• Work(s)-In-Progress…

    I’ve been teaching some version of College Writing/Freshman Comp/ English 101 for approximately six years straight, and I really thought, that, by now, I would be revising this class every semester. And yet, here I am, already revising in anticipation of January 2020. I’m using the same textbook (They Say/ I Say with Readings), but…

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  • If we were to punt the author from his perch as “solitary hero-creator,” and look at the swathes of people and technology and flora and fauna that networked and threaded together to produce the serial fiction with the author’s name on it … would we find evidence in that serial fiction of the blood, sweat,…

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  • Today was a good reminder that I am a hands-on learner — I can read and read, and until I actually install and use the program(s), I really don’t know what I’m doing. Thankfully, I am finally up and running on ArcGIS Pro (thank you, ODU IT folks, for helping me at a distance!), and…

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  • Welcome!

    Today is the first “official” day of the materialization of my DH project. I will be updating regularly, detailing what I have done, what sources I am using, and what challenges I am encountering. The course of DH did never run smooth… At this point, I have done a slew of reading, but only just…

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  • I am thrilled to be presenting papers at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) in Albuquerque, NM, and at NeMLA in Pittsburgh, PA, next year! I look forward to meeting everyone and attending as many panels and presentations as possible. I’ll definitely be tweeting up a storm. https://s1.thcdn.com/design-assets/products/11273202/pic1-large.jpg SWPACA, February 2018:  “It is a hobby of mine to have an…

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