Ian Milligan
Director, School Of Social, Historical, And Political Research at University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolIan Milligan is a digital historian and academic leader with 13 years of experience, serving as Associate Vice-President for Research Oversight and Integrity and Professor of History at the University of Waterloo. He blends rigorous historical scholarship with hands-on work in web archives, having led the Archives Unleashed project and continued involvement in archival administration and tools. Ian’s career spans faculty roles, international visiting scholarship, and prestigious fellowships, reflecting a sustained focus on digital preservation, research ethics, and methodological innovation. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he brings a rare mix of administrative stewardship and technical curiosity, often translating archival challenges into reproducible research practices. His background in web-archival research means he not only studies digital traces of the past but also shapes the infrastructure and policies that make such research possible.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, History, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, History at York UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, History, Bachelor of Arts - BA, History at Queen's University
French
Github Skills (60)
twitter10
digital-humanities10
python10
network-analysis10
linked-open-data10
docker-image10
data-manipulation10
data-mining10
sigmajs10
open-source10
pyspark10
website-hosting10
data-management10
text-analysis10
big-data-analytics10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ianmilligan1/McLuhan
Jul 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:61 commits, 8 PRs, 61 pushes in 7 months
archivesunleashed/aut-resources
Nov 2015 - Nov 2017
Resources for Archives Unleashed Toolkit
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 2 comments in 2 years
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