Nicole Basaraba (BA, MA, PhD, PGCertHE) joined the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies and Centre for Digital Humanities at Trinity College Dublin in 2023 as an Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities. Before joining TCD, she taught media and communications studies at Coventry University, where she also continued her research in the area of digital narratives for cultural heritage, with a focus on dark tourism. Prior to that, Dr. Basaraba completed postdoctoral research at Maastricht University (The Netherlands) and was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg). She received her BA and MA from the University of Alberta (Canada), and completed her PhD, which was funded by the ADAPT Centre, at Trinity College Dublin. She completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCertHE) in 2023. In addition to her academic background, Nicole has nearly a decade of professional international experience in digital communications/PR and project management primarily in higher education, but also within non-profits, government, and a marketing firm.