[Last Monday and
Tuesday I had the honor of being invited to attend Rice University’s De Lange Conference IX as a Social Media Fellow, helping to create
conversations about and around the conference theme (“Teaching in the
University of Tomorrow”) and talks. It was a wonderful experience, and I
followed it up this week with posts on a number of the issues and ideas I
encountered there. For this weekend post, I wanted to make sure to acknowledge
my fellow De
Lange Tweeters.]
A few words on
each of my four fellow Fellows, all of whom I got to meet (in person, that is!)
for the first time at the conference:
1)
Dr. Kelly
Baker: Kelly has a PhD in Religion from Florida State, and has become one
of our foremost independent writers on and scholars of religion in American society,
history, and popular culture. Her first two books, the first
on the KKK in the early 20th century and the
second on zombies in American culture, exemplify this impressive range.
2)
Dr. Jason Jones:
While a ground-breaking
Victorianist at Central Connecticut State University, Jason helped launch
the Chronicle’s ProfHacker blog, one of the preeminent spaces for academic
writing and conversation (on- and offline). He has recently moved to Trinity
College, where he is the Director of
Educational Technology, and where he continues to write all over the web.
3)
Dr. Dorothy Kim:
Dorothy is an Assistant
Professor of English at Vassar College, where she works on medieval
literature and the digital humanities. Yet in true 21st century
style, Dorothy combines that historical and literary focus with a consistent and deep
engagement with contemporary cultural social, cultural, and political
issues and conversations.
4)
Dr. Liana
Silva: Liana is one of our most talented and significant freelance
writers and editors, having published
and worked extensively in the fields of gender studies, cultural studies, musicology, and academic labor studies,
among many others. She currently
works as Editor in Chief for Women in Higher Ed,
and as usual has a
ton of great stuff in the
works.
A very
impressive group, and I was honored to share this role with them. Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Any other
follow ups to the conference and/or the week’s posts?
PPS. Unrelated
to the week’s series, but I wanted to remind any Canadian readers that I’ll be
giving a talk on the American and Canadian Chinese Exclusion Acts on Monday
afternoon at 2:30 at the University of Toronto’s Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library. I’d
love to see you there!
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