This is the ninth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider interesting but that I am unlikely to revise for traditional publication, and posting those essays as-is on my blog in the hope of engaging …
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Georgia Tech Library Tours Promote Writing and Communication Success in ENGL1101/1102 and LCC3403
Last Friday, I brought my ENGL1101 (College Writing I) and LCC3403 (Technical Communication) students to the Georgia Tech Library for a tour of the facilities and services (and archives for LCC3403). I believe that libraries are an incredibly important part of one’s on-going learning, personal development, and professional distinction. Libraries aggregate knowledge for its readers …
Down and Dirty Guide to Literary Research with Digital Humanities Tools: Text Mining Basics
As part of the final Digital Pedagogy seminar of fall 2012, Margaret Konkol, Patrick McHenry, Olga Menagarishvili, and I will lead the discussion on “trends in the digital humanities.” You can find out more about our readings and other DH resources by reading our TECHStyle post here. As part of my contribution to the seminar, I …
Back from Two Week Trip to UC-Riverside and the Eaton Science Fiction Collection
From February 5 to 18, I researched in the Eaton Science Fiction Fiction and Fantasy Collection the University of California, Riverside‘s Tomas Rivera Library. As I mentioned last year, I was very appreciative to have won an R. D. Mullen Fellowship to fund my travel and accommodations for the research-oriented trip. Professor Rob Latham administers …
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New Venue for SF Scholarship: James Gunn’s Ad Astra
I received the following call for submissions for a new science fiction journal called James Gunn’s Ad Astra. It sounds very exciting, and I plan to submit work in the future. You should, too! James Gunn’s Ad Astra is a new online publication dedicated to the study, advancement, and celebration of speculative fiction in the …
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