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What I Wish I Knew Before Starting My PhD

This blog post originally appeared on my website on February 8, 2018. Now in my fifth year, writing my dissertation, I’ve had some time to reflect on...

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Welcome, 2018 HASTAC Steering Committee members!

HASTAC is delighted to welcome our newest Steering Committee members: Jennifer Byron , Arizona State University (HASTAC Scholars Representative)...

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Hey Postdocs: Let's meet!

EDIT: our first virtual meetup has been scheduled! https://www.hastac.org/opportunities/postdocs-virtual-meetup -- I recently created the...

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image of Providence street corner (Benefit Street and Power Street) with pink overplayed text: "PUBLIC WORK/a public humanities podcast"

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Introducing Public Work, a Public Humanities Podcast

Public Work is a new podcast based out of Brown University’s John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage . The Center's...

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Digital Scholarship Lab: Thoughts on Laboratories and Libraries from MSU

On February 5th, 2018, I attended a reception celebrating the opening of the Michigan State University Digital Scholarship lab. It was introduced to...

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New research on the architecture, design and evaluation of online information systems and services

Facet Publishing have announced the release of the second book in the iResearch series , Information Systems: Process and practice , edited by...

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American Applications for Fulbright Scholarships to Australia (Opening March 1st)

Applications for the Australian-American Fulbright Commission open soon, offering Scholarships to American citizens across all career stages!...

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Building a Better Assessment System with Clear and Meaningful (and Useful!) Guidelines

Are we stuck with grades (letter or numerical) as the only form of assessment? What does an A, B, C, D, or F really mean? How do we communicate to...

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Advice for aspiring feminists?

Rep Finney says "just do it" Stephanie says "let the loud voice be the one that we all have the right to be treated equally" Paulette shares that you...

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Concluding Remarks from Stovall

Stovall acknowledges that social justice is a "committed journey to get in trouble." He encourages us as social justice advocates "the people that...

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How do you define feminist activism?

How do you define feminist activism? Paulette responds that feminist activism should defy definition, and should definitely be gender fluid. Rep...

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Live-blogging: Grassroots Activism in Kansas

This event is in part to honor the legacy of the February Sisters! These fearless feminist pioneers achieved a number of rights on the University of...

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March 22: Talks at the Schomburg: "Lorraine Hansberry and Reimagining the Biography"

This post comes directly from the Schomburg Connection newsletter. See below, their description, an upcoming discussion on Lorraine Hansberry "Talks...

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Feminist Perspectives to Engage History/Future

Elise Higgins, PhD Student in the University of Kansas Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, presented a phenomenal paper yesterday at...

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