The long haul: Why do academics take so long to hire?
I got in a little bit of a friendly dust up yesterday on Twitter when I asked, "As I watch colleagues embark on the 2011 #jobmarket I have to wonder, why on
Tom Scheinfeldt
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
Briefly Noted for November 3, 2010
@sramsay goes on record — Steve Ramsay argues against anonymity online, asking faculty “to consider whether it’s appropriate for someone who is paid to be a teacher and an intellectual to behave like
Digital rocking the public history job market
Things are looking up for digitally minded public historians. At least six new media focused tenure-track academic public history positions are open this fall, including:
* University of Central Florida, Director of Public History/
Alt-Conference Venues
A discussion today on Twitter about the rising costs of conference space, even on campuses, which in many cases charge their own faculty and staff for use of facilities, got me thinking that
Omeka and Its Peers
As an open source, not-for-profit, warm-and-fuzzy, community service oriented project, we don't normally like to talk about market rivals or competitive products when we talk about Omeka. Nevertheless, we are often