Jun 20
By Erin E. Templeton Happy weekend, ProfHackers! For many of us, summer means spending time outside, whether walking our dog (or a cabbage–see below!), taking kids to the pool or mowing the grass. But summer is also tick season, and with ticks, increasingly, comes …read more
Jun 19
By Erin E. Templeton A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria. If you haven’t attended (and didn’t have your Twitter stream flooded with #DHSI2014 tweets), DHSI is a week-long Digital Humanities extravaganza, which <a target=_blank title="DHSI 2014: On …read more
Jun 13
By Erin E. Templeton As the summer heats up in many parts of the world, we here at ProfHacker hope that you are keeping cool whether by visiting the pool with the family, hitting the stacks in the library (bonus points if you’re in a temperature-controlled archive!), getting some writing done in your favorite …read… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: Strawberry Moon Edition
Jun 10
By Erin E. Templeton I was one of some 600 people who gathered at the University of Victoria last week to participate in this year’s Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI). A couple years ago, Natalie wrote a great post about DHSI that is still timely. I won’t repeat …read more
Jun 06
The question: What responsibility do we have to prepare emerging digital humanists for careers in and out of the academy, and how are we working to meet those goals? The mission: “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Oh wait—that’s… Continue Reading DHSI 2014: Birds of a Feather “The Next Generation”
May 23
By Erin E. Templeton Happy Memorial Day Weekend, ProfHackers! Before we launch into the Weekend Reading, we wanted to take a moment a remember those who have served our country both at home and abroad. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Laura Miller, writer for Salon.com has broken up with Amazon. …read more
May 19
By Erin E. Templeton Commencement on my campus was on Saturday morning. Colleagues at other institutions in my town of Spartanburg, SC celebrated last week or today. Now that the exams are marked and the grades are in, or will be in soon, perhaps you will find a bit of time for pleasure reading. …read… Continue Reading Summer Reading: 2014 Edition
May 11
The 29th Annual Big Sur International Marathon was my first 26.2–what a fantastic experience. It took a lot for me to get here, and Big Sur was a race that I’ve been wanting to do since grad school–well before I was ever an actual runner. It’s a notoriously difficult course, but I figured that if I… Continue Reading Big Sur Race Report
May 06
By Erin E. Templeton If you are a regular traveler, by now you have probably seen the PreCheck lines that allow certain travelers the privilege of not only bypassing long TSA lines but also keeping their shoes on and leaving liquids and laptops in their carry-on. Precheck membership is by application only …read more
Apr 18
By Erin E. Templeton This weekend marks the return of one of my favorite contests: The Washington Post’s annual Peeps Diorama contest. Here are the winners and finalists for 2014. Also sharing in the Peeps love, Slate asks, “What happens when you throw a Peep out an airlock?” This experiment builds …read more