The DH Awards 2017 are overseen by an international Nominations Committee of volunteers consisting of:
- Sheila Brennan — Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (USA)
- Marjorie Burghart — EHESS: École des Haute Études en Sciences Sociales (France)
- James Cummings (Founder/Director) — Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
- Jen-Jou Hung — Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts 法鼓文理學院 (Taiwan)
- Kiyonori Nagasaki — International Institute for Digital Humanities 一般財団法人 人文情報学研究所 (Japan)
- Miriam Peña Pimentel — UNAM: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)
As necessary we will also seek additional ad hoc assistance for some nominations by experts in those subject areas.