About
Pamella R. Lach (she/her/hers) is the Digital Humanities Librarian at San Diego State University, which
occupies the traditional lands of the Kumeyaay. She is Director of the Library’s
Digital Humanities Center and Co-Director of SDSU’s
Digital Humanities Initiative. Pam’s work is grounded in an ethics of care and community building, critical and ethical applications of technology in research and teaching, and process-oriented experimentation. She is the co-creator with the National Humanities Center of the acclaimed series of podcast institutes that have helped more than 550 graduate students, faculty, library folks, alt-ac workers, and independent scholars move towards a more collaborative, care-centered, networked approach to the humanities.
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Excited to share this thoughtful piece about the "feeling rules" around GenAI use + AI literacy by Andrea Baer. It examines how dominant GenAI and AI literacy discourse can stifle critique among those who want to slow down & imagine different futures. So proud to serve as the Publishing Editor and help shepherd this through. @libraryleadpipe https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/ai-feeling-rules/ (2025-07-16 ↗)
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Does your campus have a policy or process for No-Confidence votes for admin/senior leadership? Our Academic Policy & Planning Senate Committee, which I chair, was tasked with developing a policy for our campus. I've found a few good examples. If you have a policy/process, please post here or DM me (2025-03-10 ↗)
📣The CFP for #ACH2025, our virtual #DigitalHumanities conference, is now available! The conference will be held June 11-13. Proposals due March 23. Our annual conferences create caring spaces for our #DH community to connect and learn together. Our conference is especially welcoming to students and newcomers to the field. Join us! https://ach2025.ach.org/en/ (2025-03-03 ↗)
As chair of our senate academic policy committee, I just proposed 1) developing a P&T research impact statement (similar to Covid) to support faculty whose research is being halted/blocked and 2) revamping P&T criteria to account for everything breaking. If you're doing the same, let's talk! (2025-02-12 ↗)
