn more about our amazing work!
131
Fellows Since Launch
12
Departments Engaged
88
Projects Since Launch
10 Years
Of Transformational Work
Spotlighted Achievements
- Uploaded over 800 new voyage data entries to the Intra-American Slave Trade Database, on SlaveVoyages.org
- Improved metadata discoverability in the Woodson Research Center
- Developed detailed spreadsheet and research report documenting Rice’s historic energy usage and emissions.
- Documented the oral histories related to the creosote contamination of Houston's Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens
Online Archives
Some FF projects focus on collaboration with existing archival programs. Here are a few projects that Fellows have worked on and whose final products increase public access to archival resources.
Past Project Archives
A Community's Fight for Justice: The Creosote Contamination Collection
Energy Consumptions Trends at Rice University
Slave Ship Voyage Pairings
50 Years of Science at Rice
Rice Pedagogical Research Collection
Biographies from Digital Archives
Teaching Text Analysis with Python
LLM Integrated Archive System
Rice Engineering History Reports
Comics Without Borders
Oral History and Article Publication
Investigating the Historical Black Community of Snipe, TX through Archival Research
Pilot for Large Scale Analysis of the Impossible: Ethical Research Model Planning for Highly Sensitive Data
Investigating the Historical Black Community of Snipe, TX through Archival Research
Descriptive Enhancement of the Digitized Rice Family Papers
Milestones in Science: 50 years of Natural Sciences at Rice
Pilot for Large Scale Analysis of the Impossible: Ethical Research Model Planning for Highly Sensitive Data
Investigating the Historical Black Community of Snipe, TX through Archival Research
Milestones in Science: 50 years of Natural Sciences at Rice
Understanding data practices in the Soil Sciences in relation to emerging federal Public Access requirements
Understanding data practices in the Soil Sciences in relation to emerging federal Public Access requirements
Black Houston
Investigating the Relationship between University Music Libraries and Music Publishers Since the Advent of Digital Content and Delivery
Voices of Mathematics; Oral Histories as a path to understanding
The Red Book of Houston
50 Years Rice Design
Rice Media Center Film and Video Archive
Visualizing Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mapping the Photographical Archive of Natural Disasters
Voices of Mathematics; Oral Histories as a path to understanding
Exploring and Publicizing the White House Scientist and Science Policy Dynamic Digital Archive
Campus Comics
Campus Comics
SlaveVoyages
Mapping Hispanic Early Modern Theater in Latin America
Energy and Climate Policy Credibility Index
Mapping Hispanic Early Modern Theater in Latin America
The Red Book of Houston
Finding and Mapping Archival Images from Historical Plantations of Brazoria County
Ricketts and Shannon's Queer Artistic World
Visualizing Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mapping the Photographical Archive of Natural Disasters
Brave New Worlds: the Huxleys
Rice Media Center Film and Video Archive
Exploring and Publicizing the White House Scientist and Science Policy Dynamic Digital Archive
Finding and Mapping Archival Images from Historical Plantations of Brazoria County
Campus Comics
Great Impressions: Creating a Profile for the Book Arts at Rice
Enhancing the ILL/Resource Sharing experience for Undergraduate Students
Desenberg Political Button Project
Exploring Generative AI Media Tools for Academic Use
Finding and Mapping Archival Images from Historical Plantations of Brazoria County
Finding and Mapping Archival Images from Historical Plantations of Brazoria County
Black Houston
SlaveVoyages
SlaveVoyages
Ricketts and Shannon's Queer Artistic World
Rice Media Center Film and Video Archive
Visualizing Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mapping the Photographical Archive of Natural Disasters
Enhancing Python Workshops with Effective Teaching Strategies
50 Years Rice Design
50 Years Rice Design
50 Years Rice Design
Fondren Library Data Repository for Data Science Education and Experiential Learning, Phase I
Listening to our users: Centering DEI in Fondren Library Publishing services
Visualizing Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Interactive Map of Photography and Natural Disasters
Mapping Early Modern Hispanic Theatre in the US
Post-Covid Corporate Stakeholder Engagement and Social Advocacy
Mapping Early Modern Hispanic Theatre in the US
Visualizing Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Interactive Map of Photography and Natural Disasters
Post-Covid Corporate Stakeholder Engagement and Social Advocacy
History of Japanese Farmers in Texas
Cataloging a new collection of international comic art at Rice University (OUT OF THE GUTTER)
Cataloging a new collection of international comic art at Rice University (OUT OF THE GUTTER)
Houston Highways
Post-Covid Corporate Stakeholder Engagement and Social Advocacy
Mapping Early Modern Hispanic Theatre in the US
Blood Will Tell?: Genetics and Madness
Mapping Early Modern Hispanic Theatre in the US
History of Japanese Farmers in Texas
Developing Houston Hip Hop Archives
Mapping TIMEA
Houston Highways
Slave Voyages
Slave Voyages
Building Capacities for Systematic and Qualitative Analysis in the Social Media Archive
Design, Development, and Delivery of Python Workshops
Cataloging a new collection of international comic art at Rice University (OUT OF THE GUTTER)
The President's Scientists: Understanding the Evolving Role of White House Science Advisors
Design, Development, and Delivery of Python Workshops
Mapping TIMEA
Fondren Library Data Repository for Data Science Education and Experiential Learning, Phase I
The President's Scientists: Understanding the Evolving Role of White House Science Advisors
Slave Voyages
Topic Database Creation over the Rice Thresher
Research by Members of the Racial Geography Project
Research by Members of the Racial Geography Project
Enhancing the Fondren Fellows Program
Research by Members of the Racial Geography Project
Where Is Texas on the SlaveVoyages Website? Reconstructing the Coastwise Traffic to the Lone Star State in the Nineteenth Century
Translational Humanities for Public Health
Changing the Subject at Fondren Library
Where Is Texas on the SlaveVoyages Website? Reconstructing the Coastwise Traffic to the Lone Star State in the Nineteenth Century
Oral History Interviews and Archival Processing for the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice
Making Sense of Government Education Resources
Research by Members of the Racial Geography Project
Translational Humanities for Public Health
Where Is Texas on the SlaveVoyages Website? Reconstructing the Coastwise Traffic to the Lone Star State in the Nineteenth Century
Oral History Interviews and Archival Processing for the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice
Fondren Eco-Rep
Research by Members of the Racial Geography Project
Where Is Texas on the SlaveVoyages Website? Reconstructing the Coastwise Traffic to the Lone Star State in the Nineteenth Century
Teaching and Consulting in R
Media Center Film and Video Archive
"Who's Using It?": Open Educational Resources at Rice
Centennial of the Vote! 100 Years of Activism
Fondren Eco-Rep
Media Center Film and Video Archive
Translational Humanities for Public Health
Faculty-Student Research Collaboration in Digital History: Adjusting and Expanding visualizingabolition.org
A short history of the Leibniz Society of North America
Women of Rice Omeka Exhibit
Faculty-Student Research Collaboration in Digital History — Refined "Between Oceans and Continents"
Cataloging paranormal studies collections
Developing a Sustainability and Resilience Plan for Fondren Library
Evaluating Engineering Databases: A Pilot Project
Harvey Memories Project
Developing a Marketing Plan for Library Publishing Services
Motion Tracking Small Organisms
Evaluating Engineering Databases: A Pilot Project
Promoting Archival Collections via Wikipedia
Developing a Plan for Research Data Management Graduate Training
Mapping Civil War Narratives
Jesse H. Jones Exhibit
Conducting A Faculty-centered Information Needs and Resource Assessment
Author Rights
Developing a Culture of Care for Research Data at Rice
FITDESKS
Mapping Civil War Narratives
Fondren Fellows Highlights
Rice Research Repository
We encourage Fellows to upload their completed projects, materials, and presentations to the Rice Research Repository (R-3). The Fondren Fellows Collection is available here.
Fondren Fellows Projects in the News
- Andrew Bell, “'A succinct review of American history’: Storied political campaign button collection donated to Rice,” Rice News (October 22, 2024)
- “Meet the 2024 TDL Awards Recipients.” Dr. Sidney Lu and Fondren Fellows Loïc Duggal and Hoang Nguyen won the Texas Digital Library's Trailblazer Award for developing the History of the Japanese Farmers in Texas digital exhibition.
- Patrick Michels, “New Markers Remember Enslaved People Brought to Texas by Sea,” Texas Monthly (April 18, 2024)
- Brandi Smith, “Beyond names and dates: ‘The Red Book’ comes alive thanks to Rice student research,” Rice News (May 8, 2024)
- Brandi Smith, “Rice student art showcased at 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice,” Rice News (May 7, 2024)
- Brandi Smith, “Visualizing catastrophe: Rice professor explores natural disasters through photography,” Rice News (April 18, 2024)