Jessa Dahl is the Executive Director of the JapanLab for the 2025-2026 academic year and an Assistant Professor of History at Knox College. Her research is focused on the intersection of transnational and local spaces in Japanese treaty ports, and she is currently writing an urban history of the city of Nagasaki from 1858-1905. During her time as a postdoctoral fellow in the JapanLab, she explored new models of student and faculty collaboration in educational game development (Ready, Set, Yokohama!) and virtual heritage projects (The Crafting Yokohama Project), providing both enriching experiences for students and engaging resources for teaching Japanese history. She continues to explore ways to integrate digital humanities into the classroom, creating tools like this Twine-based digital project decision tree to introduce students and faculty to the many digital platforms available for showcasing innovative student work.