{"id":6,"date":"2026-09-14T18:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-10-04T22:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:20:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Hi, my name is Matthew Tims and I am a senior here at West Chester University, majoring in Economics and Finance. I am currently enrolled in an Intro to Digital Humanities course that takes place on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 2:00 PM, that by the end of it will leave me with a good understanding of the discipline and allow me to find ways to incorporate the things that I&#8217;ve learned into my every day life. To get a general understanding of the Digital Humanities, my professor has assigned a project requiring me to compare the discipline, with that of another I am more familiar with, that being finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Project-picture-3-964x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9414340448823207;width:264px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Project-picture-3-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Project-picture-3-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Project-picture-3-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Project-picture-3.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matthew Tims<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">In this project specifically, we are going to research international trade and the financial impacts it has on many different countries around the world. In order to give you a better understanding of what this project is about, I believe it is important for you to know a little bit about me and some of the things that make me who I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">I grew up in a small town in the Lehigh Valley with my two parents and three brothers. If there was one thing my parents drilled into my brain at a young age, it would be to save money, and only spend money on things that you know your going to use. I believe this message is what led me to develop an interest in finance, which is why I chose it to be the discipline I would like to compare to Digital Humanities. Although I already know a good bit about finance and what it is the study of, I believe it is important for me to do more research, as I would like to become a financial advisor in the future so that I can help other people manage their money in an effective way. Enough about me, let&#8217;s get into the nitty gritty of the two disciplines in an effort to see how closely related, or completely different they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nazareth-pa-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.501200087279075;width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nazareth-pa-1.avif 650w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nazareth-pa-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nazareth, Pennsylvania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Matthew Tims and I am a senior here at West Chester University, majoring in Economics and Finance. I am currently enrolled in an Intro to Digital Humanities course that takes place on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 2:00 PM, that by the end of it will leave me with a good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/MTFin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}