Resumes and CVs are odd things. Every profession, every field, and every sub-field seems to have their own specific way of formatting them. Last year I was a listening ear as a friend tried to format a CV to meet the standards of both the medical profession and academia – not an easy feat! More…… Continue reading How do you solve a problem like a CV?
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A few thoughts regarding online conferences
Within the span of a few days, my plans for the middle of March changed dramatically, as they did for many people all over the world. I went from anticipating a trip to Atlanta, GA, to attend one of my favorite conferences, rooming with a good friend from another state, and attending at least one…… Continue reading A few thoughts regarding online conferences
The Art of Livetweeting
Let me begin by stating that while I have practiced this art I certainly haven’t perfected it. However, after serving as an official live-tweeter for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Organization for American Historians, I thought I might offer some thoughts on how to live tweet – some mine, others drawn from fellow livetweeters.…… Continue reading The Art of Livetweeting
Community History and Public Memory
Yesterday afternoon I stood outside my parish church (ECUSA) with other residents of our town to witness the dedication of a plaque. The text of the plaque reads: With gratitude and repentance we honor the Enslaved People whose skills and labor helped build the Falls Church. It sits next to the plaque honoring the architect, James…… Continue reading Community History and Public Memory
Seeking a system
I’ve been trying to find a way of organizing my manuscript sources for the dissertation in a way which is readable, makes sense, and can be exported to do interesting things if the need arises. At present, most of my sources are in a spreadsheet that I use to record documents as I photograph in…… Continue reading Seeking a system
What Comes Next?
The popularity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical is undeniable. It won a Grammy (Best Musical Theatre Album), will likely be nominated for (and win) multiple Tony Awards, and has been discussed by scholars and the popular press. It has been lauded and critiqued by scholars of history, theatre, and literature. But the popularity of…… Continue reading What Comes Next?
Writing Warm Ups
One of the challenges of working on a PhD while also working a full time job is the (self imposed) pressure to maximize your productivity during the time you have to write. In the last few days, I’ve been thinking about why it’s so hard for me to just sit down and write, and I realized…… Continue reading Writing Warm Ups
Reading Fiction in Grad School
During my first year in my PhD program, my mother bought me the first five books in a mystery series as a birthday gift. I was both pleased and frustrated. Pleased because it was a series I wanted to read and annoyed because I knew the books would sit on a shelf, unread, as I worked…… Continue reading Reading Fiction in Grad School
Brief thoughts on Twitter
Today at noon I will be one of the panelists at a brownbag lunch session titled “Blogs, Writing Groups, Digital Classrooms, and More: Managing Your Academic Career in the Online Era” at the triennial meeting of the Southern Association of Women Historians. While our objective is to have more conversation than commentary, my part of the…… Continue reading Brief thoughts on Twitter
Legacies
I like to say that I am a second-generation digital humanist. My father, George H. Brett II, became interested in computers in the late 1970s, helped the University of North Carolina system evaluate computers/operating systems, was the first sysadmin of the Humanities listserv, and worked for decades in what was then humanities computing. It was…… Continue reading Legacies