Alan Liu

“Learning and Using Enough Digital Humanities to be Viable for Jobs With a DH or New Media Component: A Guide for Non-Specialists.” University of California, Santa Barbara. 19 February 2014.

• The DH factor in recent hiring in the profession and in “alt-ac”
  • An anecdote from the beginning of the Web

Steps to Take:

(in order to ambitiousness)

• (1) Create an Online Scholarly Presence
  • Josh Honn, “Creating an Online Scholarly Presence” (2013)
    http://cscdc.northwestern.edu/blog/?p=734
  • Make a home page on the web for yourself  (About | Research | Teaching | CV)
    • Also consider: LinkedIn and Academia.edu
  • Start a research blog (example: http://blog.whitneyannetrettien.com/2014/02/layouts-patterns-networks.html )
  • Develop a professional Twitter presence.  See the following guides:
    • Ryan Cordell, “How to Start Tweeting (and Why You Might Want To”
      http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-to-start-tweeting-and-why-you-might-want-to/26065
    •  Dorothy Bishop, “A Gentle Introduction to Twitter for the Apprehensive Academic”
      http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2011/06/gentle-introduction-to-twitter-for.html
    • Christopher Long, “The Tweeting Graduate Student”
      http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2011/06/gentle-introduction-to-twitter-for.html

• (2) Make an online research niche for yourself in your field
  • Start a research blog (example: http://blog.whitneyannetrettien.com/2014/02/layouts-patterns-networks.html )
  • Develop a professional Twitter presence.  See the following guides:
    • Ryan Cordell, “How to Start Tweeting (and Why You Might Want To”
      http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-to-start-tweeting-and-why-you-might-want-to/26065
    •  Dorothy Bishop, “A Gentle Introduction to Twitter for the Apprehensive Academic”
      http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2011/06/gentle-introduction-to-twitter-for.html
    • Christopher Long, “The Tweeting Graduate Student”
      http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2011/06/gentle-introduction-to-twitter-for.html
  • Post, circulate, or discuss on your blog or social media the following kinds of materials by yourself or others (subject to appropriate intellectual property issues and professional etiquette):
    • papers
    • archival findings
    • discussions of method
    • excerpts from dissertation or articles in progress.
  • Create a research web site providing resources, materials, excerpts, etc. on a topic related to (and in support of) your dissertation

• (3) Learn Some Digital Humanities
  • Guides and Introductions to DH
  • The following is the “Getting Started in DH” Practicum Assignment from Alan’s Intro to DH Grad Seminar:
    • Peruse the following resources for getting started in the digital humanities:
      • Lisa Spiro, “Getting Started in Digital Humanities” (2011)
      • Josh Honn, “Creating an Online Scholarly Presence” (2013)
      • CUNY Digital Humanities Resource Guide
    • Set up a Twitter account (or an alternative Twitter account if you already have one and wish to keep it separate) for the purpose of following tweets of the digital humanities community during the course.
    • Take the initial steps to set up a blog site for yourself (if you don’t already have one) for the required blog posts in the course.

• (4) Create a digital project supplementing one or more chapters of your dissertation.