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ABOUT ME

I am a textual critic, editor, and digital humanist. I studied Literature and Linguistics in Venezuela. In 2003, I completed two PhDs, one in English and American Literature (New York University) and one in Middle English Literature (De Montfort University). Since then, I have worked at five universities on two continents. Currently, I am part of the English Department and co-direct the Humanities Innovation Lab at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. 

 

I started working as part of the Canterbury Tales Project team in 1999 and became co-director of the project in 2005, and sole director in 2019. I have edited Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Darwin’s Origin of Species and collaborated in the creation of editions of Dante’s Commedia, Boccaccio’s Teseida, 15th Century Castillian Cancioneros, and the Estoria de Espanna. With Peter Robinson (University of Saskatchewan), I work in the Textual Communities Project, a tool for transcribing, collating and publishing texts. I am currently involved in the CantApp, an edition of the Canterbury Tales for mobile devices of which we published The General Prologue in February 2020.

 

My research centers on the theoretical aspects of textual criticism, especially digital methods and the history and future of the book (including e-books and e-book readers). Much of my work focuses on applying bioinformatics to the study of large textual traditions. I also write about digital literature and transmedia storytelling, as well as the transformational impact of digital culture on our ideas of authorship and copyright. I advocate data-sharing through Creative Commons licenses without commercial restrictions. I teach digital literature, digital textuality, new media, and English and American literature. I am the president of the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities / Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN).

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Digital Literature, digital culture, and transmedia narratives.

1997-2003

New York University

Ph.D. in English and American Literature

The history and future of the book, including iBooks, eBooks and eBook readers.

Intersectional feminism in new media and digital humanities.

Theoretical aspects of textual criticism, especially computer methods applied to the study of texts.

1999-2003

De Montfort University

Ph.D. in Middle English Literature

1997-2000

New York University

M.Phil. in English and American Literature

The application of phylogenetic methods and evolutionary biology software to textual studies.

The development of the text of the Origin of Species.

The textual history, manuscripts, and printed editions of the Canterbury Tales.

Manuscript studies and print culture.

1996-1997

Boston University

M.A. in English and American Literature

2017-2019

University of Saskatchewan

M.F.A. in Creative Writing

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