Digital Development in the Humanities

Information Literacy and Humanities Computing

As an Assistant Professor of Information Literacy in the Department of Languages and Literatures at Arizona State University, I promote the application of information technology in teaching and research in the area of curriculum development, assist faculty colleagues with developing both instructional and research-based IT projects, and provide training in the use of various software applications and digitization techniques through workshops and lectures.

To assist with these roles, I have developed a website focused on Information Literacy in Languages and Literatures, for use by faculty members in the Department of Languages and Literatures. You can check this site for information about any upcoming workshops, links to ASU-based resources, issues related to a more research-focused use of information literacy, among other things.

Current/Ongoing/Future Projects in Digital Development

German Materials Collection - I am continuing to work on a set of online, deliverable materials for use in the instruction of first- and second-year German. This will include a set of grammar point handouts, online practice exercises for self-study, and links to extant materials produced by other projects around the globe.

LangMOO - I am in the beginning phases of setting up an object-oriented synchronous communication environment with many educational components, for initial experimentation by faculty in Languages and Literatures in their courses.

Wiki - In addition to the Linux-based MOO project described above, I am also in the beginning stages of collaboration with Phil Bernick, ASU English, involving the integration of wiki-based writing collaboration tools into the classroom and into professional research and service areas.

Digital Teaching Unit Collection (University of Oregon)

As a Research Associate for the Feminist Humanities Project, an initiative of the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society, I have been active in producing, designing and implementing a series of humanities-based digital projects that delivers current research on gender and women’s lives with an eye on providing up-to-date information for inclusion in daily curricula.

This collection, referred to as Digital Teaching Units, represents particularly intriguing and thought-provoking facets from a larger set of issues and questions representative of women’s experience. Some particularly poignant examples from this collection can be viewed at the following URLs (username and password available upon request):

	Women and Slavery in the British Caribbean: The History of Mary Prince (1831), produced in collaboration with Elizabeth Bohls, English. About this Site
	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Transforming Portraits, produced in collaboration with Stephanie Wood, History and Amanda Powell, Romance Languages. About this Site
	A Poetry of Science. The Life and Works of Hildegard of Bingen, produced in collaboration with Jan Emerson, CSWS. About this Site
	Francophone Poetry: Poètes du Québec, produced in collaboration with Karen McPherson, Romance Languages. About this Site