The syllabus for a graduate course on “Digital Literary Studies” taught in the UVA English department. Course was co-taught and co-constructed by Alison Booth and Brandon Walsh.

This course considers literary experiment instigated by the Internet and exercised on both analogue and digital platforms. When we think of “hacking,” we frequently think of solitary computer programmers in dark rooms. But hacking also implies a culture of profane disruption that closely mirrors developments in literary experimentation over the…[Read more]

Syllabus for an introductory writing course for first-year students based around a particular topic. Concentrated work in composition with readings in which students write at least four revised essays in addition to completing several exercises emphasizing writing as a process. Stress on active reading, argumentation, the appropriate presentation…[Read more]

This workbook provides a brief introduction to digital text analysis through a series of three-part units. Each unit introduces students to a concept, a tool for or method of digital text analysis, and a series of exercises for practicing the new skills. In some cases, studies of particular projects are presented instead of tools in the third…[Read more]

The paper discusses how using collaborative writing projects can offer a more inviting and inclusive mode for teaching digital humanities methodologies and praxis. Recentering assignments from focusing on technological implementation to focusing on writing projects about that work can help lower the barrier for entry in DH while still introducing…[Read more]

Frustration and anxiety are woven into the very texture of what it means to teach and learn, and as instructors we should try to center them in our pedagogy. I.e. – if we valorize failure in DH, we have to talk about and exercise how to work with the associated feelings.

This paper discusses approaches to pedagogy outlined in three series of books for children and young adults. By the end of the presentation, I hope to have outlined what the education systems in these novels says about the culture and society presented in these books. The books are: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Jonathan Stroud’s Bar…[Read more]