Job Search 2.0: Breaking the Silence
When I first began working, in the summer of 1995, I remember being inculcated with the codes of capitalist labor. The less said about interviews the better, I was told by a parent. Never, my sister...
View ArticleWhere Have All the DH Jobs Gone?
The ominous Friday the 13th was the day all academic job seekers in MLA fields await with nervous anticipation: the annual opening of the Job Information List (JIL), a repository of job ads updated...
View Article(Ac)Counting in the Corporate University
Last week, I had the privilege of making a guest appearance over Skype in two history classes at Elizabeth City State University. There, I spoke with introductory and capstone courses about my work in...
View ArticlePeer Review and Digital Scholarship
Yesterday, I gave a talk for Emory University’s Center for Faculty Development and Excellence at an event called “Scholarly Writing in the Digital Milieu.” Since my slides seemed to strike a chord when...
View ArticleA Love Letter to Twitter
Thank you to my Twitter interlocutors this morning for feedback on this post during my internal debate over it and for sharing your own experiences. Thanks also for conversations yesterday about social...
View ArticleIn Defense of Learning Outcomes
This is the first post in a series of irregular blog posts based on my experience working at a teaching-intensive institution. I’m celebrating an anniversary. A year ago, I met learning outcomes. These...
View ArticleDigital Humanities in Other Contexts
Last night at Salem State, we capped off a productive year of ongoing work building a digital humanities community with our inaugural Digital Humanities Lecture delivered by Elizabeth Hopwood of...
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