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Dr. Jen Andrella

@jenandrella.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and History at The University of Southern Mississippi | Historian of the US West, Native American history, and Reconstruction jenniferandrella.com | mappingtheuppermissouri.com

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · 4d

We’re doing Omeka, and students will walk through the process of creating items and exhibits!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · 5d

It’s Content Management Systems week in my intro to digital humanities course, which means that the only appropriate opener to today’s class is: “Archives…. Am I right??”

a brown dog is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window .

ALT: a brown dog is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window .

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Jul 16

I know “A Century of Lawmaking” has been out of commission for a little while now, but I absolutely cannot stand the migration to congress.gov. It’s excruciating to search historical collections. I just want to browse the 1862 Congressional Globe 😢

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · May 30

The students in Museums, Monuments, and Memory this term identified alumni scrapbooks in Special Collections, researched the stories inside them, and produced podcasts on them! All in ten weeks. You can sample their work at scrapsoftime.knoxabolitionlab.org

The Scraps of Time Podasts – A Collaborative History Exhibition

scrapsoftime.knoxabolitionlab.org

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!! I’m especially excited to be part of USM’s Center for DH!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you!!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining The University of Southern Mississippi as an Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and History starting fall 2025! I’m very grateful for the opportunity to continue my work at the intersection of history and digital scholarship 💛

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Feb 14

Celebrating #DouglassDay in the Abolition Lab at Knox today! We had a great time transcribing and tuning into the virtual programming! And of course, there were plenty of snacks 🎊🥳🎊

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Feb 13

Another day, another Storymap JS tutorial #Abolitionlab

Laptop screen displaying storymap Js homepage. Background is a classroom

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Dr. John R. Legg @legg.bsky.social · Nov 11

To my new followers in history departments: My contingent position at Minnesota State University wraps up this term. I’m actively on the job market for a full-time role, but in the meantime, I'm seeking an online teaching opportunity (synchronous/asynchronous) for the spring.
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Dr. John R. Legg currently teaches the American Civil War at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Trained in ethnohistory and digital public history, John specializes in the Civil War era and nineteen...

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

Thank you so much! This definitely sparks my motivation. I’m very excited to put this work out there!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

Thank you! I’m also on the job market right now, so this was a big box to check on my postdoc goals list.

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

I am thrilled to work with Bridget Barry and the UNP team on this project, and I’m very thankful for the opportunity to publish with such a strong press for Western history.

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

From the vantage point of Montana Territory and the Northwestern Great Plains, this study of Reconstruction illuminates how the West perpetuated an enduring national crisis over citizenship, sovereignty, and belonging.

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

This book examines how Reconstruction was not merely a reaction to the Civil War, but a national project that engulfed both the South and the West.

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Nov 10

Now that it’s official, I’m thrilled to announce that my first book _When the War Raged On: Montana Territory, Native Nations, and the Struggle over Reconstruction in the West_ is under contract with University of Nebraska Press!

Photo of Jen posing with the contract on her laptop screen

Black and white text document on the publishing contract

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 26

Special shout-out to @cjdenial.bsky.social for her encouragement and support throughout this process!

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 26

My goal with a “digital syllabus” was to design an immersive syllabus experience for students and curate resources that might be useful to others— almost all of the sources and readings are online and open access! I would also greatly appreciate any feedback on how to improve🙂

Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our spring classes start this Wednesday and I’ll be teaching HIST 181: Intro to Native history. I finally have my digital syllabus/class website together, and I greatly look forward to meeting the students!
hist181.jenniferandrella.com

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Dr. Jen Andrella @jenandrella.bsky.social · Mar 21

Oh perfect! Well I look forward to stopping by! 😃