Monica Wolfe

Thanks so much, Anindita!!

If you’re not satisfied with the career opportunities in the academic world right now, don’t be afraid to see what’s out there in the non-ac world! 10/10 recommend

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I took a leave of absence from my PhD during my final year to accept a non-ac job offer and move across the country. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made. The support, respect, compensation, and opportunities in this role go so far beyond what was available in the ac roles I was interviewing for.

I’ve been applying and interviewing for both academic and non-ac industry jobs. Salaries are obviously much higher on the non-ac side. Folks who decided to stay in academia, what convinced you to stay? Folks who have left academia, do you have any regrets?

“…we demand that NYU leadership immediately drop charges against faculty arrested by the NYPD, withdraw sanctions against those they have designated PNG, and stop persecuting students, faculty and staff who raise their voices against the historic crimes now ongoing in Palestine.”

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is pleased to release the CFP for the Start-Your-Project award. This award is specifically designed to support small digital projects at various stages of development. Applications are due 1/27/25.

Spent a couple hours reading this today and it is 🤌 Hugely appreciate that it’s available OA. Thank you for this absolute gem!

Things I Read in 2024 A Partial List of Writing on Generative AI There has been some great critical writing about Generative AI this year. This is a long post with many quotations that tries to give a snapshot of what ...

Here’s a list of what I was reading about Generative AI in 2024 that didn’t make it into the Slop Infrastructures pieces. The rest have been sorted into categories with questions — covering AI’s anti-human streak, AI & imagination, environmental impacts, shared myths and more.

Thank you, Laura! This is great advice!

Haha—that is, indeed, the goal!

Thank you so much for the insight, Chris! This is all wonderfully helpful!

Thank you! Excellent advice!

Thank you, Sarah! I’m definitely doing a deep dive on the university and department. Great advice!

Thank you, Teddy!

I have an upcoming zoom interview for a TT faculty job in DH (in an English dept) that I’m very excited about. What’s your best advice for first-round interviews?

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Late to the game, but here’s Poe’s signature move: screaming into the void

I intended to spend this #DayofDH2024 working on enriching my dataset of author identity representation in American literature anthologies, but the job market/cover letter writing chaos took precedence (which led to daydreaming about planning DH courses 🤓💭)

I made a starter pack for grad students in DH, to build visibility for a rising group of scholars.

If you want to be added (or know someone who should be), just comment!

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'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.

🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.

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Feminist Digital Humanities

Excited to share that Feminist Digital Humanities: Intersections in Practice, which Susan Schreibman & I coedited, has a publication date and will be available fully OA on 4/8/2025!! @illinoispress.bsky.social
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0....

TEI Text Encoding: TEI Text Encoding: A FairCopy User Guide for COVE

Folks who manually encode texts using TEI: there’s a new-ish open-access program that makes it a million times easier! I published a user guide on encoding texts with FairCopy. It’s geared toward my encoding work w COVE, but anyone using TEI might find it useful: scalar.usc.edu/works/tei-te...

Years ago, a mentor of mine remarked in passing that there are 2 types of writers: those who write about complicated things in a straightforward manner, and those who write about straightforward things in a complicated manner. They encouraged me to be the former. I still think about this comment.

Thanks so much! I LOVE your anthology of African American Poetry! Such a useful and well-constructed edition. My current anthology project won’t be ready til summer ‘25, but I’m excited to share it once it’s published!

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Intro post for new bsky pals: I research American lit/film/new media using computational text analysis + poco and fem/queer theory. Currently working on a digital critical anthology of modernist works by marginalized creators. Owner of a geriatric Great Dane mix and the world’s friendliest cat.

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I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work with me at the University of Colorado Boulder! Looking for creative students with interests in #NLP and #CulturalAnalytics.

Boulder is a lovely college town 30 minutes from Denver and 1 hour from Rocky Mountain National Park 😎

Apply by December 15th!

Thank you!! 😊

Sharing this starter pack of people engaged in the field of digital preservation. Just let me know if you are working in digital preservation and would like to be added.

go.bsky.app/3SpFvF1

Thanks for making this! I’d love to be added if there’s room! I work on digital archiving for COVE and I’m currently working on a digital anthology that recovers/preserves texts by marginalized writers in the modernist period.