Ellen Hoobler, assistant professor of art history at Cornell College, works with students to use 3D modeling and 3D printing to recreate the grave goods from the ancient Zapotec tombs in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Hoobler has been voted one of the "40 Under 40" of "Professors Who Inspire" by the website NerdScholar.com. In 2014, she was one of the co-Directors of NEH Digital Humanities Startup Grant HD51944, "Dangerous Embodiments: Theories, Methods, and Best Practices for Historical Character Modeling in Humanities 3D Environments." Ellen has extensive experience in Latin America, particularly Mexico, and her field of specific expertise is pre-Columbian art of Mexico.