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Professor Uses AI to Teach Shakespeare and Critical Theory

ByAlexa Alice Joubin April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Alexa Alice Joubin views it as her responsibility to teach students how to use ChatGPT responsibly, not as a shortcut. “In our inquiry-driven culture, we need to know how to retrieve information through queries,” Joubin said. “Further, democratic society needs good question-askers as much as good problem-solvers. Asking key questions helps to advance scholarly fields, and students develop editorial, curatorial and critical questioning skills that are employable skills and the foundation of civil society in an era of ChatGPT.”

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Co-Director Receives Two Awards

ByAlexa Alice Joubin November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

GW Digital Humanities Institute founding co-director Alexa Alice Joubin received the Trachtenberg award for research as well as a Writing in the Discipline teaching award in 2022.

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Public Interest Technology Showcase

Bysblackburn00 August 13, 2021August 15, 2021

Moderated by Dr. Susan Aaronson, Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, the Public Interest Technology panel will provide snapshots of research being conducted in this area and its impact in the world. The professional field of public interest technology is working to shape the way we think about technology to solve public…

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MW Bychowski publishes “Unconfessing Transgender” in OA journal

ByAlexa Alice Joubin December 26, 2016August 9, 2021

Announcement: M.W. Bychowski published an article, “Unconfessing Transgender: Dysphoric Youths and the Medicalization of Madness in John Gower’s “Tale of Iphis and Ianthe” in the OA journal Accessus Abstract: On the brink of the twenty-first century, Judith Butler argues in “Undiagnosing Gender” that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines the psychiatric condition of…

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Faculty CAN (Coffee & Networking): BIG DATA, Machine Learning, and Frontiers of Data Science

ByAlexa Alice Joubin November 16, 2016August 15, 2021

TODAY at noon in Phillips 411. CCAS Faculty CAN (Coffee And Networking) event of interest to digital humanists! Faculty Coffee and Networking (Faculty CAN) Title: Big Data, Machine Learning, and Frontiers of Data Science Date / Time: Wednesday, November 16, 12 – 1pm Location: Phillips 411 Sign Up: Registration site (optional but encouraged) Event Description: The explosion of data is rapidly…

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“Sonnets Remixed” now exists in print

ByAlexa Alice Joubin October 12, 2016July 29, 2021

Announcement: The born-digital artistic and literary compilation Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed (previously discussed on this very blog) now exists in print! D Gilson, now an alumnus of The George Washington University, was its editor, and the collection includes contributions by GW faculty and gradute students. You can read the entire collection online at Upstart: A Journal…

Jump-start DH grants via “Resilient Networks” (apply by Friday October 14)

ByAlexa Alice Joubin October 12, 2016July 29, 2021

As previously announced on this blog, GW has been awarded a substantial Andrew W. Mellon grant to support “Resilient Networks to Support Inclusive Digital Humanities.” Competitive jump-start grants of $5000 are now being offered to member-institution faculty pursuing digital humanities projects! Read more about the scale and scope of the Mellon grant here. If you wish…

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Join XD@GW for tea!

ByAlexa Alice Joubin September 19, 2016July 29, 2021

Please join XD@GW for a faculty tea & discussion of collaboration in the digital age on 9/21, Wednesday in Gelman Library 702. No RSVP required.

Open Access in the Disciplines: A Conversation on October 6th

ByAlexa Alice Joubin September 15, 2016August 15, 2021

Open Access in the Disciplines: A Conversation October 6th, 12:00-1:30 pm (Gelman Library, Room 702): Learn how faculty from the sciences and humanities have opened their scholarship to the public, and the challenges and benefits they have encountered in the process. Panelists include Paul Brindley (microbiology), Lorena Barba (aerospace engineering), Ami Zota (occupational health), Alexa…

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EcoDH cluster published in PMLA

ByAlexa Alice Joubin June 10, 2016July 29, 2021

Announcement: A recent issue of PMLA features of cluster of articles on “the changing profession” entitled “Assembling the Ecological Digital Humanities” (or EcoDH for short). Jeffrey J. Cohen, Professor of English and Director of the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, co-edited this essay cluster with Stephanie LeMenager (University of Oregon). Appearing in this cluster…