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Teaching with Games: A CFP for MLA 2013

Building on several panels at the 2012 MLA Convention that separately considered digital pedagogy (“Building Digital Humanities in the Undergraduate Classroom,” “Digital Pedagogy,” and “New Media, New Pedagogies”) and games ("Digital Narratives and Gaming for Teaching Language and Literature" and "Close Playing: Literary Methods and Video Game Studies"), this electronic roundtable will generate discussions about … Continue reading Teaching with Games: A CFP for MLA 2013 →

Five Questions and Three Answers about Alt-Ac

What follows is my talk for a session at the 2012 MLA on "#alt-ac: Alternative Paths, Pitfalls, and Jobs in the Digital Humanities." I'm thrilled to be speaking on the panel with a fantastic collection of alt-ackers that I admire: Julia Flanders, Matt Jockers, Shana Kimball, Bethany Nowviskie, and Lisa Spiro. Good afternoon, all. My … Continue reading Five Questions and Three Answers about Alt-Ac →

Three Reasons to Use Social Media in Hard Times (MLA 2011 Version)

It's been so long since this year's MLA ended that you might wonder why I'm going to the trouble of posting my second talk. Hasn't the moment passed? Does anyone care about what I said two months ago, even if you weren't there? And considering the arguments that I make in this talk about social … Continue reading Three Reasons to Use Social Media in Hard Times (MLA 2011 Version) →

Dr. ProfHacker, or How I L3rn3d to St0p Worry1ng and <3 teh fail!!1! (MLA 2011 Version)

As you might have intuited from a previous post, I had the opportunity to attend the recent 2011 MLA Convention in Los Angeles. One of the panels that I spoke on was organized by Jason B. Jones and featured a trio of the ProfHacker team on the theme of "Hacking the Profession: Academic Self-Help in … Continue reading Dr. ProfHacker, or How I L3rn3d to St0p Worry1ng and <3 teh fail!!1! (MLA 2011 Version) →