David Flood

Software Engineer
Arts & Humanities Research Computing

David Flood holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he focused his study on the textual criticism of the New Testament. He publishes and presents on the topics of paleography and critical editions of Greek manuscripts and on emerging digital tools related to these fields.

During his doctoral studies, David retooled and transitioned from a user of digital tools to a creator and engineer of new software related to the comparison of texts, critical editions, manuscript images, and community collaboration. One of his areas of specialty is creating advanced tools for non-technical humanities researchers.

In his role as Software Engineer in Arts and Humanities Research Computing at Harvard, He consults with Harvard FAS faculty to create new virtual research environments to facilitate ongoing research, data visualization, data exploration, and other topics related to digital humanities.

You can keep up David on GitHub, Mastodon, and Twitter/X (for now, anyway) and or send him a message.