Aíne Norris is a doctoral candidate in the department of English at Old Dominion University with enthusiasm for using technology and digital tools to uncover and make public new information about communities, artifacts, and generational storytelling. She holds a B.A. and M.A. from the Department of English at VCU. Aíne was a 2022 Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellow at the Milner Library Special Collections at Illinois State University, a 2023 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant recipient, 2024 Old Dominion University Graduate Summer Award Program recipient, and winner of the Sigma Tau Delta Regent Scholarship in 2024 for the Southern Region. She was also awarded a John R. Broderick Diversity Champion Award for Old Dominion University in 2024 for her work to advance equity and diversity. Aíne has served as a member of the Circus Historical Society board of trustees, Popular Culture Association Graduate Student Advisory Committee, ODU English Graduate Organization, VCU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi executive committee, and VCU Staff Senate.