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Brian Croxall

Associate Research Professor
Office of Digital Humanities

1163D JFSB - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

Brian Croxall is associate research professor of digital humanities at Brigham Young University, where he designs, implements, and manages digital research projects across the College of Humanities as well as teaches courses on digital humanities and American literature. Prior to this position he worked at Brown University as Digital Humanities Librarian and at Emory University as Digital Humanities Strategist and Lecturer of English.

His co-edited volumes What We Teach When We Teach DH: Digital Humanities in the Classroom (2023) and Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures (2016) were both published by the University of Minnesota Press. He serves on the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution of the Modern Language Association (MLA) and recently completed terms on the Executive Council and Program Committee of the MLA and the Executive Board of the Association of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO).

Research Interests

Digital humanities; twentieth- and twenty-first-century American fiction; pedagogy; technology; trauma theory and psychoanalysis; science fiction; steampunk; media theory; social media; war fiction

Education

  • PhD, English , Psychoanalytic Studies, Emory University (2008)

Honors and Awards

  • Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular Culture and American Culture , Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (2017 - 2017)
  • The Charleston Advisor 14th Annual Readers' Choice Award for "Best New Mobile App" (2014 - 2014)
  • Digital Humanities Award for "Best Use of DH for Fun" (2013 - 2013)

Professional Citizenship

  • Committee/Council Member, Modern Language Association (2023 - 2026)
  • Committee/Council Chair, Modern Language Association (2024 - 2025)
  • Committee/Council Member, Modern Language Association (2019 - 2022)
  • Officer (specify in Other), Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (2017 - 2021)
  • Conference-Related Role, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (2020 - 2020)
  • Board Member, Modern Language Association (2014 - 2018)
  • Board Member, The Association for Computers and the Humanities (2013 - 2017)

Courses Taught

Publications

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