Category: Research

Are you interested in making your research available to a wider audience using digital resources? Have you considered the possible benefits of using social media, blogs, or video to expand your reach? The use of online resources for academic and professional research purposes is a growing yet largely underdeveloped and oftentimes ambiguous field. This workshop will discuss different avenues for disseminating your research beyond the traditional route of journal or manuscript publication, why development of these skills is becoming more important in a competitive job market, and pitfalls to avoid…

[update: view my presentation on YouTube]

When the SSD asked me to participate in Friday’s Leadership Lab conversation, Research in a Digital Age, it provided an opportunity to reflect on the choices I made (and continue to make) about building a web presence and sharing my work online. The following links are a useful reading list for graduate students weighing similar decisions:

• Miriam Posner, Brian Croxall, and Stewart Varner for ProfHacker: “Creating Your Web Presence: A Primer for Academics“

• Jentery Sayers for ProfHacker: “Do You Need Your Own Website While on the Job Market?” 

• Ryan Cordell for ProfHacker: “How to Start Tweeting and Why You Might Want To“ and “Creating and Maintaining a Professional Presence Online: A Roundup and a Reflection“

• Menachem Wecker for Vitae: “Should You Share Your Research on Academia.edu?“

• Journal of Women’s History, “Roundtable: Women Gone Wild: Reflections on the Feminist Blogosphere” 

• Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed: “Embargoes for Dissertations?” (and the AHA debate)

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