“I enjoy the challenge of finding creative ways to use digital tools to make important ideas, stories, and artifacts more accessible and exciting to encounter.” – Kayla Shipp

Kayla Shipp joins ECDS as the new digital scholarship specialist on the Digital Publishing Team in ECDS. Before transitioning into her current full-time role, she was a digital scholarship associate at ECDS from 2016-2019. At the time she was also completing her Ph.D. in English and working as an instructor in the Emory English department.

Before coming to Emory, Kayla worked as a digital manuscript assistant at Queen Square Library in London, following a position as a development officer and grant writer for a South Carolina nonprofit.

Kayla’s family moved a number of times for her dad’s project management job, so she lived in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, and South Carolina growing up. She has earned a bachelor’s degree in English, with a computer science minor, from Converse College, a master’s degree in digital humanities from King’s College London, and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in English from Emory University.

When not in the middle of a pandemic, Kayla enjoys visiting museums, taking long walks with her dog, and traveling. She’s also currently restoring her grandfather’s Minolta film camera from the 1960s and learning how to use it.

“Between my graduate student role and my current role, I’ve enjoyed getting to know the ECDS team for a number of years already,” says Kayla. “One of my favorite parts of working on digital projects with such an interdisciplinary team has been developing unique relationships with different project partners, from museums and nonprofits to faculty and local artists. I enjoy the challenge of finding creative ways to use digital tools to make important ideas, stories, and artifacts more accessible and exciting to encounter.”

You can reach Kayla at kayla [dot] shipp [dot] kamibayashi [at] emory [dot] edu.