'''Alex Gil''' (b. 1973) is a scholar of [[digital humanities]] and [[Caribbean literature|Caribbean studies]] and Digital Scholarship Librarian at [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of English and Comparative Literature |url=https://english.columbia.edu/people/profile/466 |website=Columbia University |accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref> His research focuses on [[Aimé Césaire]], global digital humanities, and experimental humanities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FebtonFenton |first1=Will |title=The Rising Stars of Digital Humanities |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/08/02/rising-stars-digital-humanities |website=Inside Higher Education |accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref> Gil is a founder of the Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Columbia University, which focuses on [[rapid prototyping]] of new forms of [[digital scholarship]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKenzie |first1=Lindsay |title=Digital Humanities for Social Good |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/07/09/when-digital-humanities-meets-activism |website=Inside Higher Education |accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref>
