Digital History

Your Instructor

Welcome to HIS 5595!

I’m Rwany Sibaja (Ph.D. History, George Mason University), an associate professor in the Department of History at Appalachian State University, where I also serve as the director of the History Education Program.

In the area of digital history, my work focuses on the impact of new media on the teaching, learning, and scholarship of history. As a cultural historian of modern Latin American history, with a focus on sports and leisure, this means that I tend to focus on critical media studies, digital storytelling, creating digital archives and collections, and data-geographic visualizations as I explore the role of sports (soccer) and recreational activities in early-mid 20th century Argentina and Costa Rica. As a history/social studies education scholars, this means that my interests in digital history intersect with the burgeoning field of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, or SoTL.

My work in digital humanities includes developing educational projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, writing reviews and content for Teachinghistory.org, and leading workshops and trainings for professional K-16 history/social studies instructors on the incorporation of technology. With colleagues, I have also edited for Digital Humanities Now, participated in DH working groups, and led faculty groups on Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs).

A resident of Deep Gap, NC, I enjoy traveling, watching movies, and sipping a good cup of coffee. Above all, I treasure the time spent with my wife, daughter and son (when they’re home from college), and our dog Django.

For more about my research and interests, visit my professional portfolio.
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