Dr. Amanda Licastro

If you’d like to help me pay for my prescriptions while I’m furloughed, consider buying some of my books directly from me! DM for details 🏴‍☠️📚🖤

Ok, I know I've been a bit absent on socials, but allow me to reemerge to beg you to circulate this excellent job on a wonderful team. Please apply!
careers.swarthmore.edu/cw/en-us/job...

I’m so excited that my book is now out in the world. It pulls together my scholarly training in African American literature with my turn to digital humanities. I’ve also published the complete data dataset of 100 years of AFAM and am lit anthologies that is the backbone of the book.

One of the highlights of my summer is teaching in the @humanitiestexas.bsky.social institute. The middle and high school teachers in this program are fiercely dedicated and the Humanities Texas staff are 💯. Learn more www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Framed sign that says “make art not war” with a peace sign

Just arrived in Austin to lead a workshop for Humanities Texas and this hotel is 💯

Thanks so much. I’m happy to chat more about it!

Always inspired by your #DHMakes work! And I was able to incorporate my #ByteSizedPedagogy materials as an example for this group before we went to the Makerspace.

Thanks! It is called Pollinator Park, and it allowed us to teach with the 3D printers, two kinds of laser cutters, and a craft printer all in a 3 hour sprint!

Game board with pollinators cards

3D printed dice and wood game board laser cut in a honeycomb pattern.

Teaching “DH in the Classroom” at DREAM Lab @pricelab.bsky.social was a rewarding experience. Fantastics students, the best collaborator @betovargas.github.io, and friends old and new. We covered a huge range of topics, but here’s a peek at the game we made in the #DHMakes unit.

Wonderful! And very well deserved.

I am so grateful for your mentorship through the years. Although I can’t wait to read your sci-fi novel, I also can’t imagine this profession without your fierce and public presence.

Last week we celebrated @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, a mentor whose support and advocacy is unparalleled. The joke was that she must have clones, because she offers such personal, genuine attention to every request that it seems impossible (especially if you 👀 at her pubs). Thank you Cathy ❤️👏

Thank you to @apprecovery.bsky.social especially @gbaezaventura.bsky.social, Dr. Lorena Gauthereau, Dr. Linda García Merchant, & Youngjun Kim for hosting me and to @betovargas.github.io for helping me prepare. It was a pleasure to speak to this curious and thoughtful group.

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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden President Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican president and his agenda.

As the article says, Carla Hayden is an American hero.

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2025 DEFCon Teaching Fellowship Application The Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for Teaching Fellowships for Summer 2025. Applications are due May 31, 2025 and decisions will ...

Important announcement: Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium is accepting applications for Teaching Fellowships for Summer 2025. Due May 31. It is truly a mutually beneficial experience with a well-organized and brilliant team. Apply here: tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025 (cc @roopikarisam.bsky.social)

Well gosh, I love this.

Please boost! The NOEL PRIZE, in memory of the great and good and much-missed Will Noel.

Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...

A fantastic shout out to Responsible Datasets in Context (www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com) at DSRI today github.com/tri-cods/pyt...

A digitally drawn recreation of a woodcut image. A printing press is in the center with clouds and a sunrise behind it, with a banner above that says, “the tyrants foe, the people’s friend”

Back in Feb, @ryancordell.org shared this incredible woodcut from @skeuomorphpress.org collection. He shared the original illustrator file for all! I was so inspired by this woodcut, I wanted to clean it up and redistribute it to the public 🧵 1/2

#printsky #academicsky #typophile

DSRI Course Description - Working with AI Tools Working with AI Tools Amanda Licastro (she/her) is the Head of Digital Scholarship and Visiting Associate Professor in English at Swarthmore College. Lisa Meeden is a Professor of Computer Science at...

Happy to share! And thank you @ehkopin.bsky.social 🥰
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New-old protest art just dropped!

Amazing detailing of a classic woodcut—send to your favorite printer!

New CFP from JITP on Minimalist Digital Pedagogy. Due June 15th. cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-ca...

Salad is carrot ribbons, edamame, cucumber, avocado, and mixed greens in a bowl outside with trees behind

Confirming that this is delicious (made even more delightful by eating outside on a 78 degree day) cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021...

Eager to attend, but have class at this time. Can I sign up for a recording?

I love this

Arbor Day at Scott Arboretum 10-1pm April 26th

Tomorrow is the biggest VR event we’ve ever done! My team made a custom canopy tour of Scott Arboretum and will be assessing learning engagement with the Kid Lab at Swarthmore. Super excited and very nervous 🤞

A measuring tape with RBS in red letters

Can we talk about how this little measuring tape from @rarebookschool.bsky.social is the most handy tool in my desk drawer? 📚

Screenshot of the first page of a faculty job ad: The School of Liberal Arts in the Faculty of Arts at Laurentian University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Indigenous Interdisciplinary Studies with specialization in Indigenous Cultural Expression. The preferred start date is 1 August, 2025 and the position will remain open until filled. The successful candidate will have the following essential qualifications: ● Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) to Turtle Island with ties to their community. ● Comprehensive understanding of Indigenous worldviews and frameworks. ● Understanding of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) to Turtle Island culture and traditions including their importance within an academic framework. ● A Ph.D. in Indigenous Studies or a Liberal Arts field focused on Indigenous literatures, film and media, rhetoric, and/or creative writing by Indigenous creators OR equivalent qualifications and experience with demonstrated research/creative productivity and teaching experience. ● The ability to contribute to Indigenous Interdisciplinary Studies and other programs within the School of Liberal Arts through teaching and developing courses such as Indigenous Literatures, Indigenous Poetics, Indigenous Film, Indigenous Oral Storytelling, Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples, and/or Creative Writing, in accordance with the candidate’s particular areas of expertise and experience. ● Evidence of the ability to teach effectively at the undergraduate level with a commitment to pedagogical and academic excellence, promoting a safe, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment, and advancing Laurentian University’s tricultural mandate. ● Evidence of strong scholarly activity which may include creative work. ● Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, promoting a diverse, inclusive, and vibrant academic and work environment.

Be my colleague? We're hiring in Indigenous Interdisciplinary Studies, a tenure-track position focused on cultural expression. Scholars/creators of media and literature may find this particularly important. Deadline: 25 May, 2025. laurentian.ca/careers/facu...

I feel this deeply.