The second annual #EditWikiLit took place on the 8th of February 2017. This year students from the MA in English… Continue Reading #EditWikiLit 2017: Storify and Responses
Category: Higher Education
New Publication: “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age”
I am delighted to have published “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age” with Hybrid Pedagogy on the 8th of… Continue Reading New Publication: “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age”
Kerouacking the Classroom and Talmudic-Style Annotation of Poetry
I teach a final year seminar called America With[out] Borders, and among the required readings are long poems by Lorna Dee… Continue Reading Kerouacking the Classroom and Talmudic-Style Annotation of Poetry

Teaching Philosophy
*I decided that posting my Teaching Philosophy here is long overdue, so below is the most up-to-date version as of… Continue Reading Teaching Philosophy

A Scholarly Haunting: The Possibly Friendly Spectre of the “Professional Instagrammer”
I tweeted about the “serious academic” debacle at the time, but decided against responding any further here or elsewhere. Many… Continue Reading A Scholarly Haunting: The Possibly Friendly Spectre of the “Professional Instagrammer”
The Anthropocene Has Arrived
The Anthropocene has arrived, a new epoch hallmarked by mass-produced and often abused chickens, plastic pollution, and the fallout from nuclear tests:… Continue Reading The Anthropocene Has Arrived

Some Thoughts on Creativity
Some #graffiti in #CorkCity provides a good message today for #dayofdh2016 and #uccdigitalis pic.twitter.com/0A7tQR4fSF — Donna M. Alexander (@americasstudies) April… Continue Reading Some Thoughts on Creativity