Journey into Online Course Development
As part of my efforts to make science fiction scholarship more accessible, I have begun the journey into online course development and created a mini-course called “Dune 101” based on …
New Critical Companion Book on Dune
I’m pleased to write that my next book on Dune has been published by Palgrave, titled Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion. It is part of the series Palgrave Science …
New Book on Women of Dune
I’m pleased to say my first book has been published by Palgrave, titled Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction. This represents the culmination of several years …
Notes from National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference 2019
National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference 2019 November 19-20, 2019 Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, New Zealand) The 2019 NDF conference was another two days full of ideas, inspiration, challenges, and network …
Notes from Science Fiction Research Association Conference 2019
Science Fiction Research Association Conference 2019 Chaminade University (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) June 21-24, 2019 The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA)’s 2019 conference was held in the Pacific this year in …
Notes from National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference 2018
National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference 2018 Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand (Wellington, New Zealand) November 20-21, 2018 The NDF Conference this year was another good, inspirational, and thought-provoking …
Notes from aaDH Digital Humanities Australasia Conference 2018
aaDH Conference 2018: Making Connections Australasia Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) Biennial Conference September 25-27, 2018 University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) The theme of this biennial aaDH conference was …
Digital Humanities Article
I am excited to share that my Digital Humanities article on digital literacy has been published in the open-access journal Digital Humanities Quarterly (DHQ) in a special issue (11.3) on undergraduate education. …
Hidden Figures of Digital Humanities
Watching the film Hidden Figures reminded me of my research on women in computing and some of the gender issues in the field of Digital Humanities. In a discussion after the screening …
Effective Altruism
I first heard about effective altruism through a guest lecture by Dr. Catherine Low from Students for High Impact Charity on “Effective Altruism and the Environment” in December 2016. At …