Allie Martin, PhD
Assistant Professor of Music and Digital Humanities @ Dartmouth
Project Director
Director, Black Sound Lab
Development & Design Team
Nikki Stevens, PhD
Research Associate, Women and Gender Studies @ Dartmouth
P5.js & Back-End Developer
Creation of the Initial Starfield Prototype
Andrew W. Smith
Visiting Assistant Research Professor of Digital Humanities and Digital Studies, African-American Digital & Experimental Humanities (AADHum) @ UMD
Front-End Developer & UX/Visual Designer
Bright Plum, Inc.
Drupal Developers
Shivangi Tandon
Research Assistant, Black Sound Lab
Data Entry and Drupal CMS Management
Art & Sound Team
Asha Santee
Vocalist-Producer-Songwriter, BOOMScat
Audio and Soundscape Production
Patience Rowe
Vocalist-Songwriter, BOOMScat
Constellation Vocals
Leigh Ashley
Independent Artist
Painter of Index Tag Images
Research Team
Armond Dorsey
Graduate Research Assistant, Black Sound Lab
Star and constellation research, preliminary sound design
Lydia Davis
Research Assistant, Black Sound Lab
Star and constellation research, social media
Arielle Isedenu
Research assistant, Black Sound Lab (2021-22)
Star and constellation research
Social Media Team
Richel Cuyler
Cultural Heritage Technical Developer, Hood Art Museum
Press & Social Media Design
Documentation Team
Ayanna Long
Independent Filmmaker
Photography and Videography
Bria Granville
Independent Cinematographer
Videography
Acknowledgments:
This project is the outcome of many brilliant, thoughtful people who gave their time, talents, advice, and knowledge to make this happen.
The fonts on the homepage were designed by Tré Seals, founder of vocal Type Co. These beautiful fonts are based on Black leaders and thinkers. Our site uses “Marsha” and “DuBois.”
The galaxy background on the site is from one of Nasa’s Astronomy Pictures of the Day, and the photo is credited to Wolfgang Zimmerman.
The Black Sound Lab received an Arts Integration Grant from the Hopkins Center for the Arts in October of 2021 and we are grateful for their continued support of the project.
This project could not have happened without the support of the African-American Digital & Experimental Humanities initiatives @ UMD (AADHum), where Allie Martin is completing an Residency during the 2022-23 year.
To all of the individuals and organizations that have been in conversation with this project: you are deeply appreciated and we could not have done it without you. Thank you for giving us the chance to amplify your stories!