About
As head of digital initiatives at the MLA, I project manage
Humanities Commons,
MLA Commons, and
CORE. I am particularly interested in open-access publishing models, open educational resources, and open peer review; expanding the definition and recognition of “scholarship” beyond the article and monograph; and rethinking the values we reward and promote in higher education. Side projects include
HumetricsHSS, an investigation into the viability of a values-based framework for indicating excellence, and
The Idealis, an overlay journal promoting the best in open-access scholarly communication. I also serve on the editorial board of the
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Panel: “Impactful Partnerships: Navigating the Evolving Scholarly Communication Landscape with Faculty.”
ALA Annual. June 25, 2017. Chicago, IL.
Course (teaching): “Open Humanities 101.”
Force11 Scholarly Communications Institute. July 31–Aug 4. La Jolla, CA.
Presentation: “OER in the DR: The Disciplinary Repository as a Tool for Open Education.”
OpenEd17. Oct 10–13, 2017. Anaheim, CA.
Presentation: “Building an Open Commons for the Humanities.”
2017 National Humanities Conference. Boston, MA. Nov 2–5, 2017.
Roundtable (presiding): “Open Humanities 101.”
2018 MLA Convention. New York, NY. January 2018.
