Joey Takeda is a Developer in the DHIL. He holds an MA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia and a BA (Hons.) from the University of Victoria. He is currently an MLIS student at the University of Alberta and an ARL Kaleidoscope Scholar (2023–2025). He specializes in text encoding and digital editions, digital project preservation and sustainability, and minimal computing, and is an elected member of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Technical Council (2023–2027). Before joining SFU in 2020, he worked as a programmer for a variety of digital humanities projects, including The Map of Early Modern London, Landscapes of Injustice, and The Endings Project.