Professional Is there a right way for academics to tweet? 24 Oct 201624 Oct 2016 At a recent presentation on social media that I gave with Liz Covart, several of the attendees asked questions both during the session and at the social gathering afterwards about…
writing The History of My Own Writing 6 Jul 2016 Over the weekend, I spent some time re-reading my book manuscript on print media and the American Revolution, which was based on my Ph.D. dissertation. Comments came back from the…
Commentary… Focusing While Commuting 23 Jun 201623 Jun 2016 As an early Americanist, the Omohundro Institute's annual conference is always high on my list of events to attend each summer (and more so now that I work for the…
Commentary Who Decides Elections? 8 Jun 2016 As just about everyone is aware, there was a major kerfuffle this week about the Associated Press and its call on Monday that Hillary Clinton had amassed the requisite number…
HIST 120… Fall 2016 Book Orders 3 Jun 2016 Below are the required texts for my courses for the upcoming semester. For students, please note that these texts will be on reserve at Whittemore Library, and that I do…
writing Model Writers 1 Jun 2016 Based on an endorsement by Liz Covart, I've been reading Roy Peter Clark's How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times. It's a guide to brief writing (defined as…
Professional Open Digital Resources: The AAS Printers File 26 May 2016 A few weeks ago I was grouchy about the prospects of closed digitization projects in early American history. This morning I'm ecstatic. At the Past is Present blog of the American Antiquarian…
Commentary… Public Education and Private Access 12 May 2016 On Monday of this week I found out that I'm going to need to change many of the research assignments I use in my courses-. For years, the Boston Public Library has provided…
Post Office Post Office Update #3 13 Apr 2016 It's been a little while since the last update, unfortunately, with the heart of the semester having overtaken my efforts to be quite as productive with the project as I'd…
Post Office Post Office Update #2 14 Mar 2016 With spring break upon us here in New England, I've been able to take a sort of mini-retreat to focus some energy on the book project over the past few…
