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Reading the “The Digital Humanities Contribution to Topic Modeling” article, I found it extremely interesting and informational on topic modeling. It seemed to be a well researched and truly informational piece by guest editors, who brought the sometimes complex world of topic modeling into a much easier to understand informational piece with multiple references to academic journals and more specific insights into topic modeling. The critical engagement section at the end was especially useful in offering actual insights into the information given in the article, for example saying, “Traditional humanities scholars often equate digital humanities with technological optimism. Rather the opposite is true: digital humanists offer the jaundiced realization that computational techniques like topic modeling — long held inaccessible and unapproachable and therefore unassailable — are not an upgrade from simplistic human-driven research, but merely more tools in the ever-growing shed” (Meeks).  I completely agree with the statement because I feel like the concept of topic modeling has been long held inaccessible and thought of as too complex for the average reader cannot necessarily replace human research but offer an additional tool to an ever growing audience. A classmate also noted that the article “was very clear and concise, and really got to, what I think, is the crux of the issue for topic modeling.” (MS-A) Which I can completely agree with, topic modeling is important and necessary and its expansion to a broader audience is good for all users.