Life Stories at Davidson College
Davidson College Life Stories
Davidson College Life Stories
Since Fall 2001, my students have been interviewing older adult partners in our community and telling their partner’s life story in a series of web pages. These pages include family photographs, audio and video recordings of the partners telling their favorite stories, written stories, and links to relevant web pages.
Life Stories Project Architect
To learn more about Dr. Kristi Multhaup and her work, please go to her faculty page on the Davidson College website.
Website Engineer & Course IT Support
Paul Brantley is an academic technologist who has been a key member of our team since 2007. During the semesters in which the course is taught, Paul is the go-to resource for IT issues that students encounter as they build the web sites. He played a critical role in the summer 2016 web site update and diligently supports the project with his technology skills, creative thinking, and enthusiasm for documenting life stories.
Website Engineers
Yasmin Cruz ’16 majored in Psychology and minored in Film and Media Studies. In the summer of 2016 she updated the Life Stories at Davidson College site in two major ways. First, Yasmin created the current home page and all the pages listed on the main menu. Second, she went through each of the 55 life stories web sites to update old coding, fix links, and modernize the audio and video files to meet 2016 technical standards.
Claire Weitnauer ’18 majored in Psychology and minored in Environmental Studies. Like Yasmin before her, Claire is an alum of the Life Stories seminar. In May 2018 she updated the site to include the Fall 2017 web pages and streamlined some of the behind-the-scenes processes on the web site.