Fostering innovative and open methods and tools in the classroom and beyond.
Expanding the scope and impact of traditional and digital humanities for the contemporary world.
Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning.
Promoting openness, access, and diversity in technology, and education in service of an equitable society.
Promoting change in schools, museums, libraries, and other organizations.
Advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, including blogging, multimedia, open publishing, and academic journals and presses.
Mark Olson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University and former Director of New Media & Information Technologies for HASTAC (Humanties, Arts, Sciences & Technology Advanced Collaboratory). His research interests include media studies (new & old; theory, practice, history) and visual studies/cultural studies of medicine and technology. He received his PhD in 2009 from the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed a dissertation on the impact of robotics on contemporary surgical practice and pedagogy.
