Submitted by rik_hunter on Sep 12, 2009, 09:36 AM

As a new HASTAC Scholar, I figure I should give a brief introduction about myself, my research, my teaching, and my plans for my weekly blog posts.

First, Im a PhD Candidate in the Composition & Rhetoric Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where last year I served as the Coordinator for our online writing center. To be brief, my research focuses on the effects of digital technology on the self-sponsored collaborative writing occurring within the fan community of writers on WoWWiki.com. If you are interested in more, feel free to read my dissertation abstract at rikhunter.com.

My interest in technologies of collaboration dovetails my research. For example, since many of us are just in the first few weeks of our teaching this semester, I thought it might be productive profile one of my (hopefully) ongoing projects: the Writing Technology Wiki. It would be wonderful to have other writing instructors and their students contribute to the wiki and help the project continue to grow!

Submitted by ves4 on Oct 27, 2007, 02:10 PM
So I'm hanging in the Seattle airport thinking about my Educause experience this year and wondering about the future of Academic Technology, that strange hybrid entity emerging out of web design, data management, librarianship, CS, education and the work of various academic misfits--including myself