CFP MLA 2020: Climate Change, Technology and Academic Responsibility
Universities have been aggressive in their efforts to go green, to develop eco-conscious practices, and more importantly, to capitalize on the global thrust for…
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The CIT is sponsoring a session on “Scholarly Making” in its many forms. Follow along on Twitter at #mla19 #s151. Session 151, Friday, 3 January,…
Read MoreMLA 2019: Commonsense Information Security for Academics
Slides from the 2019 MLA Convention Session. A version of these recommendations has since been published in Profession as “Information Security for Academics: Small Steps…
Read MorePeer Review for Digital and Non-Traditional Scholarship
Last month, in collaboration with Wilfrid Laurier University Press, I completed the first round of open peer review on my prototype scholarly podcast, Secret…
Read MoreEvaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers
This post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees) continues a series of blog posts…
Read MoreEvaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 1: For Employees
This post (and its partner post on Evaluating Digital Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track Part 2: For Employers) continues a series of blog posts…
Read MoreCFP for MLA 2019: Scholarly Making: Pedagogy, Printing, Publics
The MLA Committee on Information Technology invites abstracts on the intersections between research and maker culture for a guaranteed panel at the MLA conference…
Read MoreStarter kit for considering a DH dissertation
Successful non-traditional dissertations include a comic book (Nick Sousanis), a hip-hop album (A.D. Carson), code and design without written chapters (me), and the use…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the CIT
We’ve had a great year in the MLA’s Committee for Information Technology. As a committee, we review and revise guidelines for evaluating digital scholarship,…
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MLA 2018 Digital Work Sessions
I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds the MLA Convention Program rather fascinating. The sedate-looking document is full of hidden stories about…
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