On Thursday, 9 December, I helped lead an Infoforum in Emory's Woodruff Library. Infoforums are events that we have on almost a weekly basis, where the entire library staff is invited to hear one or more people present on current projects, recent conferences, or their work. The range of subjects is impressive, and the format … Continue reading Library Games: A Presentation
I'm very pleased to announce that after more than two and a half years of work (i.e., more time than my daughter has been alive), the special issue of Neo-Victorian Studies on steampunk that I co-edited with my great friend Rachel Bowser (who is frustratingly not present online). We're exceptionally proud of the articles that … Continue reading Like a Geyser, Our Steampunk Journal Issue Gushes Forth
I've just returned from a few days at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (Trinidad). I was invited by the campus's Instructional Development Unit (IDU) to deliver the keynote address at the presentation of their biennial UWI / Guardian Life "Premium" Teaching Awards. The theme that they asked me to speak on was … Continue reading Five Reasons to Use Social Media in the Classroom
This week I was asked to take part in a meeting about some improvements to the classroom where Emory’s English department teaches its graduate courses. Specifically, the department has decided to make the space “smart” by adding a computer and a projector to the space. As far as I know, this classroom has been one … Continue reading Whither Technology in the Graduate English Seminar?