Scott B. Weingart

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Graham, Shawn; Milligan, Ian; Weingart, Scott; Martin, Kimberly (2022). The Historian's Macroscope: Exploring Big Historical Data. New Jersey: World Scientific Press. ISBN   978-9811243035. OCLC   1269422323.
  • Ahnert, Ruth; Ahnert, Sebastian E.; Coleman, Catherine Nicole; Weingart, Scott (2020). The Network Turn: Changing Perspectives in the Humanities. Canbridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781108866804. OCLC   1231561650.
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    Scott B. Weingart
    Occupation(s)Scholar, Administrator
    TitleChief Data Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities
    AwardsPaul Fortier Prize in Digital Humanities (2011)
    Academic background
    Alma mater Indiana University