Silvia Stoyanova, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Digital Humanities and Undergraduate Learning Stoyanova joins the center in fall 2024 to help lead new initiatives in the digital humanities, including building a new digital humanities lab and creating programming and curricula designed to support digital humanities scholarship. Stoyanova joins UF from the University of Iowa, where she was visiting assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian. Before her time there, Stoyanova founded the Digital Humanities Working Group at the University of Arizona; developed courses on digital humanities perspectives at Rutgers University; developed a digital edition and research platform as visiting researcher at the Austrian Center for the Digital Humanities, and University of Macerata; served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Trier Center for Digital Humanities; and participated in a digital humanities initiative at Princeton University. We are fortunate to benefit from Stoyanova’s extensive experience in program-building and look forward to working with her to strengthen the digital humanities at UF.
Kristina Forman, Communications Manager
Kristina Forman joined the center in May 2024 to lead its strategic communication efforts, aiming to enhance its visibility and engagement and promote the humanities across diverse audiences. Forman comes to the center from her previous home at the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, where she served as a marketing and communications specialist over the last four years. During her time there, she worked to promote the CTSI’s comprehensive resources to clinical researchers across UF and beyond with the goal of helping translate research from clinical trials into real-world impact. Through an integrated skillset of strategic storytelling and design, Forman helped raise awareness and enhance the reputation of the CTSI on a state-wide and national scale. Before her role at UF CTSI, Forman played a key role in planning and executing communication strategies in various roles across academia and industry. With her extensive professional experience and an educational background in the humanities, we look forward to her contributions in strengthening our outreach and engagement at the center.