▁fac ulty ▁Category : St an ford ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : N orth western ▁University ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁Alex ▁Gil ▁( b . ▁ 1 9 7 3 ) ▁is ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁digital ▁human ities ▁and ▁Car ib bean ▁studies ▁and ▁Digital ▁Sch olar ship ▁L ibr arian ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University . ▁His ▁research ▁focus es ▁on ▁A im é ▁Cés aire , ▁global ▁digital ▁human ities , ▁and ▁experimental ▁human ities . ▁Gil ▁is ▁a ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Group ▁for ▁Ex perimental ▁Method s ▁in ▁the ▁Human ities ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University , ▁which ▁focus es ▁on ▁rapid ▁pro tot yp ing ▁of ▁new ▁forms ▁of ▁digital ▁scholar ship . ▁ ▁__ FOR C ET OC __ ▁ ▁Notable ▁Work ▁ ▁In ▁Car ib bean ▁studies , ▁Gil ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁discovery ▁of ▁an ▁early ▁manuscript ▁of ▁A im é ▁Cés aire ' s ▁un fin ished ▁play ▁Et ▁les ▁ch iens ▁se ▁t ais aient . ▁His ▁research ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁Cés aire ▁began ▁writing ▁the ▁play ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁originally ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁H ait ian ▁Revolution . ▁Through ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁digital ▁human ities , ▁Gil ▁has ▁led ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁high - profile ▁initi atives ▁that ▁use ▁digital ▁and ▁computational ▁techn ologies ▁for ▁social ▁justice . ▁The ▁Puerto ▁Rico ▁Map athon ▁for ▁H urr icane ▁Rel ief ▁combined ▁digital ▁human ities ▁knowledge ▁with ▁human itar ian ▁inter vent ions , ▁bringing ▁together ▁participants ▁at ▁univers ities ▁across ▁the