Lisa Kofod …is a writer and producer, they are also a digital humanities student working toward their Master of Arts in the Digital Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).  A life-long New Yorker, they were drawn to this project because of their love of New York City history and their fascination with how we choose to remember those who came before.  How do we determine who “deserves” to be remembered?  What do those remembrances look like?  How have these remembrances changed over time?

Their primary roles in this project were site design and testing.  This included working with the developer on which platform to use and what frameworks to apply, creating best practices for the incorporation of digital assets, and testing the site as it was developed.  Their secondary roles were in documentation and research.  Documentation included tracking conversations during the development stage and encouraging the team away from scope creep.  Research responsibilities included working on technical options and scholarly research on a set of war memorials within Manhattan.