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…
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…
Professional Making the Academic-Public Audience Transition 11 Feb 2016 Over the past few weeks a group of historians whom I respect deeply have been debating and discussing the advantages and drawbacks of writing for academic and popular audiences (the…
Professional My Social Media Story, Part 2 11 Mar 201511 Mar 2015 In Part 1 of this essay, I discussed why I engage in social media as a scholar and academic. Here I'd like to pick up that story by explaining what…
Professional My Social Media Story, Part 1 10 Mar 201511 Mar 2015 This week I gave a talk on campus about "Online Engagement and New Audiences for Scholarship" at a faculty colloquium. It was a chance for me to think through in a…
