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My name is Miriam Posner, and I coordinate and teach in the Digital Humanities program at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can read more about me here.Archives
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July 7–9: University of Indiana, Bloomington
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Reading Lists
Tweets!
- @schock Yes, good call! 15 hours ago
- Blisteringly angry indictment of ladder-track faculty's treatment of adjuncts as "untouchables" http://t.co/HYxm45RnDk 15 hours ago
- In fact, one of the reasons I like being at UCLA so much is that my students remind me a lot of the hardworking kids I went to HS with. 1 day ago
- @jagriffin Here you go! It's super basic, but it has a link to other info: https://t.co/apaibTCQbY 1 day ago
- Story about my alma mater, WC Overfelt HS, in E San Jose. WCO struggles in many ways, but I was lucky to go there. http://t.co/za7MTDHcMx 1 day ago
- .@schock describes efforts to use natural language processing on big datasets of names to determine employment discrimination. #labormedia 2 days ago
Tag Archives: research
The digital humanities postdoc
In the last few years, I’ve noticed a certain kind of job ad appearing with more and more frequency. I think of it as the “make digital humanities happen” postdoctoral fellowship. Often based in a library, these positions’ descriptions include … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Digital Humanities
Tagged Academia, Labor, Postdoctoral research, research
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Only fair!
Here’s a curiosity I can’t resist sharing: the first National Science Fair in 1950 had a girls’ division and a boys’ division.
Posted in research
Tagged curiosities, exhibition, research, science, science fair, sexism
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When in doubt, ask a real person
Web-based research is great and all, but sometimes nothing beats talking to a real person. One of my favorite tricks when researching an obscure topic (like a certain kind of microphone) is to pick up the phone and call someone. … Continue reading
I do not understand the point of curated databases
Lately I’ve been volunteering to do usability testing for Yale’s library. Well, “volunteering” is probably too generous a word, since Yale pays pretty well, in the form of iTunes and Barnes & Noble gift cards. I like the gift cards, … Continue reading
R.I.P., Mudd Library
Who could love a library named Mudd? Especially when the library in question looks like a bunker, has terrible lighting, and offers no good places to sit? Well, I do (or did), and I’ll tell you why.