Readers in need of a strong dose of hope for the future should look no further than our interview with Dr. Anne Hunnell Chen, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Bard College. In the first part of our two-part interview, Dr. Chen outlines the groundbreaking Linked Open Data work she’s done in connection with the Dura-Europos heritage site and shows us how her work within the Wiki ecosystem provides for a healthy next generation of academics.