Over the last several years I have taken on a number of roles that involve evaluating digital scholarship. This includes advocating for scholars who need the work to be considered for promotion, tenure, or academic credit; promoting guidelines and best practice policies; and empowering peer reviewers, granting agencies, and promotion committees to best understand and appreciate digital work in various disciplines.
Guidelines for Evaluating Digital Scholarship
Description Digital Scholarship Researcher for the Mellon-funded College Art Association and Society of Architectural Historians Task Force to Develop Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure in Digital Art and Architectural History (January 2015-July 2015). Roles My tasks as Digital Scholarship Researcher included interviewing administrators and digital scholars throughout the country, and conducting a thorough analysis of …
“Evaluating, Valuing, and Promoting Digital Scholarship” Event
Description A panel and discussion with five scholars from four institutions about evaluating digital scholarship. Digital resources and methods are deeply embedded in academic research. However, processes for evaluation, peer review, and assessment projects that include digital scholarship have not kept pace with the technological and methodological changes that have altered research practices …
Digital Dissertations Liaison
Description Graduate Center Digital Dissertations Liaison (2014-2015) Roles My responsibility was to raise administrative awareness of requests, issues, and interest from faculty and students who are digital scholars. I also conveyed digital resources and support opportunities to students and faculty while conducting workshops in digital tools and methods. I have been an outspoken advocate at …
THATCamp CAA
Description THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp) was an unconference held as a pre-conference forum for digital artists and art historians in association with the College Art Association’s annual conference, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2014) and the Samuel Kress Foundation (2015). Roles Participant, invited speaker, discussion leader. My contributions were geared toward …
