A gorgeous ride today…. til we got caught in an epic torrential downpour!

Free dissertation topic: Rushdie’s memoir, Knife, is *begging* for a disability studies interpretation. Bonus points for a comparative reading with Kureishi’s newsletter, Dispatches from My Hospital Bed. You’re welcome.

Reading the new Marian Keyes novel and it’s mildly alarming but very validating that the protagonist is having a pandemic-induced anxiety spiral/mid-life crisis/burnout experience that’s a lot like the one that took over a couple years of my life til I made some serious changes.

Never been big on Facebook memories but being reminded that a year ago I was with some of my favorite digital humanities ladies — Jacqueline Wernimont is just Wernimont in the Sky Amy Earhart Lauren Tilton — is making me very very happy. 😍

This photo of me from the New York Times in 2013 is uncannily apropos today.

👇🏽 the people who are creating disruption aren’t the protestors, it’s the police that the presidents keep calling. As an alum, my heart goes out to the Emory community, having to deal with this. 💕

Ready for our last #ReviewsInDH planning meeting before we break for the summer. (Rumor is, we already have three months of issues in the can with a couple more issues that will be imminently done, so we can give our team the summer off!) New issue coming Monday too!

A journey through the air and one meeting stand between me and bed after this incredibly packed but very energizing week. Is it June yet? 🥴

I knew I wasn’t gonna get out of Texas without someone expressing their surprise at how good my English is. 😠

Another great day of conversations at TAMU, capped off with getting to see Dr Bruce Herbert & Amy Earhart’s flock!

Emory 💔 The last time the president had students arrested, during my last year there, he was not long for the university....

University presidents in 2017: white supremacists are having a lowkey Klan rally on campus 🤷🏼

University presidents in 2024: 19-year-olds have tents and signs! 🚨🚔👮🏼

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Such a lovely day with folks at CoDHR at TAMU! So much Texas BBQ, so many great conversations, and a fantastic turn out for my talk! Can’t wait for more tomorrow plus a visit to Amy Earhart & Dr Bruce Herbert to meet Roopsi the sheep, my namesake! 🐑🐏🥰

I'm very excited that Prof. Birdwatcher aka Prof. Christy_Hyman will be coming to Dartmouth 🌲 for a talk on 'Mapping Interspecies Cooperation in the Underground Railroad' on 5/2 at 2:30pm in Carson 060! We can't wait to welcome you to the green place, Dr. Hyman!

So incredibly sad and shocked to hear of Bill Hart-Davidson’s passing. He showed me so much kindness, support, and encouragement in my early career. Much love to MSU friends. 💔

One of my closest friends swears, “You have to BUY your friend’s book. You don’t have to READ your friend’s book.”

Yup, I’m in Texas

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As outgoing president of the Association for Computers and the Humanities, I'm so happy to see the CFP for this year's virtual conference in November! Submit early, submit often! Proposals are due May 20. Learn more at ach2024.ach.org

Just had to bail on a murder book because the catalyzing event is the protagonist’s mother-in-law breaking a hip… but the mother-in-law is 54. Some people choose violence.