Emily F. Brooks is an Associate Director of Digital Research in the Humanities at the Price Lab for Digital Humanities. As her academic persona, the “makeademic,” she emphasizes experimentation to advance knowledge at the intersections of digital humanities, book history, pop culture, and design. She enjoys teaching others how to become makers using various forms of technology including microcontrollers, laser-cutters, 3D printers, augmented reality, and more to create prototypes that span the analog/digital divide.