Heather Froehlich
@heatherfro.bsky.social
supporting researchers counting words in various ways with computers at university of arizona libraries; increasingly displaced new englander
I have been away for 3 weeks and the mail finally came - with @dorothyjberry.bsky.social’s new book from @wehere.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get stuck in
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have been away for 3 weeks and the mail finally came - with @dorothyjberry.bsky.social’s new book from @wehere.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get stuck in
Moby Dick is about whales & boats (only one of the two pictured below)
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Moby Dick is about whales & boats (only one of the two pictured below)
Australians! 2 weeks from now, find out why I'm excited about this giant phone book from 1910 for the Melbourne region, held at the State Library of Victoria, at ANU's CEMS talk on 6 Nov
cems.anu.edu.au/2025/09/coll...
cems.anu.edu.au/2025/09/coll...
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Australians! 2 weeks from now, find out why I'm excited about this giant phone book from 1910 for the Melbourne region, held at the State Library of Victoria, at ANU's CEMS talk on 6 Nov
cems.anu.edu.au/2025/09/coll...
cems.anu.edu.au/2025/09/coll...
tomorrow at @scholarslab.bsky.social we will be talking about setting reasonable expectations for teaching people to read (not write) code - a meta discussion for my in-person workshop here on reading python for beginners next week
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
tomorrow at @scholarslab.bsky.social we will be talking about setting reasonable expectations for teaching people to read (not write) code - a meta discussion for my in-person workshop here on reading python for beginners next week
Dugan Meyer, one of our wonderful graduate assistants on our Digital Borderlands in the Classroom initiative, took these excellent photos of me teaching Voyant Tools and achieving my final form as the Y U No meme earlier this summer
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Dugan Meyer, one of our wonderful graduate assistants on our Digital Borderlands in the Classroom initiative, took these excellent photos of me teaching Voyant Tools and achieving my final form as the Y U No meme earlier this summer
Some days your colleague comes by and says “I was cleaning out my house and I have these two Chaucer and Jane Austen bobble heads and do you want them” and the only answer is YES
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Some days your colleague comes by and says “I was cleaning out my house and I have these two Chaucer and Jane Austen bobble heads and do you want them” and the only answer is YES
Publishing agreement signed, so I can say that very soon my effort to condense the entire field of sociolinguistics into under 5k words for the computational text & data mining crowd will be in your hands
July 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Publishing agreement signed, so I can say that very soon my effort to condense the entire field of sociolinguistics into under 5k words for the computational text & data mining crowd will be in your hands
The Fighting Erasure project (www.archiveslab.org/home) is seeking 2-3 committed volunteers to support the construction of a comprehensive chronological timeline of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Details in screenshot + alt text below
![Data Analyst - Visualizing Genocide Chronology
Positions available: 2–3
We are seeking data analysts to advise on the optimal structuring, interpretation, and presentation of the compiled timeline. The role involves designing accessible, compelling visual outputs that highlight key patterns and ensure clarity without compromising the gravity of the material.
Responsibilities include:
Advising on data structure and categorization
Identifying trends and temporal relationships in the data
Designing visual representations using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or D3.js
Supporting the ethical and accurate presentation of sensitive data
Ideal candidates should have prior experience with data visualization and be attuned to the political and ethical dimensions of atrocity representation.
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To apply: Please send your resume to [info@archiveslab.org] with the subject line: Fighting Erasure Volunteer—[Data Analyst]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:stqnd73stf4axkmqxj2kn2gg/bafkreigummjh3c737qp6qx4qnx3dmq54pggczvc7ryplpj3ns22alsg3wy@jpeg)
July 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Fighting Erasure project (www.archiveslab.org/home) is seeking 2-3 committed volunteers to support the construction of a comprehensive chronological timeline of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Details in screenshot + alt text below
We have two big ones in our yard (garden, decidedly not pictured) and plenty more around us (including at Saguaro NP, very pictured)
July 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We have two big ones in our yard (garden, decidedly not pictured) and plenty more around us (including at Saguaro NP, very pictured)
She has sent this back in response
June 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
She has sent this back in response
Today I am working on turning "Against Cultural Heritage Wastelands" into a paper; we got a notification that our ArcGIS license is in danger of expiring in 4 days. This is too perfect but also ... 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today I am working on turning "Against Cultural Heritage Wastelands" into a paper; we got a notification that our ArcGIS license is in danger of expiring in 4 days. This is too perfect but also ... 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️
At my previous university we used to complain that they were too descriptive and detailed in our UAlert texts
May 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At my previous university we used to complain that they were too descriptive and detailed in our UAlert texts
coming soon - my three degrees in linguistics finally get some practical applications
April 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
coming soon - my three degrees in linguistics finally get some practical applications
The Tucson equivalent of cherry blossoms is palo verde blooming season, which I am *incredibly* allergic to
April 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Tucson equivalent of cherry blossoms is palo verde blooming season, which I am *incredibly* allergic to
Excited to see many of you coming to Born Digital Collections, Archives, and Memory conference in London (easychair.org/smart-progra...), hosted by @dh-researchhub.bsky.social. I promise to bring a bunch of big red Xs from Arizona.
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Excited to see many of you coming to Born Digital Collections, Archives, and Memory conference in London (easychair.org/smart-progra...), hosted by @dh-researchhub.bsky.social. I promise to bring a bunch of big red Xs from Arizona.
There is a lot of Bad in the world today but a small joy is working next to the University Press and getting to be one of the first to see your friend’s book uapress.arizona.edu/book/rainfor...
March 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There is a lot of Bad in the world today but a small joy is working next to the University Press and getting to be one of the first to see your friend’s book uapress.arizona.edu/book/rainfor...
I've been doing this leadership institute and they arranged for us to get headshots and they are... great? What?
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I've been doing this leadership institute and they arranged for us to get headshots and they are... great? What?
We've got cake and a room full of keen transcribers here at #DouglassDay at the University of Arizona. Come join us until 1pm! Happy transcribing all.
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We've got cake and a room full of keen transcribers here at #DouglassDay at the University of Arizona. Come join us until 1pm! Happy transcribing all.
It turns out if you ask nicely you can get an old copy of the ONE BOX ONE FOLDER tag at Special Collections
Relatedly this is my new digital scholarship philosophy
Relatedly this is my new digital scholarship philosophy
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It turns out if you ask nicely you can get an old copy of the ONE BOX ONE FOLDER tag at Special Collections
Relatedly this is my new digital scholarship philosophy
Relatedly this is my new digital scholarship philosophy
We're hosting another @douglassday.bsky.social
at the University of Arizona Libraries! Come hang out with me on Feb 14 from 10am to 1pm in Main Library, B254. lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
at the University of Arizona Libraries! Come hang out with me on Feb 14 from 10am to 1pm in Main Library, B254. lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
January 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're hosting another @douglassday.bsky.social
at the University of Arizona Libraries! Come hang out with me on Feb 14 from 10am to 1pm in Main Library, B254. lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
at the University of Arizona Libraries! Come hang out with me on Feb 14 from 10am to 1pm in Main Library, B254. lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
This week kicks off with the (generously) IMLS-funded #DataSpeculations (dataspeculations.org), thinking about copyrighted collections as data. You can read my position paper as a PDF here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lrw4x... or in the images below
January 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week kicks off with the (generously) IMLS-funded #DataSpeculations (dataspeculations.org), thinking about copyrighted collections as data. You can read my position paper as a PDF here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lrw4x... or in the images below
It took a while but we have done a craft
January 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It took a while but we have done a craft
Since there is interest in this, here's some notes I am working on currently for A Thing coming up very soon next year dataspeculations.org/about/ (I'm not on the site yet... but I will be)
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Since there is interest in this, here's some notes I am working on currently for A Thing coming up very soon next year dataspeculations.org/about/ (I'm not on the site yet... but I will be)
I went to the Tucson Museum of Art for their contemporary biennale (which was by all accounts very good) but I cannot believe the DETAIL on this c18 Peruvian painting from their visiting “Spanish Americas” colonial art exhibit
November 27, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I went to the Tucson Museum of Art for their contemporary biennale (which was by all accounts very good) but I cannot believe the DETAIL on this c18 Peruvian painting from their visiting “Spanish Americas” colonial art exhibit
Took a break from my annual Where’s Waldo costume
October 31, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Took a break from my annual Where’s Waldo costume