Project Team & Partners
Project Leadership & Administration
Edward Gitre, Project Director; Associate Professor of History, Virginia Tech
Jessica Brabble, Project Research & Administrative Assistant alumnus (2019-2021); graduate student, Department of History, William & Mary. Author of lesson plans.
Jonathan Macdonald, Project Research Assistant alumnus (2015-2017); graduate student, Department of American Studies, Brown University
Advisory Board
Beth Bailey, Department of History Foundation Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Military, War, and Society Studies, University of Kansas*
Kara Dixon Vuic, LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in Twentieth-Century America, Texas Christian University*
Amanda French, independent scholar, previously Director of Digital Research Services, Virginia Tech Libraries**
Thomas A. Guglielmo, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, George Washington University*
G. Kurt Piehler, Director of the Institute of World War II and the Human Experience and Associate Professor, Department of History, Florida State University*
Jefferson Pooley, Associate Professor and Chair of Media & Communications, Muhlenberg College*
* Authors of Topic essays
** Author of Browsing, Refining & Searching Guide and Project History & Objectives
Data Curation, Transformation, and Hosting
Jonathan Briganti, DataBridge Lead Consultant; DataBridge Manager & Lecturer Virginia Tech University Libraries
Marc Brodsky, Archivist Consultant; Assistant Professor and Public Services and Reference Archivist, Special Collections, Virginia Tech Libraries
Anne M. Brown, DataBridge Director, Assistant Professor, Science Informatics Consultant and Head, Student Research Experiences, University Libraries, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Daniel Y. Chen, Data Bridge Consultant; graduate student, Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech
Corinne Guimont, Project Coordinator for University Libraries; Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Zachary Hirsch, DataBridge Undergraduate Intern; School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Michael Hughes, Social Psychology Consultant; Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech
Nathaniel Porter, Data Consultant; Social Science Data Consultant and Data Education Coordinator, Informatics Lab, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Robert Settlage, ARC Data Storage Consultant; Computational Scientist, Advanced Research Computing, Virginia Tech
Aaron Schroeder, Senior Research Scientist; Information Architect and Data Scientist, University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
Crowdsourcing
Kurt Luther, Advisory Board Member and Zooniverse Technical Lead; Director of the Crowd Intelligence Lab and Associate Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Nai-Ching Wang, Zooniverse Developer and Virginia Tech Crowd Intelligence Lab alumnus; software engineer at Akuna Capital, Chicago, Illinois.
Xavier Pleimling, Omeka Developer and Zooniverse Data Analyst; graduate student, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Sarah Mease, Digital Humanities Coordinator; Digital Humanities Assistant, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Joe Forte, Digital Humanities Coordinator; Digital Humanities Specialist, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Chris Miller, Digital Humanities Coordinator (former), Virginia Tech University Libraries
Zooniverse Moderators, Lead Transcribers, and Transcription Editors
Anne (annedup), Citizen Archivist
Annick Lynn Rodriguez (LibrarianDiva), Reference Librarian; The Bronx, New York
Beth Caldwell (catmom4) Citizen Archivist; Georgia, United States
Bobby Vandenbush (BobbyV) US Air Force/US Army Veteran; Dallas, Texas
Christian Mobley (Preacher357), Citizen Archivist
Chuck Stanley (chuckftl), Director of Traditional Worship Ministries/Christ Church; Coconut Creek, Florida
Clare (cmichaud), Citizen Archivist; United States
Francis R. Herrmann (herrmanf), Professor of Law Emeritus, Boston College Law School
Gloria Frankel, Citizen Archivist; London, United Kingdom
Grace (3WhoServed), Citizen Archivist; United States
Jack (mwalimu9092), Citizen Archivist & Returned Peace Corps Volunteer; United States
Jon Chism (jhc68164), SFC, U.S. Army, Retired; United States
Jonathan Erskine (jperskine), Retired Local Archaeological Teacher; United Kingdom
Judy Fargnoli (jfargnoli), Citizen Archivist; Osterville, Massachusetts
Katy Snodgrass, World War II Enthusiast; Goshen, Indiana
Marie Eklid, Genealogy and History Enthusiast; England
Marilyn Smith (msmith835), Retired Research Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology; Kansas City, Kansas
Mark Keime (floydthebarber), Veteran, Retired; Arlington Heights, Illinois
Mindy (MindyC & MellyC), Citizen Archivist; Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Rita P. (KateyND), Citizen Archivist; North Dakota, United States
Steve Fitzgerald, Citizen Archivist; United Kingdom
Steve Sansom, Citizen Archivist; Canada
Sue Johnson (SUEJ1949), Citizen Archivist; United Kingdom
Susan C Miller (CampLaSelva), Citizen Archivist, United States
Susan Vomocil (Susan V), Citizen Archivist
Suzan Acre (MnQg118), Retired - State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources and Department of Veterans Affairs; Illinois, United States
Trecia McGinniss (Trecia), Citizen Archivist; Pennsylvania
We would like to acknowledge the other 7,152 volunteer Zooniverse citizen-archivists who have contributed to the project.
Crowdsourcing Partners
Andrew Aquino, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Matthew Hannah, Purdue University's Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library
Greg Jeffreys, Veterans Employment Training Service, Inc. (VETS, Inc.)
Bradley Nichoals, University of Missouri, Columbia
Mary Jo Orzech and Kim L. Myers, The College at Brockport Drake Memorial Library
Brad Rittenhouse, Georgia Institute of Technology Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center
Timothy Robbins, Graceland University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Digital History Lab
Jennifer Whelan, College of the Holy Cross Dinand Library
HIST 3544 World War II (2015-20), Virginia Tech
HIST 3545 World War II (2021), University of Missouri, Columbia
Data Analytics
Virginia Tech Computational Modeling & Data Analytics Program
Mark Embree, CMDA Program Leader; Hamlett Professor of the Academy of Integrated Science, Department of Math, and Associate Director of Virginia Tech’s Smart Infrastructure Laboratory
Fredrick W. Faltin, CMDA Capstone Faculty Leader; Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Statistics, and Director of Corporate Partnerships for the Academy of Integrated Science
Chandler Crescentini, Fall 2019 Capstone Team
Colin Lagator, Fall 2019 Capstone Team
Quinn Moore, Fall 2019 Capstone Team
Bryan Padilla, Fall 2020 Capstone Team
Linh Nguygen, Fall 2020 Capstone Team
Sasha Rearden, Fall 2020 Capstone Team
Savannah Amos, Summer 2020 Intern
Yash Joshi, Summer 2021 Intern
Drew H. Klaubert, Summer 2020 Intern
University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute
Gizem Korkmaz, Research Assistant Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Lab (SDAL)
Brandon Kramer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, SDAL
Chase Dawson, Undergraduate Intern, SDAL, and Data Society for the Public Good (DSPG) Young Scholars Program Undergraduate Fellow, Summer 2020
Mary Solomon, DSPG Graduate Fellow, Summer 2020
Morgan Elaine Stockham, DSPG Graduate Fellow, Summer 2020
Saimun Habib, DSPG Undergraduate Fellow, Summer 2020
Essay Authors
John McManus, Curators' Distinguished Professor of US Military History, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Erica Fugger, graduate student, Department of American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
Garrett Gatzemeyer, Contingency Planner at United States European Command
Chris Rein, Managing Editor, Air University Press
M. Houston Johnson V, Professor, Department of History, Virginia Military Institute
Peter Mansoor, Professor and General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, Ohio State University
Aaron Hiltner, Lecturer, Institute of the Americas, University College London
Jessica Adler, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Florida International University
Kathleen Frydl, Independent Scholar
Additional essay authors listed above under Advisory Board
Website Development, Design, and Copyediting
Cast Iron Coding, Portland, OR
Emily Alexander, Copyeditor; Special Faculty in Department of English, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.
Jason Higgins, Editor; Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities and Oral History, Virginia Tech Publishing and Center for Humanities.
Michael J. Stamper, Data Visualization Designer and Consultant; Data Visualization Designer and Consultant for the Arts, Virginia Tech Libraries, Research and Informatics, Data Services group
Institutional Partners & Contributors
Additional Support
For invaluable insights on the history of the Research Branch surveys, for sharing documentation in their personal possession, and for providing other research materials, we thank:
Jennifer S. Comins, Archivist, Carnegie Collections, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
John Hawkins, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University, Lieutenant Colonel (retired) in the US Army Reserve, and formerly a research officer in the Department of Military Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Ivan Snook, graduate student, Department of History, Columbia University.
Joseph W. Ryan, author of Samuel Stouffer and the GI Survey: Sociologists and Soldiers during the Second World War (University of Tennessee Press, 2013).
David R. Segal, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization at the University of Maryland, formerly Chief, Social Processes Technical Area, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1973-75.
Heidi Ziemer, Outreach & Digital Services Coordinator, Western New York Library Resources Council, formerly with the National Archives Electronic Records Division and co-compiler of "A Finding Aid to Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II ("The American Soldier" Surveys)," Reference Information Paper 78, rev. ed. (1991; Washington, DC: National Archives, 1997).
Contact
The American Soldier in World War II Project
Virginia Tech Dept. of History
407 Major Williams Hall (0117)
220 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone (540) 231-8372
Email: info@americansoldierww2.org
Contributions
To support maintenance of this open-access digital archive and future site enhancements, such as the digitization and inclusion of Army Research Branch reports, please consider making a donation to The American Soldier in World War II project. Kindly send donations to:
The American Soldier in World War II Project
Virginia Tech Dept. of History
431 Major Williams Hall (0117)
220 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
℅ Dept. of History Fiscal Technician
On the memo line of your contribution, please include the number “878113.”
For questions about making a gift, please contact Project Director Ed Gitre at egitre@vt.edu or the Department of History Fiscal Technician at (540) 231-3594.