About
Bonnie Russell (MLIS, Wayne State University) is the Product Manager for
Humanities Commons, Project Manager for
MESH Research, and Digital Specialist for
HuMetricsHSS. She has extensive experience in technical project management, UX design, QA testing, technical documentation and training, and metadata management.
Ms. Russell has been active working with digital humanities scholars since 2012, helping scholars shape projects and identify technology needs. She served as the 2019-2020 chair of the Digital Publishing Committee for the
Association of University Presses, primarily focused on the evaluation of digital publishing platforms and repositories. She’s currently taking part in the Digital Library Foundation’s
Digital Accessibility Group Policies and Workflows Committee, serving a 3-year term on the Michigan State University
Academic Specialist Advisory Committee (2022-2025), and is
an affiliated faculty member in Digital Humanities at MSU (DH@MSU). She loves cats, bats, dinosaurs, and Godzilla.
The School of Information Science at Wayne State University recently
interviewed me for their alumni spotlight feature. I’m thrilled to be included. The College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University
covered the release of our OER,
Publishing Values-based Scholarly Communication in February 2023.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Projects
Events:
MSU Commons: An Introduction, October 13, 2021 (workshop)
Online Communities and Transformative Justice CORE Deposit Party, March 30, 2021
Design and Build
Video:
MSU Commons: Intro to Profiles — Script and video build, Michigan State University
MSU Commons: Intro to CORE — Script, voiceover, and video build, Michigan State University
Introducing MSU Commons — Script, voiceover, and video build, Michigan State University
Manifold:
Walking the Talk: Toward a Values-Aligned Academy – HuMetricsHSS
Web:
AI Controversies article collection
Commons Help & Support, Michigan State University
MSU Commons Instructor Toolkit, Michigan State University
HuMetricsHSS, Michigan State University
WayneOpen.org, Wayne State University Press (
video explaining the project)